ORTLAND, Ore. — A coalition has decided to drop its push to allow grocery stores in Oregon to stock their shelves with liquor and instead shift its resources into blocking a massive corporate tax hike heading to voters in November.
The now-suspended ballot initiative marked the second time in two years that the Northwest Grocery Association, through the Oregonians for Competition campaign, had tried to derail the state's monopoly on liquor sales through a ballot initiative.
The 2014 effort failed because supporters didn't submit a final ballot draft in time.
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