Cascade Locks City Council reaffirmed Monday they won’t back down from the Nestlé deal, despite the passing of a water bottling ban, Measure 14-55, during the primary election last Tuesday.

Drums and voices rang out from WaNaPa Street as two sides faced off over a voter measure aimed at water bottling corporations such as Nestlé.

Cascade Locks City Council heard a pitch Monday from a professional mediator who aims to resolve the furor among citizens and city leaders over Nestlé’s proposed bottling plant.