I admit it; I’ve taken it easy on multinational corporate predator Nestle Waters of North America as of late.
After all, I’ve been happily fly fishing in Montana, and they’ve taken a pounding all over the USA at the hands of suddenly energized rural towns which are no longer happy to see them suck the local aquifers dry, and do so in exchange for a handful of sub-living-wage jobs.
With Nestle being turned away by small towns everywhere, we’d like to suggest an alternative liquid for them to bottle
There’s even rumors floating around the Underground’s neck of the woods that Nestle’s willing to do almost anything to make the bad press stop, which… (wait for it) is the Underground’s cue to pile on.
Our first cannonball into the bottled water pool?
First up Is Kennebec, Maine, where Nestle’s plant proposal was soundly trounced by vigorous citizen opposition, who forced the trustees to cancel a vote on the project:
When local citizens became energized in opposition to a proposed public/private partnership between our water district and Nestle/Poland Spring, they invited the water district officials to what was a spirited and well-attended meeting on June 22 in Kennebunk. The uproar caused postponement of the anticipated vote at the June 25 trustees meeting.
That, my furry group of Undergrounders, is one Maine-sized can of whupass.
Next comes the story of a small town in rural Washington which didn’t even let Nestle unpack their bags – they kicked the minions of the cloven hooved deceiver multinational to the curb right away: Read more →
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