Vote Peter Franchot-Comptroller for Wine Law Reform
Dear Maryland wine consumers,
I would like to alert you to a unique opportunity for the wine making and grape growing industry and the growing number of consumers of wine in Maryland. Last month, my good friend and former colleague in the Maryland legislature, Peter Franchot, won the nomination for Democratic candidate for Comptroller of Maryland. The Comptroller is the chief regulator of alcohol control laws in Maryland.
The possibility of Peter being Comptroller is an historic event for wineries and their customers in Maryland and, in fact, might be a historic event for wineries and wine lovers across the country. Peter Franchot is an unabashed supporter of wineries and has expressed on numerous occasions his support for ending the restricted prohibition era regulations that restrain the growth of the industry and are based on antiquated notions of threats to health and safety.
Mr. Franchot has been very solicitous of the Maryland wine industry which is in marked contrast to the previous Comptrollers who believed firmly in the three-tiered system and were unwilling, at almost every turn, to promote changes to that system. Peter’s election to this office will mark a generational shift in alcohol regulation, one that will take into account changes in technology and the changes in the marketplace.
I am supporting Peter – both financially and with my vote – and hope that you can join with me in this support for the general election that will be held on November 7, 2006. Should you desire to make a financial contribution, please make your check payable to “Friends of Peter Franchot” and mail to Melvin A. Steinberg, Esq., 600 Washington Avenue, Suite 305, Towson, MD 21204.
Maryland has long been considered one of the nation’s most restrictive states for our industry. This is a historic opportunity to have a true friend of the winemaking industry in a state-wide regulatory position.
Thanks in advance for your kind consideration.
Sincerely,
Melvin. A. Steinberg
Former Lt. Governor of the State of Maryland
I would like to alert you to a unique opportunity for the wine making and grape growing industry and the growing number of consumers of wine in Maryland. Last month, my good friend and former colleague in the Maryland legislature, Peter Franchot, won the nomination for Democratic candidate for Comptroller of Maryland. The Comptroller is the chief regulator of alcohol control laws in Maryland.
The possibility of Peter being Comptroller is an historic event for wineries and their customers in Maryland and, in fact, might be a historic event for wineries and wine lovers across the country. Peter Franchot is an unabashed supporter of wineries and has expressed on numerous occasions his support for ending the restricted prohibition era regulations that restrain the growth of the industry and are based on antiquated notions of threats to health and safety.
Mr. Franchot has been very solicitous of the Maryland wine industry which is in marked contrast to the previous Comptrollers who believed firmly in the three-tiered system and were unwilling, at almost every turn, to promote changes to that system. Peter’s election to this office will mark a generational shift in alcohol regulation, one that will take into account changes in technology and the changes in the marketplace.
I am supporting Peter – both financially and with my vote – and hope that you can join with me in this support for the general election that will be held on November 7, 2006. Should you desire to make a financial contribution, please make your check payable to “Friends of Peter Franchot” and mail to Melvin A. Steinberg, Esq., 600 Washington Avenue, Suite 305, Towson, MD 21204.
Maryland has long been considered one of the nation’s most restrictive states for our industry. This is a historic opportunity to have a true friend of the winemaking industry in a state-wide regulatory position.
Thanks in advance for your kind consideration.
Sincerely,
Melvin. A. Steinberg
Former Lt. Governor of the State of Maryland
