WASHINGTON ACTION FOR SAFE WATER

Blessed are we that live fluoride free, that is if we stay home.

For me it is if I stay within King County Water District 54 where

I serve as President for the Board of Commissioners. Since we were

established in 1937, the water we deliver to our ratepayers is,

and always has been, chlorine and fluoride free. (Meeting frequent

DOH testing)

But now we are under attack, and it makes me relate personally

to the Wisconsin 14.  KCWD 54′s 50 year Franchise Agreement with the

City of Des Moines expired Feb. 11, 2011, just as KCWD 54 was ready

to go to bid on a major project, driven by the City of Des Moines in the

hopes of attracting major developers and putting about half the cost on the

ratepayers.  The City choosing not to renew the agreement, with minor legal changes,

sent us their Draft Prospal for a new Franchise Agreement.  I WILL NOT SIGN IT!

Nor will the other Commisioners. It  does not benefit the water district or the ratepayers.

Just the City, and that is plain wrong.

Our next step is for KCWD 54 Commissioner John Rayback to schedule a meeting with

Des Moines City Officials, and our attorneys. Hopefully they will come out with a Franchise

Agreement that is equitable for all. If not, we are prepared to do what needs to

be done to continue serving the ratepayers of KCWD 54 to the chemical-drug free

water that we have for 3/4′s of a century.

I will post updates here as they happen.

Alli