Opinion
Time to privatize? N.C. ABC system too broken to fix
The way North Carolina governs alcoholic spirits must change, for myriad reasons. It breeds favoritism and corruption. It’s archaic, monopolistic, and, when comparing the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system to its counterparts in neighboring states, downright embarrassing. Clearly, lawmakers need to reconfigure, if not trash entirely, this nonsensical system, which empowers 168 local boards —...