Last week The Star News Online reported Billy Williams, former chief of the New Hanover County Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) Board, was convicted of felony charges for submitting a false invoice for more than $43,000 to the ABC board. Williams claimed the money was for paving one of the agency’s stores. He was ordered to [...]
Smart cards, mental health workers bill of rights and liquor sales on Sundays among new bills introduced
Republican Senator Fletcher Hartsell introduced a bill to set up a pilot program using biometric Smart Cards to fight fraud in Medicaid (SB307). The Department of Health and Human Services would determine the scope of the program and it would be for a year. Fingerprint and card readers would be distributed throughout the counties involved. [...]
Perdue’s Priority #1: More Money for the Ruling Class
Today’s N&O features another story about Gov. Perdue’s lack of core principles regarding government’s proper role in society. I wrote last week about Perdue’s inability to articulate a vision for how society should be organized, i.e. what exactly her beliefs are regarding individual sovereignty versus State control. Now Perdue can’t commit herself to questions about privatizing [...]
ABC Privatization Debate Forthcoming?
Per a News & Observer report, the chairman of the North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission (ABC) Jon Williams expects a debate on whether to privatize liquor sales in our state. The Commission continues to assess what the system is worth. Recently, ethics issues within the state’s archaic liquor distribution system have arisen in Greensboro, New [...]
Governor Perdue Has Right Idea
Dare I say that Governor Perdue may be on to something? According to a recent article on WRAL.com, a good read by the way, the Governor is open to privatizing parts of the ABC System and legalizing video poker for the purpose of increasing tax revenue and allowing government to focus on its core missions [...]
