Maryland’s Soviet Liquor County

Maryland has a local control law that gives counties great discretion in deciding how they want to regulate alcoholic beverages. Montgomery County uses this authority with unabashed gusto. Its Department of Liquor Control, whose very name is telling, operates in two of the three tiers of the drinks system. The DLC has a monopoly on liquor retail sales, and it also is the sole wholesaler for beers, spirits, and wines. No other Maryland county government, excepting Somerset, has so deeply sunk itself into the drinks business.

So, if you want to buy a bottle of liquor, you must trek to one of the DLC’s liquor stores. If you operate a restaurant or run a store that sells drinks, you must purchase your drinks from the DLC.

Which is a nightmare....(Read more at the American Spectator)