Florida Beer Wholesalers Association reportedly helps kill growler bill
The Florida Beer Wholesalers Association, which represents all the state’s Anheuser-Busch distributors, is opposing the bill. Its lobbyist, Mitch Rubin, was able to convince Rep. Debbie Mayfield, R-Vero Beach, not to give it a hearing at the House Business and Professional Regulation Subcommittee she chairs. Without a House hearing, the bill is essentially dead.
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“…said Rubin, who said he is not fighting the bill to boost distributers’ [sp] profits. “There’s a little to that, but the larger point is about the three-tier system, and that is our larger concern.”
And the three-tier system is what protects distributors’ profits, but that’s not the point, he’s actually doing it for the children. Think of the children.