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  • Nickel-a-drink tax hike proposal unwelcome at Inland bars (<(drink)>)

    01/06/2009 11:17:03 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 19 replies · 675+ views
    Riverside Press-Enterprise ^ | 1/6/09 | Sean Nealon and Jim Miller
    Complaining that they already have been hit hard by the ailing economy, many Inland bar owners are upset by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to raise taxes on cocktails, beer and wine purchased at bars. "It's awful," said Paula Jones, owner of Arts Bar & Grill in downtown Riverside. Business has dropped 30 percent the past year, the worst decline Jones has seen in 25 years of owning the bar, she said. The nickel-a-drink tax is part of Schwarzenegger's plan to solve a nearly $40 billion state budget shortfall projected through June 2010. If approved by the Legislature in the coming...