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Voters Consider Initiative to Block Local Taxes on Sweetened Beverages

by Carolyn Bick

Though Initiative 1634 is billed as a no new groceries tax, big soda companies have provided most of the funding for the campaign supporting the initiative. The same big soda companies are the ones responsible for passing on the cost of the city’s sweetened beverage tax to consumers through retailers.

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