Editorial: Recommended: Yes on I-940; Yes on I-1634
Washington’s Initiative 1634 campaign is dubbed “Yes to Affordable Groceries,” with a plea that voters prohibit local governments from imposing new taxes on all groceries, including sugary soft drinks. But let’s not kid ourselves: This initiative, mostly funded by more than $20 million from national soft-drink makers, is aimed at keeping the new soda tax imposed by Seattle from spreading elsewhere.
Though the vast majority of the initiative’s funding comes from the soda-pop industry, it also has support from restaurateurs, store owners and farm groups.