Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, contributed another $285,000 in support of the Yes on Measure D campaign in the last few days, bringing his total contribution to $370,000. More may be coming, according to Howard Wolfson, his senior aide. All you need to know about the elections is at Berkeleyside’s […]
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Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg donates $85,000 to support Berkeley’s proposed soda tax
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who fought unsuccessfully to establish a cap on the size of soda portions sold in that city, has donated $85,000 to the Yes on Measure D campaign. His contribution – the largest the soda tax advocates have gotten to date – is one of three significant donations made […]
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Beverage companies spend $1.675 million to defeat Berkeley soda tax
Any traveler who walked into the Ashby BART station Wednesday night would have been barraged by “No on Measure D” ads. They were plastered on the walls across from the trains, pinned to spaces near the ticket machine, and laid out on the floor of the station. It’s known as saturation advertising and the No […]
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Campaign donations reach record levels in Berkeley; beverage companies donate $1.4M to defeat soda tax
The beverage industry in recent days contributed another $600,000 to its fight to defeat Measure D, a proposed tax in Berkeley on sugary beverages, bringing the amount it has given so far to $1.4 million. The contribution comes on top of $7.7 million the beverage industry has donated to stop a similar soda tax measure […]
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Beverage companies donate $800K to fight soda tax
The political arm of the American Beverage Association donated $500,000 on Sept. 16 to fight a proposed tax on sugary beverages in Berkeley.