County Executives Address Tax Program at BOP BIZ Center

reprinted from article By Safiyyah Muhammad
Published: January 31, 2017

Revin Fellow at Your Voice Matters Business Task Force Meeting

Cook County Commissioner Stanley Moore (4th District) and two Cook County
Planning & Development executives visited the BOP BIZ center January 27th to speak
to more than 40 community members about the County’s economic development
programs and the controversy beverage tax. The group assembled during the Revin
Fellow Business Breakfast Network, hosted each Friday at the center.

Fellow is the National Spokesperson for the United American Progress Association (UAPA). “For every dollar a child spends on a soda, Pepsi takes ninety-five cents out of the community," Moore said. "Pepsi has not been a good corporate partner for the Black community. I voted for the sugar tax because the beverage folks (Pepsi) put so much pressure on us, anyone would have folded. They put pressure on us to control our vote. If we don’t have your support, we don’t have no support." In a November 10th Chicago Tribune news story, Cook County Board President Tony Preckwinkle stated that raising the soda pop tax was needed to avoid cuts in public