It has been more than two months since Governor Tom Wolf vetoed the GOP's budget in its entirety -- including legislation that would have privatized our Wine and Spirits Stores.  Still, House GOP Speaker Mike Turzai and the privateers will not give up until all 3,500 PLCB members are out of work and on the unemployment line.  We are still at work, circulating our message and the facts on the issue. Contact your lawmakers and ask them to support modernization, not privatization.  Check out the latest:

PLCB Revenue continues to come in at record numbers:

"Pennsylvania's wine and liquor stores brought in $2.3 billion in sales and revenue amid increasing pressure to privatize the state-run system.

"If the preliminary figures, made public at a House committee meeting Wednesday, hold they would represent another year of record sales for the Liquor Control Board, which oversees 604 liquor stores statewide.

"Chairman Tim Holden said sales from the 2014-15 fiscal year reflected a 4.2 percent increase over the previous year, which saw $2.2 billion in revenue. July, the first month of the new fiscal year, saw a 7 percent increase over the prior year, he said."

    --Harrisburg Patriot News, Cheers: Pa.-run liquor stores report another year of record sales 

Public Health professionals continue to support the PLCB:

“Check with every reputable health organization from the WHO to the CDC, along with local police departments, mayors, district attorneys and judges. The consistent response is that increased access to liquor leads us away from those things that would strengthen the Commonwealth and drives us toward damaged communities.”

    --Compass Mark, Compass Mark's mission is to reduce the incidence, prevalence, and consequences of the harmful use of and addiction to alcohol and other drugs.

President Wendell Young, IV's Published Op-eds:

“The LCB is a valuable asset whose shareholders include every Pennsylvania taxpayer. Despite the relentless spin by some Republican lawmakers, pundits and editorial writers, the LCB is an extremely successful enterprise that returns significant dividends each year to this commonwealth."

   --The Allentown Morning Call, Wendell W. Young IV: Modernize, don't sell, Pa. liquor system.

“Similarly, the [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] has not bothered to look at any of the other interests in this battle, including the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the National Federation of Independent Business, the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association, the Pennsylvania Convenience Store Council, the grocery store chains, big box retailers and many others.”

   --The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Wendell W. Young IV, Those who want liquor privatization lobby, too.

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On Governor Wolf's Liquor Privatization Veto:

The UFCW PA Wine and Spirits Council and the 3,500 Pennsylvanians who work in Pennsylvania’s Wine and Spirits stores applaud Governor Tom Wolf’s veto of the reckless legislation to dismantle the PLCB. Read more about Governor Wolf's Privatization Veto here. / Wendell Young in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Support is strong for Gov. Wolf's Veto

Groups in Favor of Governor Wolf's Privatization Veto include:

• PA House Democrats
• Mothers Against Destructive Decisions (MADD)
• Pennsylvania Recovery Organizations Alliance (Pro-A)
• Commonwealth Prevention Alliance
• Drug and Alcohol Service Providers Organization of Pennsylvania (DAS-POP)
• DUI Association
• Gaudenzia
• Penn State Police