Anti-Nestle ballot measure: Bid to block Cascade Locks water plant succeeds (election results)

[MerryBlooms]

Source: Oregonian

Hood River County voters have said yes to a measure that would effectively block Nestlé Waters' plan to bottle water in Cascade Locks by banning large water bottling operations in the county.

Partial returns Tuesday showed the measure winning with 68 percent of the vote.

The measure's backers celebrated with cheering and speeches in Hood River, while a Nestle spokesman expressed regret while noting "we respect the democratic process."

Nestlé for seven years has sought a way to bottle water from Oxbow Springs, which gurgles out of hillside just outside the Columbia River Gorge town of Cascade Locks.

Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/05/anti-nestle_ballot_measure_in.html

[ciaobaby]

1. Well done Oregonians !!!!!

[jalan48]

2. So if the TPP is enacted will it enable corps like Nestle to nullify these types of elections?

[They_Live]

7. It will enable corps to sue

for not being able to make a profit off exploiting natural resources.

[Demonaut]

3. so does Nestle still have access to the water?, if so they'll just truck and bottle it elsewhere

[reddread]

11. hopefully they will ship some of it to their slave labor.

or did they cut it out?

[MynameisBlarney]

4. GOOD!

Fuck Nestle!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

5. "we respect the democratic process"

No they don't.

They'll eventually figure out a way around this. It's what they do.

[JDPriestly]

6. Water flows. All water should ultimately be owned by the people.

The people in Oregon are sending a message to Nestle and other water bottlers.

Bottled water has its purposes. We all buy it from time to time, some regularly.

But, dear Nestle, "you can't have it all."

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. That is GREAT NEWS! n/t

[muntrv]

9. Now they need to do this nationwide.

[snagglepuss]

10. FANTASTIC NEWS. KUDOS TO THOSE INVOLVED. THANKS FOR POSTING!

[McKim]

12. Wow Oregon is Really Winning Today!

This is wonderful news. And these people should be commended for doing the right thing. It is not a wealthy town. They were told they would have more jobs if Nestle came for their water. But they turned it down for The Common Good. To everyone in Oregon,
visit beautiful Cascade Locks this summer and spend money like crazy and thank them, I know I will!

[shanti]

13. k&r

thanks, oregonians!