{"id":6608,"date":"2012-05-09T15:50:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T20:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=6608"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:22:46","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:22:46","slug":"beer-politics-city-beverage-wedco-one-step-closer-to-finality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/beer-politics-city-beverage-wedco-one-step-closer-to-finality\/","title":{"rendered":"City Beverage &#038; WEDCO, One Step Closer To Finality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/citybeveragegi.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8673\" title=\"citybeveragegi\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/citybeveragegi.gif\" width=\"239\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a>The Illinois Liquor Control Commission, Wednesday, moved one step closer to deciding the fate of a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev and its right to hold a minority stake in an Illinois distributor.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioners remained behind closed doors, in executive session, for much of their hours-long meeting. When they emerged they read aloud a series of 11 findings, all agreed upon by commissioners, regarding a resolution to the Wholesaler Equity Development Corporation\/City Beverage debate.<\/p>\n<p>The findings are considered, by one source, an outline of sorts toward reaching a final conclusion. There were no hard copies of the findings provided at the meeting, leaving those in attendance to furiously scribble notes, which is why we aren&#8217;t outlining the findings one-by-one.<\/p>\n<p>The issue at hand; in light of a new state law enacted last year defining who can and cannot self-distribute beer in the state, can WEDCO retain its 30-percent stake in distributor City Beverage?<\/p>\n<p>AB InBev says yes. Distributor groups in the state say no.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A source at the meeting tells us it <em>appears<\/em>, from the findings read aloud, that commissioners may be leaning towards following the current state law which would prohibit a manufacturer from owning a distributor, thus keeping AB InBev out of the self-distribution game in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>The newest commissioner, Cynthia Cahill, who was appointed five days ago abstained from voting on the findings.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re currently working on obtaining a hard copy of the findings. 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