HELP US FREE THE GRAPES!!!
About a week ago I posted a blog regarding House Bill 0429 and Senate Bill 0123. We were fighting the fight and everything was quiet for a while, but now we know there will be a hearing before the Executive Committee in Springfield this coming Monday.
We want to tell you why you should know about and vote NO to Senate Bill 0123 (more information can also be found at http://www.ilga.gov/ ).
First of all, the Senate bill will be affecting large Illinois wineries ability to direct distribute any wine (currently at 10,000 gallons annually, will be reduced to zero gallons).
Secondly, HB 429, if passed as written, would prohibit you, the consumer, from purchasing wine from out of state wine retailers. You have possessed this right for 15 years. Now it will disappear. This means that you will no longer be able to search the Internet for hard to find wines or look for the best prices on a wine.
There is no justification for stripping you of this right other than it would benefit a small group of power wine distributors who would benefit by taking even greater control over the Illinois wine market. Write to the members of the committee and tell them to assure your right to by wine from out-of-state retailers is protected or to vote against HB 429.
We beg and urge you to contact your Illinois Senator and tell them to vote NO for Senate Bill 0123 and House Bill 0429!!! Find and contact your Illinois Senator by visiting http://www.elections.il.gov/DistrictLocator/AddressSearch.aspx. We also urge you to send a note to Executive Chairman, Senator Ira Silverstein, at silverstein@senatedem.state.il.us .
Let’s FREE THE GRAPES!
We want to tell you why you should know about and vote NO to Senate Bill 0123 (more information can also be found at http://www.ilga.gov/ ).
First of all, the Senate bill will be affecting large Illinois wineries ability to direct distribute any wine (currently at 10,000 gallons annually, will be reduced to zero gallons).
Secondly, HB 429, if passed as written, would prohibit you, the consumer, from purchasing wine from out of state wine retailers. You have possessed this right for 15 years. Now it will disappear. This means that you will no longer be able to search the Internet for hard to find wines or look for the best prices on a wine.
There is no justification for stripping you of this right other than it would benefit a small group of power wine distributors who would benefit by taking even greater control over the Illinois wine market. Write to the members of the committee and tell them to assure your right to by wine from out-of-state retailers is protected or to vote against HB 429.
We beg and urge you to contact your Illinois Senator and tell them to vote NO for Senate Bill 0123 and House Bill 0429!!! Find and contact your Illinois Senator by visiting http://www.elections.il.gov/DistrictLocator/AddressSearch.aspx. We also urge you to send a note to Executive Chairman, Senator Ira Silverstein, at silverstein@senatedem.state.il.us .
Let’s FREE THE GRAPES!
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