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Here We Go Again: New Liquor Initiative Filed in Washington

Just four months ago, Washington voters showed up at the polls and struck down two similar measures that would have privatized liquor sales in the state of Washington. Ready to give it another go?  A new initiative was filed last week. The new initiative will probably look a lot like Initiative 1100, which failed to [...]

Liquor Control Board Executive Openly Opposes Initiative 1100 – Citizen Files Ethics Complaint

The Initiative 1100 battle is still running hot and heavy. The animus shown by both parties, for each other, is thick. We have discussed it a few times, here on our blog. Recently, the Liquor Control Board (LCB) has been vocal about its disdain for the proposed Initiative.  The Washington Wine Institute hosted Washington Liquor [...]

BeerBlotter.com: The Big Battle Over Initiative 1100 & 1105

***This post was originally published on BeerBlotter.com, a seattle beer blog, to which I regularly offer commentary.*** Well, its getting even more interesting. The battle over Washington State Initiatives 1100 & 1105 is heating up, more and more, each and every day. In case you don’t know, Initiative 1100 was introduced back in June 2010 [...]

WA Brewers Guild Sour on Initiative 1100 – But Is It Just Fear?

***This article was originally published on BeerBlotter.com, a Seattle based beer blog where I regularly provide commentary on beer law.***   I want to take a quick moment and point to Seattle Beer News‘ latest article on Initiative 1100, the proposed bill to privatize liquor sales and deregulate alcohol sales in the State of Washington. [...]

Modernize Washington: Seattle Public Interest Group Takes Aim at Washington Liquor Monopoly

The recent initiative to privatize liquor sales in the State of Washington is picking up steam. Though this is not about beer, there are many in the beer industry who are probably interested in a major change in alcoholic beverage regulation in our fine state. Initiative 1100 is the proposed legislation. The group behind this [...]