David Reynolds: Sinful solutions

Column by David Reynolds
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How’s business? You know, at your store. You say you don’t own a store. Sure you do. You and I own a whole chain of stores clear across the Commonwealth. I know that they are sometimes easy to overlook. They are small and we tend to hide them in old strip malls. But what is great is that our customers seem to have no trouble finding us. And they don’t object to our prices, unless they live near our borders. There we have competition. And as store owners we hate competition. But let’s be thankful for government. They hate competition, too.

By now if you haven’t figured out the subject of this week’s sermon you need to get another bottle. It should be as easy as ABC. In Virginia we know what those three letters stand for. It is All But Competition, in other words, revenue, revenue and more revenue.

So, how do you feel about owning a string of liquor stores? Actually, you should feel good. They make money, and not just during the holiday season. All of our ABC stores operate in the black, No other state agency can make that claim!

Yet in spite of their profitable operations, however slim, our new governor, that good looking Irish fellow, wants to shut them down – and let liquor stores spring up everywhere, except, of course, in the Drug Free Zone surrounding your kid’s school.  Continue reading “David Reynolds: Sinful solutions” »