by flagamuffin

Earlier in the night, No on D campaign spokesman Roger Salazar said that while the tax was winning in Berkeley, it would be wrong to make too much of it.

"The soda tax activists have been venue-shopping for more than five years, and over that time, more than 30 cities and states have rejected similar taxes," he said. "Berkeley is low-hanging fruit. It doesn't look like mainstream America."

Point very well taken, but.