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 […]
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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 […]
Port Angeles: Fluoride committee reaches consensus on only one item
After weeks of meetings, an ad-hoc committee dealing with fluoride in the city of Port Angeles water supply has reached consensus on one item. The group of pro and anti fluoride members were able to agree to bring forward to the city council a recommendation to create better outreach for oral health in the community. […]
Port Angeles fluoridation foes file petition to change form of city government
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 […]
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 […]