Jackson Jambalaya

Yes-the legislature had a great opportunity to do something about this and yet here we are. 3 weeks behind on shipping, limits on what we can order, charging for cases not delivered, delivering numerous damaged or broken items as well as cases we did not order. The new warehouse will not be fully operational until this time next year and if the same people run it, well you do the math. Everyone is blaming the shipping contractor, but the ABC still has oversight and is still culpable.

Time to privatize it

This is absolutely crazy. The state does not seem to care as usual and the elected officials don’t care either. They don’t care for independent pharmacists either. They all need to be voted out

What’s your source for this data?

They should privatize it. Oh wait...

This is a privatized ABC warehouse. Abolish is what's needed allow business to order directly from distributors.

The legislature and the governor should address this urgent issue. Oh wait....

A few of the stores have figured it out. Order multiple pallets and you get pushed to the front of the line.

Are there twelve bottles in a case? That’s a shit ton of wine and liquor. With around 2.1 million adults of which 70% drink and the ABC moving 3.2 cases a year that’s around two cases per adult. Not sure how beer and seltzers fit in. Not a drinker, but that helps explain why so many people seem like Foster Brooks at parties.

We really need to get rid of this antiquated system and let stores buy direct from manufacturers and distributors.

That's the plan.....who gone benefit? Whole Lotta money for some certain Legislators....it's the MS two step. Errbody better fall in line, or you'll lose that committee spot, or the ability to speak at all. Hmmmm......

Mississippi has a Republican supermajority, full control of the system, and a 170,000-case backlog to show for it.

We’re still paying more, dealing with limited options, and stuck with outdated rules—can’t buy beer and liquor in the same place, can’t buy on Sundays, and businesses still can’t operate freely.

For a state that claims to believe in free markets and small government, this system is the exact opposite.

At some point, it’s not a debate about ideology—it’s a question of results.

I NEED my early morning Ripple fix :D

It’s called a “Monopoly”!!! Seems like there ought to be anti trust laws that would apply to this. Sell the new warehouse they are building and bar the state from being in liquor distribution business….

But Tater is getting us more data centers.

The "conservative" Legislature is supposed to be the party of common sense. They had an opportunity teed up to prove that with an easy win. Instead, they showed the opposite.

as a voting republican this is quite embarrassing.....

The holier than thou and teetotalers still scare our politicians. I remember when Mississippians made " wine runs" for all their friends if visiting New Orleans . CCJ still has a plaque as a reminder "AXE" with "and Ye Shall Receive" understood in a pass through closet where their illegal alcohol was stored when MS was a " dry" state. Indeed, it was that raid on CCJ's illegal supply of liquor that allowed liquor stores to exist. Most of our most powerful politicians enjoyed imbibing.
MS was so extreme that you couldn't even buy children cough syrup or cold medicine with miniscule alcohol content on Sundays for years. This is what ignorant and lazy legislators who don't study and issue thoroughly get you. Here we are again thanks to our extremists.

Surely you don't think the ABC matter is important compared to projects like the data center. A few upset rum soaks who are mad they won't get their alcohol is hardly a comparison.

Let's get the state out of the liquor business.

@ 10:57am

Ah yes, ‘rum soaks’—because it’s easier to mock people than address the point. The ABC system affects small businesses, pricing, and consumer choice across the state. Meanwhile, data centers get treated like job factories when they’re really resource-hungry warehouses that strain power, water, and infrastructure for relatively few permanent jobs. If that’s your idea of ‘more important,’ you might want to look past the marketing brochure.

The new ABC warehouse in Canton is only costing the taxpayers $95 million. $50 million in bonds.

That's probably chump change for the high rollers in Cuckstadt, so I can see how numbers like that get lost like all the crumbs and peanuts in your couch lint.

Thank you Tate for your leadership!