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October 4, 2011, Victory: Pinellas County, Florida, to Stop Adding Fluoride(s) to Water

Citizens protesting the fluoridation of New York City's water supply in 1965. © Bettmann/Corbis.
_Citizens protesting the fluoridation of New York City's water supply in 1965. © Bettmann/Corbis.

Fluoride Update: The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners voted to discontinue the practice of adding additional fluoride to drinking water supplied by Pinellas County Utilities [as of December 31, 2011].

Seeds of Change Sown Before the Pinellas County Commission Voted to Stop Adding Fluoride(s) to the Public Water Supply on October 4, 2011
By Chris Steiner, We Are CHANGE Tampa, updated November 2, 2011
     These videos are instructional for ending public water fluoridation and/or, "industrial discharge," added to public water under the guise of fluoridation:
     Frank Hopson and Chris Steiner, We Are CHANGE Tampa Member, addressed the Pinellas County Commission at the following two annual utilities rates increase meetings on water fluoridation, CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report), and other issues:
  1. September 29, 2009: www.pinellascounty.org/media/archive-session.htm#worksession (direct link: www.pinellascounty.org/media/bcc-2009-09-29/meeting.ram)
  2. September 28, 2010: http://www.pinellascounty.org/media/archive-bcc.htm (direct link: www.pinellascounty.org/media/bcc-2010-09-28/meeting.ram)
January 11, 2011 (www.meetup.com/We-are-Change-Tampa/events/15767647): Daniel Alloncius, Matt Leffler, Alexander Schlegel, We Are CHANGE Tampa members, on water fluoridation (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j0o9XRe7QY and www.pinellascounty.org/media/archive-bcc.htm (direct link: www.pinellascounty.org/media/bcc-2011-01-11/meeting.ram))
September 27, 2011 (www.meetup.com/We-are-Change-Tampa/events/33944922): Matt Leffler, Chris Steiner, We Are CHANGE Tampa Members, and others at the Pinellas County Commission's latest annual utilities rates increase meeting (http://www.pinellascounty.org/media/archive-bcc.htm (direct link: www.pinellascounty.org/media/bcc-2011-09-27/meeting.ram)).  County residents, Lauri Cole, Marge Mitchell, and We Are CHANGE members, Patti Marqueen, Sammy Schlegel, and Steiner, waived their time (3 minutes each) to allow Steiner to speak 10 minutes.
October 4, 2011 (www.meetup.com/We-are-Change-Tampa/events/35500942): Matt Leffler, Christopher Pitts, Chris Steiner, We Are CHANGE Tampa members, and others at the water fluoridation work session (www.pinellascounty.org/media/archive-session.htm#worksession (direct link: www.pinellascounty.org/media/bcc-2011-10-04/meeting.ram)).
     If you have more information on those who have addressed or corresponded with the Pinellas County Commission or commissioners on the subject of water fluoridation and their organization affiliations, if any, please send them to [email protected] and/or post the information on the blog at the bottom of this page.
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Subsequent television, radio, and other press reports


No more fluoride in Pinellas water
By Steve Nichols, FOX 13 WTVT, October 4, 2011


FOX 13 WTVT was the only local press to send a videographer into the assembly room who then accompanied Reporter, Steve Nichols, to take statements from some of those who addressed the Pinellas County Commission that day.
fluoridealert.org

No more fluoride in Pinellas water: MyFoxTAMPABAY.com


░▒▓►As originally written and posted October 4, 2011, 1:38 PM EST◄▓▒░
Pinellas County Commission votes to stop putting fluoride in water supply
By David DeCamp, St. Petersburg Times, October 4, 2011


Pinellas County Commission votes to stop putting fluoride in water supply
By David DeCamp, St. Petersburg Times, October 5, 2011


Pinellas County to stop putting fluoride in water
Associated Press, October 4, 2011


County votes to remove fluoride from water
By Suzette Porter, Tampa Bay Newspapers, October 4, 2011


Pinellas to eliminate fluoride in drinking water
Written by Beau Zimmer, CBS 10 WTSP, October 5, 2011


Fla. county nixes fluoride in water after heated debate
By Douglas Stanglin, USA Today, October 5, 2011


"Science outweighed by rhetoric" as Pinellas County votes to stop fluoridating water supply
Posted by Mitch Perry, Creative Loafing, October 5, 2011


Pinellas commissioners vote to end fluoridation of water
Brighthouse Cable's Bay News 9, October 5, 2011

fluoridefreeaustin.com

Pinellas County to remove Fluoride from drinking water
By James Lampe, Examiner, October 5, 2011


Pinellas County First in Area to End Municipal Water Fluoridation
The Bradenton Times, October 6, 2011


Politics fed fluoride flip
By David DeCamp, St. Petersburg Times, October 6, 2011


The originally-published article above is the same as the one below except the title has been changed.

Tea party influenced Pinellas commission vote to eliminate fluoride in drinking water
By David DeCamp, St. Petersburg Times, October 6, 2011


Fluoride's value? Prevention
By Richard Martin, St. Petersburg Times, October 6, 2011


The originally-published article above is the same as the one below except the title has been changed.

Questions and answers on fluoridated water
By Richard Martin, St. Petersburg Times, October 6, 2011


Chip Bok, St. Petersburg Times editorial cartoon, October 6, 2011
Vote for scare over science
St. Petersburg Times editorial, October 6, 2011


The cartoon by Chip Bok (left) accompanied the above editorial in the printed version of the St. Petersburg Times, but was not posted online with Bok's other cartoons (bokbluster.com, creators.com/editorialcartoons/chip-bok.html, or gocomics.com/chipbok).

