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“If it will go toward what they’re saying it’s going to, I like the idea. Plenty of people buy soda, so I think it would be pretty cool to take that money to help children and other causes.”
Mikey Ferro,
2300 block of South Rosewood Street
“I’m for it. I was in favor of Mayor Nutter’s tax, too. I hope that the tax will do the trick to help schools because they have to get the money from somewhere.”
Louis Kessler,
Broad and Wolf streets
“I don’t think it will work. I think he could take other measures to find money for schools. I’m an educator, but I don’t see this working as a means to help children.”
Carol Rosarto,
New Jersey
Interviews by Joseph Myers Photos by Tina Garceau