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Miami-Dade commissioners override mayor's veto on fluoride resolution amid state preemption
Summary
The County Commission voted 8-4 to override Mayor Daniella Levine Cava's veto of a resolution on water fluoridation. The board's vote came as the Florida Legislature moved to ban adding fluoride to public water systems statewide, a measure the mayor said will preempt local action.
The Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners voted 8-4 on Tuesday to override Mayor Daniella Levine Cava's veto of a resolution calling for removal of fluoride from the county's public water supply.
The override motion, introduced by Commissioner Gonzales, said the board's earlier decision to remove fluoride was "leadership" on a public-health matter and urged the commission to reaffirm that action. "This commission voted by a wide bipartisan margin to become the first major metropolitan area ... to remove a neurotoxin from its water," Commissioner Gonzales said on the dais.
Mayor Daniella Levine Cava delivered the veto message before the vote, telling commissioners she had researched the issue and consulted medical experts. "I am deeply disappointed by this…
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