Written by Rob Lillpopp on July 22, 2010 – 10:12 am
New Yorkers for Economic Growth — a coalition of small businesses, grape growers, liquor store owners, wineries, consumers, and grocers — today unveiled a 30 second new TV ad entitled ‘Bulletin Board’ that takes the liquor industry to task for funneling hundreds of thousands to legislators, to oppose an overwhelmingly popular proposal. The ad was posted online today and may be aired on various New York TV markets in coming days.
The ad, which is also posted on the New Yorkers for Economic Growth and Open Markets YouTube page, will reach hundreds of thousands of email in boxes.
“New Yorkers of all stripes, regions, and parties overwhelmingly want wine to be sold in grocery stores, and this ad shows who is standing with them, and who is cowering to the big liquor lobby,” said Michael Rabinowitz, spokesman for New Yorkers for Economic Growth and Open Markets. “Selling wine in grocery stores is a common sense solution to New York’s budget woes, all without raising a single tax on hard working New Yorkers. It’s time legislators stood up on the side of regular New Yorkers and not the liquor lobby.”
Call your legislator TODAY at 1-800-610-6290 and ask them to side with New Yorkers, not the big liquor lobby, and pass the proposal to allow wine to be sold in grocery stores.
The ad may be viewed here.
So even as a member of the Business Council I am a small business owner. I am a partner in the Industrial Distribution world and my wife and I own a wine store. I take great exception to your comments about the “Big Liquor Lobby” - try putting your life savings in a business with one set of rules going in only to be told 9 years later they are changing. In our case we have a Wegmans directly across the street, good thing we own our building so at least they can’t take that from us. That being said - how do you think the current business owners would be affected? Does my mortgage go down, how about any business loan I may have, of course not. My employees earn an average of $13/hour, do you think if I lay off my employees will find a job at the local grocery store let alone at the wage we pay them?