By Adam Pagnucco. Rising to the defense of the county’s liquor monopoly, the County Council has put forward a proposal for reform. They claim it will cure most of the…
Department of Liquor Control
Del. Bill Frick Proposes to Allow Voters to Decide By Adam Pagnucco. As of this writing, over 900 people have signed the petition asking Montgomery County’s State Senators and…
MoCo Doesn’t Need Its Liquor Money
By Adam Pagnucco. Even though MoCo consumers are fleeing the county’s archaic liquor monopoly, county officials are going all out to save it. Their arguments boil down to essentially one…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, Montgomery County Council Member Hans Riemer wrote a guest blog on the reasons why county residents opposed the county’s alcohol system in a recent poll…
By Adam Pagnucco. My reply to MCGEO President Gino Renne’s response to my post on the county’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC) concludes. The union says that if DLC were…
By Adam Pagnucco. My reply to MCGEO President Gino Renne’s response to my post on the county’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC) continues. The union claims that state monopolies on…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last week, MCGEO President Gino Renne, leader of the local union that represents most Montgomery County employees, responded to my post on the county’s Department of Liquor…
Gino Renne, President of UFCW Local 1994 MCGEO, Responds to Seventh State’s Guest Blogger Adam Pagnucco on Privatization of Montgomery County’s Department of Liquor Control: Mr. Pagnucco opens his blog…
By Adam Pagnucco. Few issues in county government have received more attention over the past two years than the operations of its Department of Liquor Control (DLC). In most parts…