PORT ANGELES — An anti-fluoridation group submitted a petition Wednesday to the Port Angeles City Clerk’s Office that could lead to a new form of city government and new City Council elections. Our Water, Our Choice! President Eloise Kailin of Sequim said the petition was submitted after an ad hoc fluoridation committee that issued a […]
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Port Angeles ethics board recommends admonishment for Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd
PORT ANGELES — A three-person board recommended this morning that Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd should be orally admonished by the City Council for violating the city ethics code. The panel composed of Frank Prince Jr., Grant Meiner and Danetta Rutten had decided April 1 that Kidd had violated the code by bringing “disrepute” on the […]
Port Angeles fluoridation panel prepping suggestions on alternatives
PORT ANGELES — To fluoridate or not to fluoridate: That’s not the question, an ad hoc committee says. An ad hoc committee considering alternatives to fluoridation will not suggest whether the practice of fluoridating water should continue when the group makes its report to the Port Angeles City Council, Councilman Brad Collins said Wednesday. “The […]
PFOS: Issaquah City Council approves $988,000 for filtering and studying well water system
After a protracted discussion, the City Council voted unanimously April 4 to spend $988,000 to mitigate contamination problems with Issaquah water system’s Gilman Well No. 4. The amount was slightly less than the $1.08 million requested by the administration in its most recent agenda bill. The council previously had approved $150,000 to partially pay for […]
Port Angeles City Council to hear from ad hoc fluoridation panel
Port Angeles City Council members will receive an update on an ad hoc committee on fluoridation when they meet Tuesday. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in City Council chambers at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St. It will be preceded by a special meeting at 5 p.m. at the same location that will […]
Two ethics boards at work in Port Angeles this week; Gase, Kidd to bring attorney
PORT ANGELES — This week promises to be a busy one for two boards that will decide if Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd and Councilman Dan Gase violated the city’s code of ethical conduct at a Feb. 2 City Council meeting. The first ethics board will meet at 9 a.m. today to consider a complaint by […]
Port Angeles ethics board holds first meeting, permits complaint to be amended
PORT ANGELES — The city’s first ethics board met for the first time Tuesday and, after about two hours of discussion about how to address Marolee Smith’s concerns, decided to allow her to amend her complaint against Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd. Ethics board members Grant Meiner, Danetta Rutten and Frank Prince Jr., the chairman, unanimously […]
Port Angeles mayor issues statement after ethics complaint is filed against him
PORT ANGELES — Mayor Patrick Downie said his remarks at two Port Angeles City Council meetings were to encourage civil discourse rather than an attempt to silence speakers, contrary to the allegations in a complaint filed against him. Downie provided a written statement Thursday in response to an ethics complaint filed against him Tuesday by […]
Ethics complaint filed against Port Angeles mayor amid fluoridation debate
PORT ANGELES — A third ethics complaint against members of the Port Angeles City Council was filed Tuesday night — this time against Mayor Patrick Downie. Marolee Smith, a Port Angeles resident and former City Council candidate, filed the complaint against Downie during the council meeting’s second public comment session at the end of Tuesday’s […]
Port Angeles City Receives Fourth Complaint
Port Angeles – The City of Port Angeles has now received a fourth complaint, relative to the way city council has conducted meetings over the fluoride issue, this time filed against Mayor Patrick Downie. The complaint was authored by Marolee Smith of Port Angeles, and was presented to the City Clerk, Jennifer Veneklasen, at Tuesday […]