NY Consumer Alert!

There is legislation before the NYS Senate that would significantly harm the smaller distributors that bring in most of the interesting wines in NY. If you are a NYer, see bottom of Tablas Creek blog for a link to your senator to let them know you find this anti-consumer.

http://tablascreek.typepad.com/tablas/2 ... ation.html

do you think legislators really care about consumers? who pays them? business donates to their election efforts - not consumers. the better point is that it hurts the retail and restaurant industries. hurts business not consumers - wrong message.

I think most politicians care primarily about getting re-elected. I wrote a letter stating I found it anti-consumer and pointing out possible job losses in our district (we have a couple small distributors, as well as shops with lots of out of state business). No one will match Southern and Empire in donations but if enough people says they find it anti-consumer and will spread the word (not just vote against them) it scares the politicians.