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As we've seen across the board in the past few years in both state and Federal govt., there is very little transparency and there is a great deal of lying, obfuscation and duplicitous behavior among public health authorities. The core rot is only now showing itself. But who will hold them accountable?

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I sincerely appreciate the reporting. I’ll be reading the next installment after today’s hearings.

But this exact situation is not unique to the beverage industry, as you know.

It’s rather comical when the patriarchy wonders why Gen Z’s don’t trust government and political groups and are shying away from careers based in civic duty.

I would bet serious money that the OHA are not welcoming to new talent, or keen on advancing un-groomed/outside leadership.

This type of tunnel vision, secrecy and agenda advancement is disgusting. And it’s rife in today’s mature leadership. Anecdotally, it’s probably one of a few main factors why succession plans have been failing or simply, not occurring.

There’s not necessarily a gap of able workers, there’s a gap in shared mutual values and socioeconomic equity.

Transparency and overturning long held positions of a select few, across many organizations, is well overdue in every state and across many sectors.

I don’t see many organizations succeeding or growing until diversity and equity are “actually realized” and not just virtue signaled by clever marketing or brand positioning.

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It's a common refrain and a public policy statement with the WHO - Global status report on alcohol and health 2018:

"The most cost-effective actions, or “best buys” (to reduce harmful alcohol consumption), include increasing taxes on alcoholic beverages, enacting and enforcing bans or comprehensive restrictions on exposure to alcohol advertising across multiple types of media, and enacting and enforcing restrictions on the physical availability of retailed alcohol."

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