Tag: whiskey and Wheaties

Jim RosicaDecember 6, 2016
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5min367
For the fourth year in a row, lawmakers will try to tear down the wall that separates tequila from tangelos. Senate President pro tem Anitere Flores on Monday filed a bill (SB 106) to repeal the Prohibition-era state law requiring businesses, such as grocery chains and big-box retailers, to have separate stores to sell liquor. Beer and […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 29, 2016
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4min375
If proponents of tearing down the hard liquor “wall of separation” in retail stores had a theme song, it would be, “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” Businesses organized as Floridians for Fair Business Practices want to repeal the Prohibition-era state law that requires businesses, such as grocery chains and big-box retailers, to have separate stores to sell liquor. […]

Jim RosicaNovember 17, 2015
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4min398
Give state Rep. Carlos Trujillo credit for frankness. On Tuesday, he yanked his ‘whiskey and Wheaties’ bill from the agenda of the House Business and Professions subcommittee because, as he said, “one of my four votes is not here today” (though four votes is a minority on the 13-member committee). Trujillo, a Miami Republican, was referring to the […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2015
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4min310
If you listen to the lobbyists for ABC Fine Wine & Spirits and other independent liquor retailers, it would be the bacchanal end-of-the-world if the state’s Prohibition-era law that requires retailers to sell hard liquor in a separate store from groceries and other wares is repealed. For three years various lawmakers have carried legislation – nicknamed […]

Peter SchorschOctober 21, 2015
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3min410
Has anyone else but me noticed that there have been more than a few stories on controversial bills that carry the name “Trujillo?” Good for him. Too often, too many lawmakers come to Tallahassee to go along and get along. But when you choose to take on the FMA or Publix or abortion clinics in […]

Jim RosicaOctober 21, 2015

4min265
Groups opposed to an effort to do away with retailers’ having separate stores to sell liquor have banded together as Florida Businesses Unite. The new alliance includes ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, the Florida Independent Spirits Association and Publix, according to a Wednesday news release. For three years now, various lawmakers have carried legislation – or “whiskey and […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 25, 2015
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4min214
“Sure I eat what I advertise. Sure, I eat Wheaties for breakfast. A good bowl of Wheaties with bourbon can’t be beat.” – Hall of Fame pro-baseball pitcher Dizzy Dean.  Supporters are hoping the third time’s the charm in repealing the state’s Prohibition-era law that requires retailers to sell hard liquor in a separate store from […]

Staff ReportsApril 14, 2015
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2min207
Pro-growth business group Floridians for Fair Business Practices said members of the House Regulatory Affairs Committee was regrettably in error when it shot down Rep. Greg Steube’s HB 107. The so-called “whiskey and Wheaties” bill would have allowed big retailers and grocers to sell liquor in the same store as regular groceries, but in a cordoned-off […]


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