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Proposed beverage taxes face stiff opposition

Posted by admin | News | Posted on June 4th, 2009

The News Review:

- Proposed beverage taxes face stiff opposition
- Cleveland bar celebrates 10-cent beer night with 10-cent beer
- Beer ads pulled over Italian complaints
- Judging begins for the North American Beer Awards

Proposed beverage taxes face stiff opposition
Salt Lake Tribune
Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy at the American Enterprise Institute; and Stuart H. Altman professor of National Health Policy.

Cleveland bar celebrates 10-cent beer night with 10-cent beer
Yahoo! Sports
And shall they want to overconsume to ease the sting of tonight’s NBA Finals opening sans LeBron and his Cleveland LeBrons? Well who are we to judge? Drinks are on me! (No seriously. After everyone drinks 20 beers for $2 and I do. ) The ol’ Internet map says I can be there in five hours and 38 minutes so it’s best I hit the road before it gets too late. CleveScene writer Vince Grzegorek who tipped me to this wonderful commemoration says there’s no dress code.
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Beer ads pulled over Italian complaints
Chicago Sun-Times
initArticle(“1604372CST-NWS-miller03″ contenthead document. com>LEWIS LAZARE Media & Marketing Columnist. In one commercial Vincent and his sidekick enter a convenience store and ask the clerk if he needs “protection. ” The clerk pointing to a Miller Lite container says he’s got all the protection he needs which prompts an exaggerated “oh!” from Vincent and his sidekick. In a commercial set in a bar Vincent asks — in a threatening tone — if the bartender needs protection. When the bartender says “no” Vincent asks if he’s a wiseguy.

Judging begins for the North American Beer Awards
KIDK
And the hundreds of beers you can test Saturday are competing for hundreds of awards all week long. “We are one of the largest competitions in the country” says Robin Van Horn the competition coordinator. More than a thousand beers are being judged in more than a hundred categories. “Its not like sitting around drinking beer all day” says Chris Haas.