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it s really on all kinds of sweetened beverages fruit juice, iced tea, energy drinks, you name it. if it s got sugar in it, 3-cents-an-ounce tax. so, we re starting to see some of the pushback against it, the teamsters having an op-ed today, saying, it s a regressive tax. here s why we re against it. yet last weekend, we saw the mayor have a sit-down with people in the beverage industry, powerful forces, and a person that is known well in union circles, john dougherty, was part of that meeting and seeming to be on the mayor s side. how do we read this when we re told unions could be against it but then you have john dougherty? how do all of these pieces come in to play? what does it mean for the prospects of what the mayor s trying to do? well, there s a difference between john dougherty and the teamsters, right? the teamsters made the wrong bet. this is politics 101, right? the teamsters were on the wrong side of the convention center, as jim kenney would see it, ....
preference to a landslide win. come january, kenney will become the 125th mayor in the history of the city. tuesday night, the big story on action news tonight is the election of jim kenney as mayor. and these numbers tell the tale of kenney s victory over repupublican melissa murray bailey. 98% of the vote in. kenney with 85% of the votes cast. action news reporter dann cuellar live outside of philadelphia city hall. dann? the poles are closed for 45 minutes when the mayor jim kenney emerged to give his victory speech thanking his parents, children and supporters for their help, and gave his vision. tonight surrounded by all of you i am reminded it is not what i will going to do, it is what we are going to do together. [cheers and applause] in brief remarks, mayor-elect jim kenney outlined his vision for the city of philadelphia under his administration in 2016. he talks about teachers having the resources to teach, and the smallest, most vulnerable childre ....
let us introduce you to the mayor-elect of the city of philadelphia. jim kenney marched to victory tonight riding his massive voter registration advantage, his experience and political preference to a landslide win. come january, kenney will become the 125th mayor in the history of the city. tuesday night, the big story on action news tonight is the election of jim kenney as mayor. and these numbers tell the tale of kenney s victory over republican melissa murray bailey. 98% of the vote in. kenney with 85% of the votes cast. action news reporter dann cuellar live outside of philadelphia city hall. dann? the poles are closed for 45 minutes when the mayor jim kenney emerged to give his victory speech thanking his parents, children and supporters for their help, and gave his vision. tonight surrounded by all of you i am reminded it is not what i will going to do, it is what we are going to do together. [cheers and applause] in brief remarks, mayor-elect ....