At a contentious and sometimes raucous meeting Monday evening, the Cascade Locks City Council passed a resolution declaring its opposition to Ballot Measure 14-55, the initiative to ban large-scale commercial water bottling operations in Hood River County.
The measure, promoted by the Cascade Locks-based Local Water Alliance, will be voted on in the upcoming primary on May 17.
The Council’s Resolution, declares that the ballot measure is a “direct threat to the City’s home rule, local control, right to self-sufficiency, and its economic future.”
The Resolution also encourages voters in Cascade Locks and Hood River County to vote against the measure
It was passed by a vote of six to one, with only one Council member voting against it.
KBOO reporter Paul Roland reports
Roland also explored the issue at greater depth on his talk show: http://kboo.fm/media/49096-battle-lines-drawn-nestle-bottling-plant-gorge
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