Fluoride Update
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ROCKPORT OFFICIALS TO EYE FLUORIDE VOTE
Source: Gloucester Times | September 11th, 2014 | By Taylor Rapalyea, Staff Writer
ROCKPORT — Selectmen are set to discuss and vote Tuesday on whether a fluoride question will go on the ballot at the next state or local election.
At Monday night’s fall Town Meeting, residents voted on the question “Are you in favor of discontinuing the fluoride supplementation of the Rockport Water Supply?” After a heated debate between an anti-fluoride group and pro-fluoride locals, 116 residents voted for sending the question to a referendum, with 97 residents voting against.
Voting is “definitively on the schedule” for the next board meeting, Town Administrator Linda Sanders said Wednesday, adding that she doubted that selectmen would postpone any such decision. The only way the board would postpone a vote is if it needed more information, and Town Meeting made it clear that there has been a wealth of facts available to the board.
At Monday night’s fall Town Meeting, residents voted on the question “Are you in favor of discontinuing the fluoride supplementation of the Rockport Water Supply?” After a heated debate between an anti-fluoride group and pro-fluoride locals, 116 residents voted for sending the question to a referendum, with 97 residents voting against.
Voting is “definitively on the schedule” for the next board meeting, Town Administrator Linda Sanders said Wednesday, adding that she doubted that selectmen would postpone any such decision. The only way the board would postpone a vote is if it needed more information, and Town Meeting made it clear that there has been a wealth of facts available to the board.
