THE AGGIES GET IT RIGHT
The Texas A&M Aggies Symbol: a Collie
One hundred miles and then some down the road, in a town just over one tenth our size, a municipal official has done what no Austin pol dares to do. In College Station, home of UT's football archrival the Aggies, City Manager David Neely recently declared water fluoridation an unnecessary expense and called for an end to it. Neely cited savings of $40,000 for the city during fiscal year 2012; he did not address any health issues. Their city council will vote on adoption of the new budget September 22.
Here in Austin - where the powers that be think nothing of tossing out half a million for a runoff election to appease a disgruntled, decisively defeated City Council incumbent - the yearly $389,000 in fluoridation costs the Water Utility is willing to admit to would never cause a blink despite all the usual big city budget posturings. Under a steady barrage of evidence as to the dangers and ineffectiveness of fluoride, our elected "representatives" twist slowly, slowly in the wind, sometimes rude, always evasive, avoiding our eyes and our questions. To quote the Austin Lounge Lizards wildly out of context: "When will it ever end?"
Neely's recommendation was covered in a local TV piece that did not even mention his name - though it invoked a local dentist, the American Dental Association and the US Public Health Service - and treated the community's potential loss of "optimal" fluoridation as a looming disaster. But we know who he is and we laud his courage in taking a stand so politically difficult yet so necessary. We recommend that everyone bombard him with support by phone and email. His contact information can be found here. Also, get in touch with the College Station mayor and council members with the same message.
I never thought I'd be cheering the Aggies. But today I am.
Posted by M. Rae Nadler-Olenick at 8/31/2011 5:31 PM 
Categories: health environment politics wellness
Tags: fluoride water fluoridation fluorosilicic acid college station utilities politics
Categories: health environment politics wellness
Tags: fluoride water fluoridation fluorosilicic acid college station utilities politics
FAN just posted Sept 14 a new convert by Dan Stockin. The oldest Latino group in US 1929 has signed on in opposition to water fluoridation. League of United Latin American Citizens article also has the position statement link . This is big and a great addition to Andrew Young and the Kings and Dr. Gerald Durley as the two men are civil rights standouts. This should be seen as a civil rights issue which the the statement clearly does. Lots of docmentation with the article from Dan also. Attorneys need to start smelling the blood in the water soon. Daytona Beach is self insured and claimed Soverign immunity protected them. Go ask your risk management person if Austins insurances protects them or the people damaged by the H2SiF6 chemical in the water. Has any city yet been able to get a supplier to state contaminates of the raw product and claim it is a benefit for humans and safe. Pouighkeepsie NY, Selmer TN and Boone Carol Ark all have tried with not one response yet. San Diego is the real test in court. And 18 million users many Hispanic or blacks with greater damage then then rest.What damage is acceptable collateral damage in exchange for no proven benefit. Protect failed policy not people is big in government.
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FAN has a petition to the white house and need at least 5000 to sign requesting no federal agency promote fluoridation. They have a link to sign up for this white house petition. They had over 1400 sign on first day but with some problems getting on. I had no problem. I think the more that sign on the more likely we get favorable treatment. The new Latino statement seeing fluoridation as a civil rights issue causing more harm to minorities seems worth mentioning in Austin and DC.
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