People are furious at Nestle for taking over small towns' water supply

 A new purchase by Nestlé is sparking calls for a boycott of the company and reform of the bottled water industry.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/people-are-furious-at-nestle-for-taking-over-small-towns-water-supply/ar-BBwECba?li=BBnb4R7

In Waitsburg, A Proposed Water Bottling Plant Creates Division

 Nestlé is looking to build a commercial water bottling plant in the Northwest. Its most recent pitch is to the town of Waitsburg, 20 miles north of Walla Walla. The plan to bottle water from Coppei springs is tying the small community in knots.

http://nwpr.org/post/waitsburg-proposed-water-bottling-plant-creates-division

Tension should subside by your making the right decision

Guidance for the commissioners

In your front page article of Sept. 8, Sam Wilson reported on the county commissioners’ meeting dealing with the Creston zoning plan change, which would impact the proposed Creston water bottling plant. Wilson noted that Commissioner Phil Mitchell commented after the meeting that he was “struggling” between his emphasis on property rights protections and the fact that the proposal is a publicly initiated request with strong community support.” He further commented, “The problem I have with this one is it was done on the basis of someone that was unzoned being told what he couldn’t do. If this was done a year ago, this would have been a slam dunk.”

Commissioner Mitchell, let me help you with that struggle. There are a number of reasons that this one still is a slam dunk:

1) When you were sworn in as our county commissioner, you took an oath to defend and support the Constitution of the state of Montana. Under our Constitution, the water, which is the property at issue here, is the property of the people of Montana, not Lew Weaver; your overriding obligation is to support and defend the public property rights under our Constitution.

2) What does the passage of a year have to do with this? Weaver has not been given a green light by any state agency to steal our water yet, and just because he may have taken some action to go ahead with his plans, and spent some of his money as well as that, probably, of his backers, this is his problem, not yours, or that of the public. Why you would feel any tension about this is unfounded.

Believe me, that tension should subside by your making the right decision by allowing this zoning change which will have the effect of supporting the petitioners who want to amend their zoning plan and have met all of the legal requirements to do so, and also you will be doing the right thing by your county constituents whose property interests you are also protecting.

Let’s all hope you and your fellow commissioners make the right decision. —David Eychner, Kalispell

Cascade Locks Ore. Nestle Water Bottling Plan Draws Protest — Even After It's Voted Down

 Last May, it looked like voters had stopped the Nestle corporation from putting a water-bottling plant in the Columbia River Gorge. But four months later, activists are raising concerns the project could still happen.

http://www.opb.org/news/article/nestle-oregon-water-bottling-plan-protest/

Egan Slough meeting postponed

The Flathead County commissioners’ discussion and possible vote on the proposed expansion of the Egan Slough Zoning District has been postponed because of a scheduling conflict.

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/members/egan-slough-meeting-postponed/article_fb14a6e8-7f8a-11e6-aff1-7ffd436bd234.html 

Commissioners consider bigger Egan Slough Zoning district

The Flathead County commissioners on Friday Sept 23 will consider adopting a resolution to expand the Egan Slough Zoning District to include property where a water bottling plant is proposed near Creston.

The commissioners will begin their discussion at 10 a.m.



http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/commissioners-consider-bigger-egan-slough-zoning-district/article_87fddb98-7eb8-11e6-91e5-4342ddf2cadd.html

Bottling Flathead’s Water…Think Again

Flathead Beacon:

It is imperative that we protect our water, not only for us now, but for generations to come

http://flatheadbeacon.com/2016/09/01/bottling-flatheads-water-think/

Daily Interlake OPINION: Answers sought about impact of bottling plant

We are writing in response to the Daily Inter Lake guest opinion “Water company owners give their side of the story” in the August 7 issue.

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/members/opinion-answers-sought-about-impact-of-bottling-plant/article_22d7fa84-7ae2-11e6-b207-1f59e368fbfe.html

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Really?

Is there really a politician...

who will take a stand against the bottling plant?


But where are the rest of them?



"In the land of the ostriches, the blind are king. When politicians bury their head in the sand,  ignorance rules the country"

Erik Pevernagie

 Daily Interlake:

Zoning plan debated before commissioners

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/members/zoning-plan-debated-before-commissioners/article_a33b65ae-762c-11e6-a0c0-43b67c712268.html

Will the Creston Bottling plant be Zoned Out?, Part 2

Flathead Beacon:

Dozens Speak in Support of Expanding Egan Slough Zone

http://flatheadbeacon.com/2016/09/08/dozens-speak-support-expanding-egan-slough-zone/

Will the Creston Bottling plant be Zoned Out?