Update: FPPC says no violation. Soda tax supporters file ethics complaint against beverage association — er, Coke and Pepsi

sodataxShocker: the same companies that produced these are trying to defeat the soda tax measure. (Credit: Associated Press.) Update: Thursday, the state Fair Political Practices Commission responded that a preliminary investigation found no violation of the Political Reform Act. That means the complain is dead. Ah, late October. Giants baseball, sunny days, jack-o’-lanterns on front stoops. And yes, a barrage of ethics complaints. In the days leading up to the Nov. 4 election, ethics complaints filings are fast and furious. The latest? Supporters of Proposition E, the measure to levy a two-cents-per-ounce tax on regular sodas and other sugary drinks, have filed an ethics complaint against the No on E