Stay on top of the pop air lung and two chances of snow in the forecast by down loading the free cbs philly weather app available on i tunes and google play. It the is first day of phl prek, locally funded prek initiative. 2,000 tuition free seats have been created thanks to the the cities you this drink tax. Eyewitness news was at the northeast where students were getting ready for their first day of school. Philadelphias chief education officer, was also there as well. Meantime, some say that they are experiencing, sticker shock, thanks to that new tax. Our joe holden is live in center city with more on that part of the story, joe. Reporter jessica, sticker shock is very clear when you hit the stores. City rebehind us intent of this law was to tax the distributors, of sugary drinks , however, we have found that is being passed on to the customer, and in some instances, the costs, related to this tax, it is higher then the soda itself. It makes he want to cry. Reporter she was about t
They are going to go across city line avenue. Reporter Business Owners of david day of the Beverage Company seen decline first hand. We are down 30 percent in philadelphia they buy 3liter in a shop right for 1. 39. The taxis 1. 53. But the mayor wants it. Reporter sources with the Teamsters Union say layoffs are imminent and some workers seen their take home pay tropical by 50 to 70 percent because they are moving less product and some members have quit. The restaurants are feeling pinch too, josh kim, owner of spot gourmet burger, says sugary drink sales at the his shop has gone down 10 to 15 percent. If you read legislation bottles. Reporter mayor jim kenney as Beverage Industry is misleading the public. It is them trying to hold on to their wealth. We are asking for a little bit of that money to educate poor kids. Reporter the administration, says that while much of the honey will fund universal rek some money will go elsewhere, meantime, legality of the sweet and beverage taxis cur
They are going to go across city line avenue. Reporter Business Owners of david day of the Beverage Company seen decline first hand. We are down 30 percent in philadelphia they buy 3liter in a shop right for 1. 39. The taxis 1. 53. But the mayor wants it. Reporter sources with the Teamsters Union say layoffs are imminent and some workers seen their take home pay tropical by 50 to 70 percent because they are moving less product and some members have quit. The restaurants are feeling pinch too, josh kim, owner of spot gourmet burger, says sugary drink sales at the his shop has gone down 10 to 15 percent. If you read legislation bottles. Reporter mayor jim kenney as Beverage Industry is misleading the public. It is them trying to hold on to their wealth. We are asking for a little bit of that money to educate poor kids. Reporter the administration, says that while much of the honey will fund universal rek some money will go elsewhere, meantime, legality of the sweet and beverage taxis cur
Through the cracks. That johnson cleared all federal and state background checks, grateful that our residents alerted us to the behave of this former ploy and we could work quickly to report the allegations investigate the matter and terminate her plo employment. Earlier this month Police Arrested nina scott, a teacher at the school for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 16yearold student. Detectives say in is no link between the two cases. Reporter and back out live, we can tell that you police have execute aid warrant to search johnsons phone to make sure she did not text pictures or videos to student. She is out waiting for a court date and does not have a prior criminal record. Thank you. Police in wilmington are investigating a robbery and atemmed Sexual Assault of a runner and investigators a that a 28yearold woman was running when a man came up behind her and pushed her to the grown and the attacker tried to sexually assault her and she fought him off. The numbers are
6 billion in profits. The ceo makes 25 million as a base salary. They spent 11 million fighting the tax on tv. Theyve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars every month on lobbyists and lawyers. And they take it out on the guy in the bottling plant . I mean, to me, theyre using their employees as pawns to create anger and mistrust and to try to get the tax away. But the tax has been passed. Its not going away unless a court kills it. And from the retailer side, guys like jeff brown and others at shoprite, i mean, he just opened a store yesterday inside the city limits. Hes talking on one hand about cutting employee hours. On the other hand, hes opening a new store. I had a young man come up to me last week, and he said to me, i really like you, but you cost me a dollar for every 16ounce soda i buy. I said, nope. The tax is a quarter. The 75 cents extra is going in the retailers pocket. Theyve been taxing this product before the tax even went into effect, and theyve been stockpiling the