Battle Over Soda Tax, Wine In Grocery Stores Sweeten Lawmakers' Campaigns
Battle Over Soda Tax, Wine In Grocery Stores Sweeten Lawmakers' Campaigns
Aug 2, 2010 6
ALBANY -- Groups involved in the fights over allowing grocery stores to sell wine and implementing a state tax on sugared beverages poured a whopping $1 million or more in state campaigns over the last six months, campaign-finance records show.The flow of money from special-interest groups, mainly from opponents of the measures, has had success so far: Both proposals have been shelved by the Legislature despite heavy lobbying by Gov. David Paterson for their passage.
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