Sigh. Like everything else, follow the money. The Tenn Wine & Spirits Retails Association (lobby) has deep pockets. I cannot believe we’re still fighting for wine in grocery stores in the year 2012!! By all means, Tennesseans, write your representatives and tell them WE want to vote on this issue. They obviously can’t be trusted to represent the voters when the liquor store $lobbyists$ has insured this is a dead issue.
“I cannot believe we’re still fighting for wine in grocery stores in the year 2012!!”
We have the same thing in Minnesota. For a number of years, the grocery lobby has been trying to get the Legislature to allow wine sales in their stores.
Each year, the bill dies in committee - no matter whether Dems or Reps control the Legisalture..