On August 24th 2004, the California State Senate voted to FORCIBLY require to State of California
to fluoridate its water.
The California State Legislature used all of the tricks in the book to
prevent public participation and assure information was not available to
legislators in their decision making that will likely, and is intended to,
effect what 35 million Californians will eat and drink for the rest of
their lives, as well as who will pay for it, and who will defend this
coercive action.
As reported, the California State Senate voted 31 to 3 to support
the Gut and Amend Senate Bill 96 that was just railroaded through the
Assembly with waivers of the required 30 days for public review, and
waivers of public notice, so that interested parties could not participate
and respond.
The news paper stories did not mention that opposition from everyone but
the Sierra Club went unreported in the analyses on the official web sites
provided by the Senate and Assembly, until August 28, 2004, after the Bill had
cleared both houses, despite timely written submissions, and even oral
testimony.
This makes it very convenient to avoid reporting on what basis
opposition was submitted, and as you will notice, not one of the groups of
citizens that enacted their own initiative ordinances to protect the "bait
and switch" from what the general public believes is toothpaste grade
substances to untested, unapproved industrial grade substances that
contain significant concentrations of lead and arsenic, were contacted by
the media, or represented in the analyses presented to legislators.
There was no intention for full disclosure, full review, or full public
participation in this "Gut and Amend", "hide-and-seek",
"waiver-of-all-public-notice" legislative process.
Despite the repetition of news articles that point to the bill's effect
on San Diego, the language is expressly created to halt ALL local water
quality control, even trumping local regulations restricting contaminated
products from being used to treat local water supplies.
A full-on statewide campaign is now underway to immediately inform Governor
Schwarzenegger of your disgust for this backroom legislative process. As it is essential
to not only preserve the quality of your water, but to preserve a
semblance of the pursuit of participative legislative democracy.
Contact Governor Schwarzenegger and URGE him to STOP ALL Fluoridation of California's Water Supply:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone #: 1.916.445.2841
Fax #: 1.916.445.4633
E-mail: governor@governor.ca.gov
or see:
http://www.govmail.ca.gov
8. Citizens for Safe Drinking Water in California
Attn: Jeff Green/Director
1010 University Ave- #52, San Diego, California 92103 USA
Toll-free #: 1.800.728.3833
Website: http://www.keepers-of-the-well.org
E-mail: greenjeff@cox.net
