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Anti-fluoride group picks up big check, nearly catches up with competition: Portland City Hall roundup

 By Ryan Kost, The Oregonian 
on March 21, 2013 at 12:16 PM, updated March 21, 2013 at 4:20 PM

Clean Water Portland organizers submitted 43,236 signatures to the city Oct. 11 to block the city's decision to add fluoride to drinking water. Voter will decide whether to move forward in May.Brad Schmidt/The Oregonian 

The campaign lobbying Portlanders to reject a May ballot proposal to fluoridate the city's water just got a $10,000 boost from a local developer.

Up until the recent donation, Clean Water Portland, which is fighting against fluoridation, had been running behind the pro-fluoride camp, Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland, in the money race.

But the extra $10,000, a gift from Daniel Deutsch, who Willamette Week points out is the developer of the Left Bank