OPEN LETTER: Governor Ige, You Will Be Held Accountable

September 28, 2015 

Dear Governor David Ige: 

This is to alert you to a situation you should know about because the buck stops at your desk and when catastrophe strikes, in the form of an epidemic of vaccine-preventable diseases, you will be held responsible. 

For 15 years I have repeatedly informed the Department of Health about the dangerous criminal activities of a racketeering enterprise that endangers the public health and welfare, and violates state and federal laws every day. Several months ago I sent Dr. Pressler all the information she needs to take action, but she has completely ignored me just as her predecessors have. To them my serious concerns are not even worthy of the courtesy of a reply. 

Instead of doing his job, Dr. Lorrin Pang, Maui’s DOH District Health Officer, has spent years campaigning against the alleged horrors of such GMO crops as rainbow papayas and seedless watermelons, wonderfully nutritious and delicious fruits that have never harmed anyone. Dr. Pang also spends time chasing the phantom environmental hazard of “chem trails”, a delusion favored by UFO true-believers and anti-government conspiracy buffs. Maybe next he’ll campaign to get jet planes banned from Maui County skies because they are dumping weather-controlling, mind-controlling toxins on us.

The enclosed flyer, an excerpt from my blog post

KillerLies.blogspot.com,

sums up the situation.

Thousands here on Maui have been indoctrinated with lies by Alive and Well Health Emporium owners to believe that all vaccines are deadly and that their store has safe and effective nutritional supplements that prevent the diseases vaccines are intended for. This is criminal fraud, but it is only a small fraction of the frauds they perpetrate. They also illegally claim to have cures for HIV/AIDS, various deadly cancers, and whatever else ails you. Still DOH and the Attorney General do nothing. By ignoring these crimes the government gives tacit approval and endorsement to the illegal, fraudulent claims. 

To make matters worse, I recently learned that Alive and Well has, for many years, been illegally accepting EBT payments for their snake-oil supplements and for ready-to-eat juice/sandwich bar products. I informed DOH and the AG, but they have done nothing. So the taxpayers subsidize the scams of people who defraud them. It's loony land.

Why is the Alive and Well Health Emporium above the law? Who are they paying off?

Someday government officials will be held responsible and, unless you do something, you will be among them. 

If you do not reply I will post this as an open letter in my blog.

                                      Sincerely,

Kurt Butler 

Links to all my blogs: www.KurtButlerBlogs.blogspot.com. 

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