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Monday, October 1, 2007
Controversy escalates over new shipping restrictions
The plot thickens, as they say, according to this story from Cleveland.com entitled “Ohio watchdog group criticizes wine-shipment ban”. In addition, the national organization that calls itself Free The Grapes! is trying to rally consumers against the law.
The Plain Dealer story details how public watchdog agency Ohio Citizen Action is now questioning the apparent back-room deal, to wit:
“What we’re talking about is not just access, it’s cutting a deal that no one actually knows about until it’s over,” said Catherine Turcer, legislative director for Ohio Citizen Action.
Well, actually, Uncorked readers knew a little something about it, but not enough. I wish I had been able to better understand the bill’s language at the time to better assess the law’s impact.
Note that the Plain Dealer story identifies our local State Sen. Jeff Jacobson as one of the chief architects of the legislation. Here’s an excerpt from the story:
Jacobson said he felt the matter was thoroughly hashed out behind closed doors, noting that he even heard out a lobbyist for the large out-of-state wineries. “This had plenty of discussion within the Senate,” Jacobson said. “It would be impossible for every issue in every budget bill to be one that people spend hours and hours talking in a public meeting about.”
Maybe they should have spent a few more minutes talking about this one.
But who are we to question the wisdom of our legislative leaders?
Cheers!
Mark Fisher
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