Pinellas County to end fluoridation by year's end
By David DeCamp, St. Petersburg Times, October 6, 2011


Fluoride debate heats up in Pinellas County
By Steve Nichols, FOX 13 WTVT, October 6, 2011



nofluoride.com
toxicfluoride.com

Fluoride debate heats up in Pinellas County : MyFoxTAMPABAY.com


Florida's Pinellas County rejects fluoride in drinking water
By Rick Jervis, USA Today, October 6, 2011


Fluoride in water: Health marvel or government intrusion?
By Stephen Thompson, Tampa Tribune, October 6, 2011


_Vote on fluoride is hard to swallow
By Daniel Ruth, St. Petersburg Times, October 7, 2011


Pinellas County Commission votes to remove toxic fluoride from water supply of more than 700,000 Floridians
By Ethan A. Huff, Natural News, October 7, 2011


Densely Populated Florida County Rejects Water Fluoridation
By Sarah, TheHealthyHomeEconomist.com, October 7, 2011


Florida County Pulls Fluoride from Drinking Water
By Katie Moisse, ABC News, October 7, 2011


Pinellas County Commissioner, Norm Roche, writes to St. Petersburg Times Editors, October 8, 2011

Saturday's letters: Many other nations don't fluoridate water
Letters to the Editor, St. Petersburg Times, October 8, 2011


Fluoridation has 60-year history of being a touchy subject in Pinellas County
By David DeCamp and Stephen Nohlgren, St. Petersburg Times, October 9, 2011


Fluoridation? It’s just a government conspiracy
By Fred Grimm [In My Opinion], Miami Herald, October 10, 2011


Nodding to Tea Party, Pinellas Commission Stops Community Water Fluoridation
By Ralph De La Cruz, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, October 10, 2011


Debate continues over removal of fluoride in the water in Pinellas County
By Janelle Martinez, ABC 28 WFTS, October 10, 2011

NaturalNews.com

Fla. county commission debates fluoride in water
By Tamara Lush, Associated Press, October 11, 2011


Pinellas County Commissioners reaffirms removing fluoride from drinking water supply
By Mitch Perry, Creative Loafing, October 11, 2011


Pinellas County Commission stands firm in decision to end fluoridation
By David DeCamp, St. Petersburg Times, October 12, 2011


Florida county to stop adding fluoride to water
MSNBC, October 12, 2011


The most vulnerable suffer when fluoride is taken from water
By Art Caplan, Ph.D., MSNBC Commentary, October 12, 2011


░▒▓►audio◄▓▒░ Dr. Bill Osmunson and Dr. Betty Martini interviewed by George Noory on Coast to Coast AM, October 12, 2011, about water fluoridation and Pinellas County's decision to stop fluoridating their water supply (see time index 7:50)

Looking to Save Money, More Places Decide to Stop Fluoridating the Water
By Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, October 13, 2011


_░▒▓►transcript◄▓▒░ 'The Rachel Maddow Show' for Thursday, October 13th, 2011

░▒▓►audio◄▓▒░ Norm Roche, Pinellas County Commissioner, interviewed on Liberty Underground, October 14, 2011, by hosts, Adrian Wyllie and Alex Snitker, about the County's decision to stop adding fluoride to the water supply.

░▒▓►video◄▓▒░ InfoWars Nightly News, October 14, 2011: Fluoride Removal 'Winning' with Tony Caso (see time index 2:40)

Pinellas County Florida to end fluoridation of water!
By Sofia Ambrosia, Examiner, October 16, 2011


Dentists say ending fluoridation in Pinellas County will affect poor kids most
By Richard Martin, St. Petersburg Times, October 18, 2011


No more water fluoridation after Dec. 31 [2011]
Commissioners stand firm on decision to remove additive

By Suzette Porter, Tampa Bay Newspapers, October 19, 2011


The fluoride controversy
A look at the sides of a difficult decision

Tampa Bay Newspapers editorial, October 19, 2011


Pinellas County's water contains many things besides fluoride
By David DeCamp, St. Petersburg Times, October 19, 2011


_░▒▓►audio◄▓▒░ Norm Roche, Pinellas County Commissioner, interviewed on Radio Liberty with Dr. Stanley Monteith, November 1, 2011, about the County's decision to stop adding fluoride to the water supply

Fluoride In Drinking Water? No Thanks, Says Florida County
By Greg Allen, NPR, November 15, 2011

_Science fights fluoridation
This time around, data and knowledge are trumping paranoia and ideology.
By Jonathan Zimmerman, Los Angeles Times, November 16, 2011


_░▒▓►audio◄▓▒░ Florida’s Fluoride Furor
American Free Press, November 26, 2011
Norm Roche, Pinellas County Commissioner, interviewed in this AFP podcast about the County's decision to stop adding fluoride to the water supply


Dentists considering push for Pinellas County fluoridation referendum
By David DeCamp, Tampa Bay Times, December 6, 2011


(Corrected) Action Alert: Pro-fluoride fanatics pushing Pinellas Park, Fla., commission to reinstate water fluoridation
By Ethan A. Huff, Natural News, January 11, 2012


February 26, 2012: Alex Jones Show live simulcast from Orlando, Florida, interviews Matt Leffler and Chris Steiner, We Are CHANGE Tampa Organizers, about the October 4, 2011, victory for Pinellas County, Florida, to stop adding fluorides to the public water supply (see time index 2:10).
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