>Soda Tax Not Included in Budget Proposal

The Washington Post.com

By: Tim Craig

May 21, 2010

Time Craig reported in the Washington Post on May 21, 2010, that the DC City Council decided not to include a proposed tax on soda in the fiscal 2011 budget because it lacked support. Craig wrote “members will search for savings in the budget to fund the Healthy Schools initiative, which has an estimated $6 million.”

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>COUNCIL MEMBERS OPPOSE SODA TAX

Washington Examiner
By: Alan Suderman
May 21, 2010

The DC City Council will not include a one-cent per ounce tax on beverages sweetened with sugar in their fiscal 2011 budget, reported Alan Suderman of the Washington Examiner on May 21, 2010. He wrote, “Several council members had a litany of complaints against Cheh’s proposal, including that the tax applies too broadly, hurts lower-income families, and hadn’t followed the typical procedural process.”

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>GROCERS, RESTAURANTS, JOIN TO OPPOSE BEVERAGE TAX

By Tim Craig

Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 14, 2010

Tim Craig of the Washington Post wrote on May 14, 2010, of the formation of No DC Beverage Tax, a coalition of more than three dozen city grocers and restaurants. The group formed to oppose City Council Member Mary M. Cheh’s one-cent per ounce tax on soda and other beverages. Craig quoted Ellen Valentino, executive vice president of the beverage association: “During these tough economic times, we are talking about the grocery store cart here,” said Valentino, noting that Cheh’s proposal would add about $1.44 to the cost of a 12-pack of soda. “We are talking about the working families and what some people look at as staples on their shopping list.”

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>COALITION FORMS TO FIGHT SODA TAX

DCist.com
By Sommer Mathis
May 13, 2010

Sommer Mathis wrote of the formation of the No DC Beverage Tax coalition on the DCist.com blog on May 13, 2010. She listed several members, including “Au Bon Pain, Pizza Bolis, Safeway Inc., Magruder’s, and Blimpies, plus at least a dozen or so local liquor and convenience stores.”

Read the full post here: http://dcist.com/2010/05/soda_tax_opponents_get_organized.php

>DISTRICT RESIDENT VOICE OPPOSITION TO SODA TAX

ABC 7 News

Posted by: Malachi Constant

ABC 7 News quoted several city residents opposed to a one-cent per ounce tax on soda in their April 30, 2010, broadcast. District resident Rashard Smith said, “I just feel as though, it’s cans, it’s bags, what’s next?”

Watch the video and read the story here: http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0410/731384.html

>ANTI-SODA TAX COALITION FORMS

In his D.C. Wire blog on the Washington Post on May 12, 2010, Tim Craig wrote of the formation of the No DC Beverage Tax coalition. He wrote of the coalition’s full-page advertisement in the Northwest Currant.

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