An extra tax on soda pop and beer will not hurt us. People who buy those items at local stores will still do so with hardly a blink at an extra 5 cents or so. Both drinks may make us happy for a short time. But soda makes us fat and rots our teeth. Beer can make us fat and drunk, though it does have some nutritionally redeeming qualities.

I will vote no on Question 1 and help pay for heath care in Maine every time I indulge.

Sharon Bray

Castine