FLUORIDATION OPPOSED BY 3 OUT OF 4 WATERLOO MAYORALTY CANDIDATES

The front page of today's K-W Record "Waterloo mayoral hopefuls face off" tells us about last night's debate. Incumbent Brenda Halloran is the only mayoral hopeful in favour of fluoridation. Her quote bothers me: "...It's all controlled. It follows strict procedures....I have faith in the system." I find her opinion somewhat ironic as Ms. Halloran came to public office as a result of her trials and tribulations in regards to the Ralgreen Cres. scandal. This scandal clearly showed both the incompetence of public officials and even more importantly their nastiness and resistance to doing the right thing once their incompetence had been exposed. Her three challengers all oppose mandatory Fluoridation although for different reasons.

Woolwich Township residents have a stake in this upcoming Referendum. We are on the receiving end of this forced chemical addition to our drinking water as our water comes up a pipeline from Waterloo. My position is that we should be removing man made chemicals from our drinking water, not adding to them.