Timesunion.com
June 17, 2010
Pat Baird R.D.
As a born and raised New Yorker, I understand that the state needs funding badly. The notion cited in a June 6 Perspective article that, “We have to tax something. It might as well be soda,” is spurious. A recent study from the journal Contemporary Economic Policy showed that even a [...]

Wall Street Journal blog
By R.M. Schneiderman
June 14, 2010
Fears of a government shutdown tapered off over the weekend, but as The Journal’s Jacob Gershman reports, the governor and lawmakers remain at odds over how to close Albany’s massive budget gap. One particular point of contention: Gov. Paterson’s proposedpenny-per-ounce tax on sugary beverages, which would raise an estimated $815 [...]

Timesunion.com
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Dr. Michael G. Kaplan , Attending Physician
Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn
As a doctor with a strong interest in research and public health policy, I find the debate over soda taxes disappointing.

The state, in part by following the advice of some well-meaning but misguided health officials, has told us this tax will reduce [...]

Timesunion.com
Pam Peeke, M.D., M.P.H.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Gov. David Paterson’s idea of a tax on sugary beverages looks like a pretty sweet deal to state officials in need of quick cash. Proponents say such a tax would raise money for the state and lower obesity rates. As a physician and fitness expert for 20 years, I [...]

The Buffalo News Opinion
By Michael G. Kaplan
April 26, 2010
As a doctor with a strong interest in research and public health policy, I find the current debate over a soda tax in New York disappointing. The state has told us that this tax will reduce obesity. There is simply no authoritative health study to justify this [...]

MSNBC.com
WHEC-TV
Friday, April 23, 2010

A plan by the governor to put a tax on sugar has one local grocer taking up a fight.
Dale Vance of Hegedorn’s Supermarket in Webster is calling on the public to support the senate and assembly in their opposition to Paterson’s soda tax. Under the plan, sugary drinks will likely cost more [...]

Rochester Homepage.net
By Matt Molloy
Thursday, April 22, 2010

It doesn’t seem likely the proposed soda tax will make it in the state budget, but local grocer Dale Vance is still fighting it. He says the state needs to look at cutting costs, not raising taxes.
“Being in business ourselves we know that we can’t always balance our budget [...]

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. [...]

WHEC.com
April 22, 2010
A plan by the governor to put a tax on sugar has one local grocer taking up a fight.
Dale Vance of Hegedorn’s Supermarket in Webster is calling on the public to support the senate and assembly in their opposition to Paterson’s soda tax. Under the plan, sugary drinks will likely cost more as [...]

WHAM News
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Owners of Hegedorn’s supermarket worried the tax may not be dead.
Owners  of a local supermarket are trying to gear up for the possibility of a new tax on soda.
Governor Paterson  had originally proposed a one penny per ounce tax on soda and certain sugary fruit drinks. The idea was to reduce obesity [...]