Seven Devils NewsLocal news for Seven Devils, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.EDITORIALS: Time for an overhaul- October 18, 2007 It's not just drinkers who get addicted to alcohol. It's state and local governments, too, who enjoy a combined $208 million from the sale of regulated liquor in this state's 400 ABC stores. That's one reason why state legislators have been wary of changing a system set up 70 years ago.But as Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission chairman Doug Fox points out in a recent Observer story, the system is due for an overhaul. There are too many local boards -- 155, to be precise -- and too many of...http://www.topix.net/city/seven-devils-nc/2007/10/editorials-time-for-an-overhaul?fromrss=... |