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 […]
News Archive
Welcome to the Fluoride Action Network News Archive. The FAN News Archive serves as an historical repository for fluoride news stories, positive or negative. Since FAN catalogs all news stories on fluoride, our news section remains a reliable database of all published fluoride news.
Our news database is categorized by country, state/province, and industry. This collection of articles is constantly being updated with the most recent global news on fluoride-related issues and events.
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 […]
Port Angeles. Chapman: Clalllam Board of Health endorsement of fluoridation unlikely to mean commissioners take up matter
PORT ANGELES — Although the Clallam County Board of Health has endorsed the use of fluoride in public drinking water systems county wide, the three county commissioners are not likely to consider enacting a law requiring water fluoridation any time soon — if ever, Commissioner Mike Chapman said Monday. Chapman also serves on the Board […]
Attorneys disagree over impact of petition to change Port Angeles’ form of government
PORT ANGELES — Attorneys disagree on whether changing the form of municipal government would force an election to potentially get rid of the “Fluoride Four” on the Port Angeles City Council. Members of Our Water-Our Choice!, a group opposed to city water fluoridation, are circulating a petition that calls for an election to switch Port […]
3rd Complaint Over Fluoridation Filed With Port Angeles City
Port Angeles – A third ethics complaint has been filed with the City of Port Angeles, this time, against city attorney, Bill Bloor. The complaint was received by the city on Wednesday, authored by Attorney, Peter Perron. In the preliminary remarks section of his complaint, Perron cites “the ethical conduct of the Subject Official in […]
Second ethics complaint filed against Port Angeles deputy mayor, councilman
PORT ANGELES — A second ethics complaint has been filed against Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd after she adjourned a contentious Feb. 2 City Council meeting. The complaint from Our Water, Our Choice! also names Councilman Dan Gase. Edna Willadsen, vice president of the anti-fluoridation group, filed the complaint Friday on behalf of the organization. “When […]