April 29 2021
Liz Hanna of Northeast Portland owns Mad Hanna, a dive bar. She has 27 years of experience in the hospitality industry. She is on the steering committees for ORLA s Portland Kitchen Cabinet and the Cully Boulevard Alliance.
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission voted in early April to approve minimum unit pricing a policy that will raise prices on only the lowest-priced distilled spirits products. The new markups will range as high as 40% on the most affordable vodka brands.
As the owner of Mad Hanna, a neighborhood dive bar, I was surprised and disappointed that the commission made this decision at a time when the bar and restaurant industry remains incredibly fragile. More than 1,200 Oregonians wrote letters opposing this policy, many of whom were bar and restaurant owners like me.
Taxing Matter
By Karl Klooster
Over the last several months, a crisis mode has beset the Oregon wine, beer and cider industries. The heightened level of concern centers on HR 3296, a proposed bill in the Oregon State House of Representatives. And “crisis” seems appropriate. The aptly named Alcohol Crisis Recovery Act would have imposed a crippling 1,600% hike in gallonage tax on the state’s wine trade and a disastrous 2,800% on the brewing and hard cider industries. The consequences of such onerous increases would seriously compromise, if not force into bankruptcy, hundreds of small Oregon companies already struggling from the negative impacts of COVID-19 and last year’s seasonal wildfires.
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