ID: Liquor privatization initiative may hit snag

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden reported that a proposed voter initiative to privatize Idaho’s alcohol business might be illegal because the state constitution says such decisions are the Legislature’s purview. In January, the Idaho Federation of Reagan Republicans submitted a citizens’ initiative to privatize alcohol sales in Idaho and eliminate the Liquor Division. In addition, the Northwest Grocery Association is pursuing privatization but says it will ask the 2013 Legislature to weigh in before going the initiative route.