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Oregon Town Gives Nestlé Welcome Mat, Despite Vote

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Controversy seems to follow water bottling operations wherever they indicate an interest in setting up shop. 

An entire Oregon county voted in May's election to block the Nestlé company--and any other bottler--from setting up shop in the county. 

But the city that would host such a plant,Cascade Locks, voted in favor, by a wide margin.  So the city council directed staff to keep working with Nestlé on getting a plant set up.  Cascade Locks City Administrator Gordon Zimmerman is our guest.   
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.