With the governor of California clearly up to his ears in political payola and private, yet obvious, deals with special interests, it is nice to know that there are still elected officials capable of giving human rights priority over corporate profits.

Vegan Reader applauds this clearheaded and just letter from Mayor Lieber of Albany, California, stating the true facts of why the CDFA is going to spray us.

Mayor Lieber’s decisively accuses Ag. Dept. Secretary A.G. Kawamura of intentional fearmongering and lying to the public. He is requesting that Kawamura resign if he does not immediately halt this experimentation on defenseless human beings. From the letter:

It’s all about money. Big money. Rather than admit that LBAM is not the threat that’s been claimed and request that LBAM’s USDA classification be revised based on up-to-date science, Secretary Kawamura is willing to poison us and our environment. And to spend $500,000 on a public relations firm to help “sell” this charade to us.

I am ashamed of Secretary Kawamura’s disgraceful public deception campaign to sell a hopeless, dangerous and likely unneeded “eradication” program to the people. He should immediately call an end to the plans to give us time to make rational decisions based on sustainable, Integrated Pest Management principles. Short of calling off the spray and undertaking sound pest management, he should resign.

Vegan Reader supports the Mayor of Albany in his truthful and humane stance and admires him greatly for his bravery in speaking up about the insidious corruption that is at the heart of this plan to destroy our health and environment. Thank you, Mayor Lieber. You are a hero.

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