City Hall Hustle: Last-Minute Shopping

No Silent Night here

"...Item 11: The latest volley in the fluoride fight, this resolution would approve recommendations from the Health..."

Dec. 16, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Battle of Footnotes

"...not the one who dropped off the book, The Fluoride Deception by Christopher Bryson, but I have read it...."

June 4, 2009 Postmarks

Let's Go Gun Crazy

UT working group recommends allowing guns in classrooms, while a "mock mass shooting" and a "mass farting" protest in response bring out the national media

"...another wore an InfoWars shirt about the "dangers" of fluoride; a UT alum wore a business suit with his..."

Dec. 18, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

Pressley Ups the Ante

Defeated Council candidate now claims “thousands” of uncertain votes

"...extremism, accompanied around the margins by Internet-nutty theories about fluoride, smart meters, smartphones, and 9/11 conspiracies. (As recently as..."

March 11, 2015 News Post by Michael King

10-1 Ticker ... Election updates!

It's campaign video season

"...Statesman endorsed Alex Jones enthusiast Pressley this week, dismissing her anti-fluoride etc. obsessions as old news but noting her support..."

Oct. 17, 2014 News Feature by the News Staff

The Road to 10-1 ... Is Getting Crowded [Updated May 12]

As May money season opens, candidates blossom

"...estate speculator Experience: engineering and scientific collaborator; researcher on fluoride and food additives Issues: fluoridation, food additives, education (FB)..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Vote Early and Often

The collision of elections leaves many voters in the dust

"...shouldn't insult the voters' intelligence, for example, by describing anti-fluoride obsessive, Texans for Accountable Government enthusiast, and utter policy..."

May 11, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Headlines

"..."Hostel Takeover Averted" (March 9), and more. See "Zoning, Fluoride, and Old Hollywood."..."

April 6, 2012 News Feature

Inside Out ... Outside In

The growing influence of fringe movements on City Hall reflects either a healthy populism or the implosion of civic engagement

"...a warning label on utility bills alerting residents that fluoride had been added to their water. This was the..."

March 2, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Pressley Settles on Martinez

Businesswoman Pressley sells rainwater and is an anti-fluoride activist

"...Texans for Account­able Government and the Sierra Club and Fluoride Free Austin and the Greater East Austin Neighborhood Assoc­i­a­tion,..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City

A look at fluoride, MetroRail ridership, and the City Council agenda

March 25, 2011 News Feature

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, March 17-24

"...FLUORIDE MEETING Austin's Public Health and Human Services Committee reviews..."

March 18, 2011 News Column

Page Two: Not Rocket Science

Public discourse has abandoned reasoned debate in favor of irrationality and insult

"...someone posts a statement in the forums like: "Yes, fluoride is bad and the City of Austin knows it's..."

Dec. 4, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Fraud of Fluoridation

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Fluoride Throwdown!” [Newsdesk blog, Dec. 2]: The Environmental Protection Agency..."

Dec. 3, 2009 Postmarks

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, June 4-11

"...FLUORIDE-FREE AUSTIN Find out why it might not be such..."

June 5, 2009 News Feature

Res Publica

"...FLUORIDE AWARENESS NIGHT Find out why Austin should get rid..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature

SXSW Film Review: The Truth vs. Alex Jones

Doc follows families taking on conspiracy theorist

"...Jones skyrocketed to fame spreading conspiracy theories about radiation, fluoride, and 9/11. Just hours after the Sandy Hook shooting,..."

March 12, 2024 Screens Post by Madeline Duncan

Austin At Large: We Didn’t Demand a Recount

But maybe we should have? How “election integrity” rules could change outcomes

"...That's what Laura Pressley, who used to be Dr. Fluoride but is now Dr. Voting Fraud, did when she..."

March 11, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Election Ticker: Last Chance for Controversy

E-Day is tomorrow! Here's the latest news before it's too late.

"...the founder of Save Our Texas Vote; elsewhere, the anti-fluoride (etc.) activist [*see correction below] identifies herself as the..."

Nov. 5, 2018 News Post by News Staff

Council: Free-Net Ain’t Free

Austin Free-Net wins a reprieve over California competition

"...for “non-emergency” health care transportation … and buys more fluoride...."

March 6, 2018 News Post by Michael King

Council: Buckets Before Vendors

Light fare on the agenda this week

"...Or perhaps the local anti-fluoride contingent will notice Item 12, a million-dollar, five-year contract..."

March 2, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Housing Blueprint Strategery

City Council works Merck, Housing Plan, Austin Oaks PUD

"...owners (the Nadler-Olenicks, best known at Council as Cit-Com anti-fluoride campaigners) have agreed to sell the building – whether..."

April 17, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Disheartened and Disillusioned

"...safety of car ignition switches or dog food or fluoride in our water. The Austin Chronicle was revered by..."

May 18, 2015 Postmarks

Point Austin: Nuts to You!

Campaign season has entered crazy-time

"...the fact that she's long haunted Citizens Communications denouncing fluoride, smart meters, gun regulation, airport security, etc. In fact,..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Column by Michael King

News Roundup: Pressley, Jackson, CapMetro, and more

How do you solve a problem like Laura?

"...• Is the Earth flat? Opinions differ. In the..."

Nov. 17, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

News Roundup: 10-1 Edition

Candidates on APD debacle, Stillwell ticks off Stonewall, and more

"...• Burnt Orange Report isn't the only publication having..."

Nov. 3, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Campaign Snapshots

Get up-to-date on the D3 and D4 candidates before next week's Ballot Boxing forums

"...fundraising, and has been rebranding herself from Council gadfly (anti-fluoride, anti-smart-meters, etc.) into a fiscal conservative and Austin Neighborhoods..."

Sept. 12, 2014 News Feature by Mary Tuma

The Road to 10-1: Now We Begin

The Big Three, et al.

"...finance for mechanic-businessman Randall Stephens, and most recently declared, anti-fluoride for student-artist Nicholas Lucier. Together, they just might peel..."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

The Road to 10-1: Now We Begin

Uncertain Opportunity

"...and real-estate speculator Norman Jacobson, running primarily as an anti-fluoride candidate...."

July 18, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

The Road to 10-1: More to Come

One in, one out, and we’re waiting on $$$

"...(where he had earlier declared he intended to run), anti-fluoride activist Nicholas Ryan Lucier has filed a campaign treasurer..."

July 15, 2014 News Post by Michael King

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