Bloomberg funds $2 million in ads backing Preckwinkle pop tax
(Chicago Tribune Religion News)

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is getting a little help from a familiar ally in the soda pop war over the county`s new, much-criticized penny-an-ounce tax on sweetened beverages.Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, long a critic of the health effects of sugary beverages, is spending...