Don Brunell - Voters can reset government this fall

The lame argument of this election year is if private stores like Costco are allowed to sell liquor, underage drinking will explode. According to opponents of privatizing liquor sales in Washington, only state-owned and run liquor stores can keep booze out of the hands of teens.

Give me a break! Any clerk or storeowner – public or private – who sells beer, wine or cigarettes to a minor can be arrested. The law does not discriminate.

Apparently, this ridiculous “threat” is the best opponents to Initiative 1100 can come up with.

Initiative 1100 would get the state out of the liquor business. Cur...