Mike Chapman has let politics, not facts, guide his decision-making. Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman has not served the people of Clallam County well nor carried out his fiduciary responsibilities in many ways. Inappropriately, he does not support the fluoridation of the Port Angeles water. As a member of the county Board of Health, his […]
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Ethics complaint against Port Angeles mayor withdrawn
PORT ANGELES — Fluoridation opponent Marolee Smith dropped her ethics complaint Friday against Mayor Patrick Downie just as an ethics board was preparing to hear her allegations. The complaint was dropped three days after the City Council stopped fluoridation. Of four ethics complaint emanating from the City Council’s Dec. 15 decision to continue fluoridation — […]
Fluoridation ends in Port Angeles; advisory vote to be on ballot in 15 months
The Port Angeles City Council has voted to end fluoridation of municipal water and conduct a vote Nov. 7, 2017. PORT ANGELES — Fluoridation of the Port Angeles municipal water supply stopped Wednesday morning — at least until after a Nov. 7, 2017 advisory vote. That’s when voters will tell the City Council their preference […]
Port Angeles Reverses Course On Fluoride
Port Angeles- The fluoride issue for Port Angeles took an interesting turn at Tuesday night’s city council meeting, when city officials voted to suspend adding fluoride to the city’s water supply pending a new advisory vote. Back in December of 2015, members of the city council overrode the results of an unofficial survey that indicated […]
Fluoridation foe against advisory vote as Port Angeles City Council takes up conciliation effort today
PORT ANGELES — Eloise Kailin, the president of the anti-fluoridation group Our Water, Our Choice!, said Sunday she is against Mayor Patrick Downie’s proposal to hold a Nov. 7, 2017, advisory ballot on the controversial water treatment. The City Council will discuss the pro-fluoridation mayor’s offer of conciliation to bring together warring sides in the […]
Port Angeles. Editorial: Conduct fluoride advisory vote
IT’S NOT WORKING. The Port Angeles City Council has mismanaged the process of obtaining public input on the fluoridation of city water to the point that many members of the public feel disenfranchised rather than empowered by those elected to represent them. The issue has gone beyond fluoridation to the question of whether democracy works […]
Port Angeles: Public Disclosure Commission rejects complaint against anti-fluoridation group
The state Public Disclosure Commission has rejected a complaint alleging that the anti-fluoridation group Our Water, Our Choice! exceeded spending limits in its fight against the city of Port Angeles’ fluoridation of the municipal water supply. Portland, Ore., dentist Kurt Ferre, treasurer of the Portland, Ore.-based, pro-fluoride American Fluoridation Society, filed the protest April 15 […]
Second-class city vote timing in doubt in Port Angeles
A ballot measure to make Port Angeles a second-class city would go before voters in November 2017, according to state statute, unless the City Council votes to put it on the upcoming general election ballot, City Attorney Bill Bloor said Thursday. Bloor, who is reviewing the legality of the Our Water, Our Choice! petition for […]
Second-class city effort passes hurdle in Port Angeles; date of election to be determined
PORT ANGELES — A petition to change Port Angeles city government to second-class-city status has enough valid signatures to bring the question before voters, Clallam County Auditor Shoona Riggs said last week. If voters approve what’s called for in the petition, the city would switch from a code city back to its pre-1971 second-class-city status. […]
Petition filed to change Port Angeles government form
An anti-fluoride group has submitted a petition to change the city of Port Angeles’ form of government. “Our Water Our Choice” submitted a thousand signatures on the petition to the city clerk yesterday. That’s more twice the number needed. It calls for reorganizing the city from a code city to a second-class city. It could […]