Congratulations in order on GMO issue
Congratulations to the people of Hawaii County. You have done what the rest of the nation has not yet been able to do. You have made your views on GMO crops a winning voter issue.
The pro-GMO lobby is wealthy and will fight to negate your decision.
I don’t know what level the financial forces against you were at. But, I can share information regarding November’s Washington State Measure 522, which was a GMO labeling requirement measure only. Washington’s Attorney General is initiating a lawsuit against the largest financial backer of the opposition to Measure 522, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, for not disclosing the true amount of money spent to defeat the masure. The Grocery Manufacturers Association alone spent more than $10.6 million. The measure was defeated with 51.75 percent voting against the measure. A total of 1,747,077 votes were cast. The end result it that the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association spent $6.07 per vote cast. The amount spent on the margin to defeat the measure was $277.33 per margin vote.
I salute your victory over the greed-driven forces that you faced.
Nancy Bauer
Kailua-Kona
Mayor Kenoi, please sign Bill 133
An open letter to the mayor:
As an senior citizen, mother of six and grandmother of 10, I am responsible for what I leave as a legacy to those who carry my blood. Then there are all the people I know in the community of Kohala whom I consider “family.”
I have done considerable research on genetically modified organisms and believe them to be unhealthy for consumption by all two-legged and four-legged beings. However, something I learned recently seems to be one of the defining pieces to this quagmire: How can Monsanto insist there is no danger in human and animal consumption of GMO food when their cafeterias only serve organic food?
We are writing tomorrow’s history of the Big Island. Those who force GMOs on the community, the names of those people and their families will carry the brunt of the karma, anger and hate of everyone else whose family members become ill and die. Do you want your name on that list? Does your family want to be on that list? Do your children and grandchildren and their grandchildren want to be on that list?
Please sign Bill 133 into law for the sake of future generations.
Karen Martinez
Kapaau