The devoutly anti-science mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, was forced to admit to turning off the fluoridation of the city’s water supply Tuesday, after learning it was a violation of municipal code. Once again, this is why you don’t vote for someone with no experience governing and who is also a conspiracy theorist.  According to reporting from The Alaska Landmine, a local news site, which cited unnamed sources, Mayor Dave Bronson shut off the city’s fluoridation during a visit to the Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility Eklutna Water Treatment Plant on Oct. 1. Although, initially, the mayor’s office called the story “false,” three days after it was reported, the mayor’s spokesperson Corey Allen Young confirmed the shut-off in a statement. Young wrote that Bronson made the decision to turn off the fluoride because it was burning the eyes and throats of the workers who handled it. But, local leaders say the story is made up because according to the union that represents the workers, there were never any complaints about fluoride.  Read more