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Fluoride campaigns approach $1 million: Portland City Hall Roundup

By Brad Schmidt, The Oregonian 
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Former Portland City Commissioner Randy Leonard worked behind the scenes with fluoride advocates leading up to a September 2012 City Council vote approving fluoride. But opponents gathered enough signatures to push the issue to the ballot -- and prompt what's become a nearly $1 million campaign.Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian

Portland's raging fluoride debate isn't just igniting conversations at dinner tables. It's burning through money, too.

Fluoride proponents and opponents are approaching the $1 million fundraising mark as the May 21 inches closer, according to state filings reviewed Friday.

Continuing coverage of the efforts to fluoridate Portland's drinking water.In total, both sides reported contributions of $922,413 -- with more than two out of every three dollars going to advocacy group Healthy Kids, Healthy Portland ($672,002) and the rest for opposition efforts atClean Water Portland ($250,411)....