Thursday, May 17, 2012

Richmond soda tax

  • RICHMOND, Calif. — Voters in Richmond are set to decide whether to make the San Francisco Bay area city the nations first municipality to tax soda and other sugary beverages to help fight childhood obesity.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Richmond voters will decide Nov. 6 whether to tax merchants on sales of sugar-sweetened drinks. The Richmond City Council voted Tuesday to put tandem ballot measures to local voters.
  • (San Jose Mercury News)
  • A tax on sugary drinks -- which leads children to consume the equivalent of a five-gallon water jugs worth of sugar every year -- is headed to the ballot in Richmond for voters consideration.
  • (NBC Bay Area)
  • Richmond leaders hope to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in the city, and they want voters to approve a fee on local businesses sales of those products. The City Council on Tuesday will consider placing a measure on the Nov.
  • (San Jose Mercury News)
  • Voters in the San Francisco Bay area city of Richmond will have an opportunity to vote on a proposal to tax soda as well as other sugary beverages. The City Council cast a 5-2 vote on Tuesday to put the soda tax measure on the Nov. 6 ballot.
  • (galaxystocks.com)
  • Voters in Richmond are set to decide whether to make the San Francisco Bay area city the nations first municipality to tax soda and other sugary beverages to help fight childhood obesity.
  • (Lancaster online.com)
  • Another danger to soda companies are soda taxes which are being proposed to encourage people to opt for healthier drinks.
  • (Market Intelligence Center)
  • ordinary soda pop tabs became works of art in a competition to raise money for a Charlottesville nonprofit. Gov.
  • (NBC 29 News)
  • ordinary soda pop tabs became works of art in a competition to raise money for a Charlottesville nonprofit. Gov.
  • (NBC 29 News)

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