Comments on: Poland Spring/Nestle Facing Challenges in Maine (Wonders Why??) http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/02/09/poland-springnestle-facing-challenges-in-maine-wonders-why/482 Protecting our rural waters and economies from Nestle's bottled water plants Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary Taylor http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/02/09/poland-springnestle-facing-challenges-in-maine-wonders-why/482/comment-page-1#comment-409 Mary Taylor Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:20:03 +0000 http://stopnestlewaters.org/?p=482#comment-409 Where is the harm? When neighbors mortagage their homes and stop talking to old friends to engage in legal battles to save their town from the ravages inflicted by the extraction of their water, which they did not advertize or want to sell in the first place, harm has been done. Test wells driven without permits or public notice harm established wildlife preserves just as the equipment to drill, pump, and transport quantities of extracted water harm towns which have no public or private water facilities, no protection by adequate regulations, and state-approved Comprehensive Plans which define future growth in direct opposition. Yes, harm has been done. When local officials are replaced or influenced negatively, public trust is broken, our rights ignored, and deliberate misrepresentation exposed, definitely harm has been done all across this United States and around the world by NESTLE, NA. Where is the harm? When neighbors mortagage their homes and stop talking to old friends to engage in legal battles to save their town from the ravages inflicted by the extraction of their water, which they did not advertize or want to sell in the first place, harm has been done. Test wells driven without permits or public notice harm established wildlife preserves just as the equipment to drill, pump, and transport quantities of extracted water harm towns which have no public or private water facilities, no protection by adequate regulations, and state-approved Comprehensive Plans which define future growth in direct opposition. Yes, harm has been done. When local officials are replaced or influenced negatively, public trust is broken, our rights ignored, and deliberate misrepresentation exposed, definitely harm has been done all across this United States and around the world by NESTLE, NA.

]]> By: “Challenges Piling Up for Poland Spring” — Elizabeth Royte http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/02/09/poland-springnestle-facing-challenges-in-maine-wonders-why/482/comment-page-1#comment-407 “Challenges Piling Up for Poland Spring” — Elizabeth Royte Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:38:32 +0000 http://stopnestlewaters.org/?p=482#comment-407 [...] From Stop Nestle Waters: [...] [...] From Stop Nestle Waters: [...]

]]> By: TC http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/02/09/poland-springnestle-facing-challenges-in-maine-wonders-why/482/comment-page-1#comment-404 TC Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:04:43 +0000 http://stopnestlewaters.org/?p=482#comment-404 It's certainly part of the Nestle playbook; "Poland Spring" is a lot less threatening sounding than the "world's largest food and beverage multinational based in Switzerland." The fact that the profits generated by the sale of Maine's water flow directly back to Switzerland is not a concept that Nestle wants Mainers to latch onto, hence the spin. What's amusing is that out here in McCloud, Nestle's operative has repeatedly used a similar tactic, vilifying opposition to the McCloud water bottling plant as being from "outside the community" or a "bunch of wealthy San Francisco fly fishermen" - ignoring the fact that Nestle isn't exactly local (neither is the operative, who temporarily lives in Redding - more than an hour away). It’s certainly part of the Nestle playbook; “Poland Spring” is a lot less threatening sounding than the “world’s largest food and beverage multinational based in Switzerland.” The fact that the profits generated by the sale of Maine’s water flow directly back to Switzerland is not a concept that Nestle wants Mainers to latch onto, hence the spin.

What’s amusing is that out here in McCloud, Nestle’s operative has repeatedly used a similar tactic, vilifying opposition to the McCloud water bottling plant as being from “outside the community” or a “bunch of wealthy San Francisco fly fishermen” – ignoring the fact that Nestle isn’t exactly local (neither is the operative, who temporarily lives in Redding – more than an hour away).

]]> By: Angela http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/02/09/poland-springnestle-facing-challenges-in-maine-wonders-why/482/comment-page-1#comment-403 Angela Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:22:11 +0000 http://stopnestlewaters.org/?p=482#comment-403 TC, You seem to be the only one who ever mentions that Poland Spring IS Nestle. Mark Dubois must not know where his paycheck/W-2 comes from since he NEVER mentions that Nestle and Poland Spring are one and the same. These days Poland Spring is only a brand name like Edy's as in ice cream..... also another Nestle product. TC,
You seem to be the only one who ever mentions that Poland Spring IS Nestle. Mark Dubois must not know where his paycheck/W-2 comes from since he NEVER mentions that Nestle and Poland Spring are one and the same.

These days Poland Spring is only a brand name like Edy’s as in ice cream….. also another Nestle product.

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