The Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., better known as DISCUS, has contributed $100,000 to the effort to put a liquor privatization initiative on Oregon’s November election ballot. DISCUS has previously claimed to be “neutral” on the subject of privatization. As mentioned here last week, DISCUS has hired former state legislator Connie Wilson to represent its interests in North Carolina.

Meanwhile in Pennsylvania, the three-year-long push to privatize appears stalled as no one seems ready to compromise. Privatization supporters are unwilling to accept efforts by the state-run system to modernize or reform the status quo.