1. But he said the liquor industry has its own rules for deciding what constitutes responsible advertising. 2. Captains of the liquor industry, for instance, say they are sick and tired of doing the honorable thing and now want to sell their goods on television. 3. It was killed on a parliamentary maneuver by Sen. Eddie Lucio, a Brownsville Democrat with close ties to the liquor industry. 4. It was also boosted by speculation it might be taken over in a consolidation of the liquor industry. 5. Los Angeles has a similar law on the books relating to tobacco and alcohol products, with the liquor industry challenging the portion applying to it. 6. Neighborhood activists want greater oversight of a liquor industry that they believe is cashing in on inner-city communities. 7. The clash in the liquor industry offered the latest example for those who argue that lobbyists control the Legislature. 8. The distilled liquor industry says an ad ban would be unfair. 9. The liquor industry, however, maintained there is no difference between their attempts to advertise and commercials by beer and wine makers. 10. The liquor industry and its allies spent a bunch of money fighting this. |
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