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Opinion: A new breed of naked corporatism
The American Beverage Association, the powerful trade association representing PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and other sugar-sweetened-beverage companies, took California’s state legislature hostage this summer. It proffered a devil’s bargain to lawmakers: The trade association would drop its plans to put a measure on the state’s November ballot designed to seriously weaken the ability of communities to raise revenue, in exchange for a ban until 2030 on new local taxes on sweetened beverages.
Opinion: A new breed of naked corporatism
The American Beverage Association, the powerful trade association representing PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and other sugar-sweetened-beverage companies, took California's state legislature hostage this summer. It proffered a devil's bargain to lawmakers: The trade association would drop its plans to put a measure on the state's November ballot designed to seriously weaken the ability of communities to raise revenue, in exchange for a ban until 2030 on new local taxes on sweetened beverages.
Communities need to reject this kind of intrusion into their affairs
The American Beverage Association, the powerful trade association representing PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and other sugar-sweetened-beverage companies, took California's state legislature hostage this summer. It proffered a devil's bargain to lawmakers: The trade association would drop its plans to put a measure on the state's November ballot designed to seriously weaken the ability of communities to raise revenue, in exchange for a ban until 2030 on new local taxes on sweetened beverages.
A new breed of naked corporatism [Opinion]
The American Beverage Association, the powerful trade association representing PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and other sugar-sweetened-beverage companies, took California's state legislature hostage this summer. It proffered a devil's bargain to lawmakers: The trade association would drop its plans to put a measure on the state's November ballot designed to seriously weaken the ability of communities to raise revenue, in exchange for a ban until 2030 on new local taxes on sweetened beverages.
A new breed of naked corporatism
The American Beverage Association, the powerful trade association representing PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and other sugar-sweetened-beverage companies, took California's state legislature hostage this summer. It proffered a devil's bargain to lawmakers: The trade association would drop its plans to put a measure on the state's November ballot designed to seriously weaken the ability of communities to raise revenue, in exchange for a ban until 2030 on new local taxes on sweetened beverages.
Opinion | Corporatism is infringing on your backyard like never before
Kim Haddow is director of the Local Solutions Support Center, a project of the Rockefeller Family Fund, and a national hub that works to counter preemption efforts. The American Beverage Association, the powerful trade association representing PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and other sugar-sweetened-beverage companies, took California’s state legislature hostage this summer.
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