It would appear that Mr. Fletcher and I are on the same side but his facts are not quite accurate. Silver Creek Store is neither dusty, dirty or greedy. It should be noted that there are three sets of BC government liquor store rules:
1. Governing the actual liquors and prices they are to put on the liquor sold in the government store.
2. The small agencies or stores (dirty, greedy and dusty) get a new list of prices every month and are only allowed to up the government settings by 10 per cent.
3. The really interesting part is the beer & wine stores have a different rule which allows them to mark up higher. Should the government get rid of its liquor stores, employees and rules/laws, then the beer and wine stores can have a free-for-all on pricing.
Therein lies where the government says it will make the extra money – by getting rid of the whole organization.
I do wish to keep the government liquor store.
The small town we live in, Salmon Arm, does not have the liquor store open on Sunday. Employees are willing to work Sundays and we do need the tourists who come in via houseboats, as well as vans, etc.
L.J. Bates
