Wells voters say NO to Nestle.
Voting down an ordinance which would open the door to large scale water extraction.
The vote was 3,194 against and 1,420 for, a 69.2% victory for water warriors.
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Nestle forced to remove test wells from the Vernon Walker Wildlife Management area. POWWR to the people!Democracy Now video interviewing Thomas Linzey of CELDF on "rights-based ordinance."Poland Spring urged public officials to express support for water ordinance from Seacoast Online, 11/19/09 WELLS — Poland Spring’s use of an overt advertising campaign to connect with voters before a widely-debated vote on Election Day wasn’t the only way the company sought support leading into a Nov. 3 referendum, according to records from the [...]
Wells voters reject water extraction from the Seacoast Online, 11/4/09 WELLS, Maine — Residents on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a large-scale water extraction ordinance despite efforts by Poland Spring and some selectmen to encourage supporting it. After months of debate, the proposal — which would have both permitted and regulated large-scale water extraction operations — was [...]
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