Bill to allow public companies to sell hard alcohol dies -- no liquor at Walmart

[TexasTowelie]

Legislation to give Wal-Mart and other publicly traded companies the right to sell liquor in Texas is officially dead, leaving the mega-retailer and others companies to hang their hopes of selling whiskey and other spirits on the courts.

“Time to move onto other things,” said state Sen. Kelly Hancock, a Republican from North Richland Hills and author of Senate Bill 609, which would have ended a state policy that prohibits publicly-traded companies from selling booze and eliminated the law forbidding a business from owning or holding more than five package store permits.

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/bill-to-allow-public-companies-to-sell-hard-alcoho/nmDpR/ (subscription required)

[Javaman]

1. but hey, you can still make meth in the isles. nt