USA - Fluoride petition pushes toward goal in Hastings
Fluoride petition pushes toward goal in Hastings
(7/27/2008) By Ginger ten Bensel - The fluoride debate is heating up once again in Hastings.
The city is already putting the issue on the November ballot, but one group wants to change the wording. They want people to better understand what exactly is going in their water.
Nebraskans for Safe Water have just twelve days left to get enough signatures to change the wording of the fluoridation question on the November Ballet.
“We're three quarters of the way to our goal,” said Butch Hughes.
Right now the group has over fifty volunteers helping circulate their petitions, going door to door and volunteering at the Adams Co. Fair. Hughes believes they are well on their way and by Aug. 8th, they will have more than enough certified signatures.
“To use the correct language on the ballet as far as the fluoridation that is going to be put in if it would pass, which is a fluoristic acid which is a highly contaminated fluoride we think we need to have it on the ballet,” said Hughes.
But Hastings City Council member Kathy Peterson says that she feels having two questions about fluoridation on the ballet could be confusing for some voters.
“I worry if one proposal is voted in saying we don't want fluoridation and the other one says we do want fluoridation and then what do you do when we have two issues on the ballet again that's another confusing point that might occur,” said Kathy Peterson.
Peterson says that all cities in the state who are having the issue of fluoridation placed on the ballet is using the same wording.
“We as a city council had contacted the league of cities to make sure we had the correct wording on our ballet,” said Peterson.
But for now both sides for the fluoridation issue will continue to do their best to educate the public so they are ready to make their own decisions in November...
“The most important things that we do are what our citizens want, after they've been fully educated. Whatever side they decide to choose they need to make that best decision based on knowledge,” said Peterson.
(7/27/2008) By Ginger ten Bensel - The fluoride debate is heating up once again in Hastings.
The city is already putting the issue on the November ballot, but one group wants to change the wording. They want people to better understand what exactly is going in their water.
Nebraskans for Safe Water have just twelve days left to get enough signatures to change the wording of the fluoridation question on the November Ballet.
“We're three quarters of the way to our goal,” said Butch Hughes.
Right now the group has over fifty volunteers helping circulate their petitions, going door to door and volunteering at the Adams Co. Fair. Hughes believes they are well on their way and by Aug. 8th, they will have more than enough certified signatures.
“To use the correct language on the ballet as far as the fluoridation that is going to be put in if it would pass, which is a fluoristic acid which is a highly contaminated fluoride we think we need to have it on the ballet,” said Hughes.
But Hastings City Council member Kathy Peterson says that she feels having two questions about fluoridation on the ballet could be confusing for some voters.
“I worry if one proposal is voted in saying we don't want fluoridation and the other one says we do want fluoridation and then what do you do when we have two issues on the ballet again that's another confusing point that might occur,” said Kathy Peterson.
Peterson says that all cities in the state who are having the issue of fluoridation placed on the ballet is using the same wording.
“We as a city council had contacted the league of cities to make sure we had the correct wording on our ballet,” said Peterson.
But for now both sides for the fluoridation issue will continue to do their best to educate the public so they are ready to make their own decisions in November...
“The most important things that we do are what our citizens want, after they've been fully educated. Whatever side they decide to choose they need to make that best decision based on knowledge,” said Peterson.
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