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Aurora: Wording of Nov 4 Fluoridation Ordinance
Excerpt: Locally, Aurora voters will be asked whether the City of Aurora should adopt an ordinance to prohibit the addition of fluoride to the city’s water system. Voters are cautioned to carefully read the wording on the ballot because a yes vote is really a vote against fluoride and a no vote is a vote […]
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Hastings: CDC official: Fluoride safe, effective
Fluoride is in the right place at the right time to make a positive impact on your teeth, one official says. “By being in the right place at the right time, fluoride can stop the attack of the tooth’s surface and it can make it stronger than it was before,” said William Bailey, a dental […]
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Broken Bow to Vote on Fluoridation
Broken Bow residents will vote Nov. 4 whether the city’s water supply should be fluoridated. The Nebraska Legislature passed LB 245 this year to provide fluoridation of drinking water in cities or villages with populations of 1,000 or more residents by June 2, 2010. However, the bill included a provision for communities that want to […]
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City of North Bend to vote on fluoridation Nov. 4
Excerpt from “Three file for write-ins for North Bend’s city council” … When the ballots from North Bend come into the Dodge County Courthouse on election night those ballots will have to be looked at individually, he said. Just more than 730 registered voters in North Bend will have a chance to cast two votes […]
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Voters to weigh in on water treatment
WAHOO – Residents of three Saunders County cities will be able to decide if they want to opt out of a state mandate. Wahoo, Yutan and Ashland voters will be casting a vote if fluoride should be placed in their community’s drinking water. In April, the Nebraska Legislature passed LB 245. This piece of legislation […]
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Dakota City question: To fluoridate? Or not?
Dakota City voters will be asked on Election Day to mark their ballot in favor or opposed to fluoridating city water. City Manager Bob Peters said the issue is not at all controversial among residents. The vote was prompted by a bill passed by the Unicameral this year. The bill requires cities with populations of […]
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Ballot issue gives Chadron voters voice in fluoridation effort
When Chadron residents head to the polls Nov. 4, they will have to cast a ballot on whether or not the city should fluoridate its water supply. A new Legislative bill approved during the last session requires cities and villages of over 1,000 residents to either fluoridate their water supplies or opt out of the […]
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Lexington: Mayor cautions voters on fluoride
LEXINGTON – “Read it carefully. They should do that with all ballot issues, but this one is critical to Lexington.” Mayor John Fagot is referring to the Nov. 4 ballot measure being put before voters on whether to allow the addition of fluoride to the city’s water system. The wording on the ballot measure is […]
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Gothenburg: Understand fluoridation wording
The City Office has been approached by some voters in the community regarding the upcoming vote on fluoridation. There is some concern over the language on the ballot, and also concern as to the necessity of the vote (especially since fluoridation was voted out by the community in 1996). In regard to necessity of the […]
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Wisner Faces Fluoride Vote in November
Nebraska communities with at least 1,000 residents now are required to provide drinking water with fluoride, or opt out by ballot vote, as a result of Nebraska lawmakers’ approval of LB 245 in their last session. Most of Nebraska’s population is served by public water systems that either have enough naturally occurring fluoride or already […]
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