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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because it generates $30mln in annual revenue for the county, and provides 300 union jobs. So only a few politicians want to touch it, even though if you ask MoCo people on the street, they all want to get rid of this. We're the only county in MD that does this.

The revenue goes directly to MoCo because they operate the retail stores, and distribution to restaurants. So they take a nice margin on that business -- it's not a tax (that goes to MD) but rather the profits from sales and distribution.

Bill Frick was strongly in favor of getting rid of the monopoly, but the rest of the MoCo delegation turned him down so he never put it up for vote.

Elrich (County Exec) will never get rid of the monopoly because he's in the pocket of the MCGEO union, and they have 300 jobs in those stores. Never mind that in most privatization scenarios, the existing stores would stay and just need to compete with private stores -- I guess MCGEO worries private stores may do a better job (which they will, of course).

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I work for the County. Those people may lose DLC jobs but they will be absorbed into other county jobs because of bumping rights and the number of current vacant positions. [/quote]

It's still fewer overall union members for MCGEO, so they are against it. I'm also skeptical all these people with retail store experience have many similar positions available within MoCo, especially with such easy work and great benefits.

At one point, about a year ago, they even had their employees handing out flyers to customers who bought alcohol at the county liquor stores, about how great it is to have the monopoly. They were getting scared since Frick's proposal to end the monopoly had some momentum at the time.
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