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Colorado is still a leading indicator for progressive policies. From the Denver Gazette:
The number of grocery stores selling hard booze under a quirky license initially designed for pharmacies would stop at about two dozen under a bill that advocates say is meant to save independent liquor stores. Senate Bill 25-33 would put an end to any new licenses for pharmacies to sell spirits such as whiskey — known as Liquor License Drug Stores (LLDS) — and leave at about 25 the number of stores such as King Soopers and Costco that already do. The bill is sponsored by senators Judy Amabile, D-Boulder, and Dylan Roberts, D-Steamboat Springs, who unsuccessfully backed a similar, though more comprehensive, bill last year. At issue is whether independent liquor stores are able to survive the competition of grocery chains selling beer, wine and, with an LLDS, spirits, which had been the provenance of the former for decades. (Emphasis added)
This bill comes at a time when, at the federal level, Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert (CD04) recently introduced legislation to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF).
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Now, both can be worthwhile endeavors; we can abolish ATF and enact state level regulations on alcohol, but Governor Polis keeps telling everyone that this is the "free state of Colorado."
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The legislators claim this is to protect small liquor stores and other impacted small businesses. We are skeptical that's their intended goal — this appears like "fairness" legislation, which is usually a cover for Marxism. Given that the bill is sponsored by the contingent from Boulder and Steamboat, we stand by our skepticism on the Marxism question. Still, we look forward to the debates...if there are debates.
It should be said: If we were really the free state of Colorado, these licenses wouldn't even be a thing.
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