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.
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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:
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 WeAreCHANGETampa@WeAreCHANGETampa.org and/or post the information on the blog at the bottom of this page.
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:
- September 29, 2009: www.pinellascounty.org/media/archive-session.htm#worksession (direct link: www.pinellascounty.org/media/bcc-2009-09-29/meeting.ram)
- September 28, 2010: http://www.pinellascounty.org/media/archive-bcc.htm (direct link: www.pinellascounty.org/media/bcc-2010-09-28/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 WeAreCHANGETampa@WeAreCHANGETampa.org and/or post the information on the blog at the bottom of this page.
Subsequent television, radio, and other press reports
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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.
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Pinellas to eliminate fluoride in drinking water
Written by Beau Zimmer, CBS 10 WTSP, October 5, 2011
Written by Beau Zimmer, CBS 10 WTSP, October 5, 2011
The originally-published article above is the same as the one below except the title has been changed.
The originally-published article above is the same as the one below except the title has been changed.
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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). |
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