YNN.com
By: Leah George
April 22, 2010

Local leaders and a Webster grocer are speaking out against the governor’s proposal to tax sugar-sweetened drinks by a penny per ounce. “It’s killing the small mom and pop stores. Grocery stores, their profit margins are very low, very thin, and they’re getting thinner by the state of New York taking these actions. They gotta stop trying to find and dream up gimmicks to balance their budget,” Webster Town Supervisor Ron Nesbitt (R) said.

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