Another example for you this morning on the weaknesses of democracy especially at local body level.
The Whangārei mayor is against fluoridation of water. Is the Whangārei mayor a medical professional? Looking her up, she appears not to be.
I’m not even sure she represents the view of the people who elected her.
But that’s democracy isn’t it? We appoint or anoint people with experience and skill in little if anything and expect them to run important stuff.
What makes her fluoridation objection so ironic is the fact she’s from Northland and it is Northland that would appear to have the disproportionate amount of trouble in the social areas - one of them being dental health.
