Washington: Flouride initiatives looked at by state Supreme Court
The long debate over whether Port Angeles residents should be able to vote on fluoride in their drinking water — an additive first used in 2006 — is being decided by the state Supreme Court. The justices, meeting last week in Skagit County, heard arguments for and against two 2006 petitions filed to put the question on the ballot. Saying that the City Council decision was administrative rather than legislative in nature, the council spurned the petitions, prompting fluoride opponents’ court actions.