Oregon Official Resigns For Hoarding Top-Shelf Bourbons

[EssJaySea]

I don't mean to start a debate about capital punishment, but surely this ought to be a capital offense? From the NY Times:

An internal inquiry had found that Steve Marks, executive director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, and other officials had diverted bottles of rare bourbons so they could buy them in stores.

The executive director of Oregon’s liquor control agency announced his resignation on Monday amid a criminal investigation into accusations that top officials had hoarded bottles of top-shelf spirits including rare bourbons that can fetch more than $5,000 on the secondary market.

The official, Steve Marks, wrote in a resignation letter that Gov. Tina Kotek of Oregon had requested that he step down from his position as executive director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.

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The announcement by Mr. Marks came after an internal agency investigation, made public last week, found that he and five other commission officials had abused their positions by diverting bottles of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon and other liquor from a state warehouse so that they could buy them in stores.

Outrageous!

 

[Ahi Ka]

As a kid If I was caught diverting any liquor from my old man’s stash the threatened punishment was that I would have to drink the entire bottle without stopping. Same went for a pack of smokes. I think that could be an appropriate course of retribution in this case

 

[ashdigger]

As a kid If I was caught diverting any liquor from my old man’s stash the threatened punishment was that I would have to drink the entire bottle without stopping. Same went for a pack of smokes. I think that could be an appropriate course of retribution in this case

Except by the time I was caught the tequila and vodka were just water bottles.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Except by the time I was caught the tequila and vodka were just water bottles.

Something tells me if you had caught your kids doing this you would have pissed in the “water bottles” first.

 

[ashdigger]

Something tells me if you had caught your kids doing this you would have pissed in the “water bottles” first.

You know me well young Jedi

 

[Ahi Ka]

You know me well young Jedi

I learn from the best worst

 

[PA Piper Mike]

Everyone in their bourbon community right now:

 

[ashdigger]

To be fair. I have a bottle of 16 year old Pappy and I think the only thing it’s good for is Pappy and Coke

 

[Ahi Ka]

To be fair. I have a bottle of 16 year old Pappy and I think the only thing it’s good for is Pappy and Coke

It must be nicer than my bottle of it. I would only mix it with Pepsi. Why spoil a good bottle of cola

 

[Briar Tuck]

Living in Oregon, this doesn't surprise me.