Clean Water

Bowling Green

Welcome To Activism
Board Of Commissioners Barren River District Board of Health Voting Referendum Laws Population Strategy

Board Of Commissioners
Serve 2-year terms (Nov 2014 next election) Legislative arm of the City Made up of 4 Commissioners and a Mayor (who serves a 4-year term) Has the power to overturn water fluoridation

Mayor Bruce Wilkerson

270-392-0817 Bruce.Wilkerson@bgky.org

FBI National Academy 1993

Murry State U BS 1977 Career Politician

Commissioner Joe Denning

270-782-1048
Joe.Denning@bgky.org Previous Mayor

Career Politician

Commissioner Melinda Hill

270-904-2691 Melinda.Hill@bgky.org MBA Western BS Accounting Union University New kid on the block

Commissioner Rick Williams

270-991-0715

Rick.Williams@bgky.org
Jim Johnson Nissan/Hyundai Car Salesman New kid on the block

Commissioner Bill Waltrip

270-781-8238
Bill.Waltrip@bgky.org Part time professor at WKU

New kid on the block

Barren River District Board of Health

Oversee activities of the Barren River District Health Department

Barren River District Board Of Health

Membership consists of county judges, Bowling Green Mayor, five physicians, three nurses, two dentists, two engineers, two veterinarians, one optometrist, one pharmacist and three consumers. I cannot find the names of this board but I am certain they will be influential in this process. Apply to volunteer to this board by sending in resume, contact the Office of the City Clerk at 270-393-3000 Appointments are made upon recommendation by the Mayor, with approval of the City commission.

Voting Referendum
AKA Voting Initiative

Define Initiative & Referendum Laws

A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of direct democracy. The measure put to a vote is known in the U.S. as a ballot proposition.

Right To A Referendum In Kentucky

Every State has their own law, in Kentucky the information is contradictory we might have to hire an attorney to clarify. State Statutes, Section 65.012 & Sections 83A.120 list the process for submission and approval, signature requirements, & Circulators

Further information states: Kentucky does not have a statewide initiative process. To bring the initiative process to Kentucky would require a constitutional amendment.

State Statutes
Section 83A.120: 5 qualified voters can begin a petition

Section 83A.120: 20% qualified electors of the total number of votes cast for the last presidential election must be gathered.
Section 65.012: Qualified electors defined as living in the district that will be affected by the referendum and be registered voters. Section 83A.120: On each page of the petition the circulator must include his name as well as the affidavit stating the number of signature and that all signature are given in his presence and that he vouches for their validity.

Bowling Green Population

2011 Census 58,894

Strategy
We Can Do It!

Strategy
Board Of Directors Social Media PayPal Meetings P.O. Box Flyers Brochures Banners Farmers Market Attending City Meetings Branding Get Connected

Board Of Directors
President

Social Media
Treasurer (consider 503b) Event Organizer & Merchandize Storage

Social Media
Build Webpage (free Wordpress) with email address
Start-up FB Page

Letters To The Editor (newspaper)

Spam City Pages With Our Content Newspaper Ads

PayPal
On our webpage we need to have a PayPal Donate button to help with the costs of our campaign to remove water fluoridation. This will pay for things like booths, printing fees, & news adds etc.

Meetings
Member meetings should be scheduled monthly (virtual or in person) Open public information meetings should be scheduled every 2-3 months

P.O. Box

In my opinion it is important to have a P.O. Box so people have an avenue to send in their own gathered petitions.

Flyers
Make a flyer that we can have at booths and plaster all over the community. Include: talking points, where a petition may be signed, webpage, FB page & how to get involved.

Brochures
Customize a brochure to include

Commissioner & Mayors Contact Information

Talking Points

Small Print Petition On Back

Activist Webpage & FB Page How to get involved

Banners

Banners will be great to place beside booths and for meetings! Cost is around $65.00

Farmers Market
This is a good place to pay for a booth and inform the public and gain signatures. Like minded people congregate here We need to get the dates when they are open and create a sign up schedule

Attend Commissioner Meetings

Commission meeting are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm in the Commission Chamber, 1001 College Street. At the end of each meeting the floor is open for a 5 min public comment. We should schedule activist to attend these meeting and read off the science and current understanding of the dangers of water fluoridation

Branding
T-Shirts

Bumper Stickers
Sell and wear while being an activist! Customize for the cause

Get Connected
MDs and Scientists from all over the U.S. will come and give talks at information meetings and hearings See what others are doing to be successful and adapt Be the 5-min activist and every day commit

Never Give Up
Clean Water Is Worth The Effort

Useful Links
Brochure I Made: http://www.scribd.com/doc/151915987/Clean-WaterBrochure
Flyer I Made: http://www.scribd.com/doc/152934783/Clean-Water-SheridanFlyer Webpage with a lot of science: http://cleanwatersheridan.wordpress.com/ More Science to pull from http://autismrawdata.net/1/post/2014/02/fluoridescience.html Fluoride Action Network: http://fluoridealert.org/ Our petition: http://www.scribd.com/doc/152777534/Clean-Water-SheridanPetition