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Fluoride opponents push issue onto 2014 ballot
Nov 8, 2012 at 2:32 PM PDT
According to the press release, "the signature verification process was completed by the Multnomah County Elections Office" on November 7 and opponents of fluoridation turned in over 33,000 valid signatures. Only 19,858 were required.

Poll: City evenly split on putting fluoride in drinking water
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Nov 1, 2012 at 2:18 PM PDT
The latest KATU news poll conducted by Survey USA finds the fluoride debate has split the city down the middle.

Poll: Hales pulling away from Smith in mayoral race
Oct 31, 2012 at 12:25 PM PDT
A new poll shows Charlie Hales appears to be pulling away from Jefferson Smith in the race for Portland Mayor with less than one week before Election Day.

Fluoride foes submit more than 43,000 signatures
Oct 11, 2012 at 5:17 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Opponents of Portland's plan to add fluoride to the city's water turned in signature petitions a day ahead of a deadline and with thousands of signatures to spare.

Clean Water Portland leader Kim Kaminski said the...
Portland City Center, East Portland, Northeast Portland, North Portland, Northwest Portland, Southeast Portland, Southwest Portland

Fluoride foes submit more than 43,000 signatures
Oct 11, 2012 at 4:41 PM PDT
Clean Water Portland leader Kim Kaminski says the group submitted more than 43,000 signatures Thursday — far more than the 19,858 required to put the issue before voters.

Poll: Hales increases lead over Smith in Portland mayor race
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Oct 10, 2012 at 10:57 AM PDT
A new poll shows Charlie Hales leads the race for Portland mayor over Jefferson Smith one month before the election.

City Council candidates spar over Frashour ruling, fluoride fight
Oct 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM PDT
Voters got to see candidates for City Council, incumbent Amanda Fritz and her challenger state Rep. Mary Nolan, appear simultaneously on "Your Voice, Your Vote" Sunday in a kind of "mini-debate."

Group says it has needed signatures to put fluoride to a vote
Oct 4, 2012 at 5:33 PM PDT
The group pushing to let the residents of Portland decide whether they want fluoride in their water said Thursday they’ve gathered the necessary signatures to put it on the ballot.

Poll: Voters split on fluoridation, but almost all want a vote on it
Sep 21, 2012 at 3:27 PM PDT
A new Survey USA poll commissioned by KATU News regarding putting fluoride in Portland's water supply revealed two clear trends: voters contacted for the poll were pretty much evenly split on the issue and almost everyone wants to vote on it.

Two mayoral candidates walk into a bar ...
Sep 19, 2012 at 3:21 AM PDT
There were few ground rules to the Portland Mercury's "Mayoral Inquisition!" It wasn't the usual type of candidate debate for mayoral candidates Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith.

Fluoride opponents: 'This is really about democracy'
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Sep 15, 2012 at 12:27 PM PDT
Fluoride opponents are out in force gathering signatures to put the City Councils decision to add fluoride to city drinking water up for a public vote.

Fluoride opponents: 'This is really about democracy'
Sep 15, 2012 at 12:27 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. – Fluoride opponents are out in force gathering signatures to put the City Council's decision to add fluoride to city drinking water up for a public vote.

The group needs to gather nearly 20,000 signatures by Oct. 12. If...
Portland City Center, East Portland, Northeast Portland, North Portland, Northwest Portland, Southeast Portland, Southwest Portland

Portland approves fluoride: 'Science is on the side of fluoridation'
Sep 12, 2012 at 4:04 PM PDT

PORTLAND, Ore. — In a meeting where police had to remove unruly protesters for yelling, swearing, hissing and disrupting the vote, the Portland City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved adding fluoride to the city's drinking...
Portland City Center, East Portland, Northeast Portland, North Portland, Northwest Portland, Southeast Portland, Southwest Portland

Portland City Council approves fluoride in drinking water
Sep 12, 2012 at 9:11 AM PDT
The Portland City Council on Wednesday approved adding fluoride to drinking water to fight tooth decay.

Fluoride debate is an ideological clash
Sep 11, 2012 at 8:40 AM PDT
When someone moves to Portland from another state - and that's most people you meet in this city of transplants - their new dentist takes one look at their excellent teeth and concludes they must have been raised elsewhere, a place that puts...