Similar campaigns to privatize OLCC’s monopoly have failed in the past.
BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Oregon Journalism Project
Two men filed ballot initiatives April 22 for 2026 and 2028 that would allow grocers to sell hard liquor.
It is unclear who the chief petitioners, David John Allison and Kyle LoCascio, both of Portland, represent. Neither immediately responded to phone calls.
With small exceptions, the right to sell hard liquor at the retail level currently belongs…