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SALEM, Ore. When Sen. Vicki Walker watered down a bill to ban the sale of soft drinks and other sugary snacks in Oregon schools, she said she wanted to protect local schools' ability to decide such matters.
Left unsaid, however, was the fact the Eugene Democrat and other lawmakers got campaign money last fall from a soft drink industry group that has lobbied against the junk food ban in the 2005 Oregon Legislature.See the full content of this document
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Legislators Who Killed Soft-Drink Ban Got Industry Funds
Walker and two other members of the Senate Education Committee that rewrote the bill each got $2,000 campaign contributions from the Oregon Soft Drink Association, which gave a t...
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