Spokane Board of Health Member Being Threatened for Questioning Vaccines

Spokane Councilman Mike Fagan. Photo courtesy KREM.

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Members of the Spokane City Council are threatening to remove Councilman Mike Fagan from the city Board of Health, because he revealed on his Facebook Page that he does not personally receive vaccines, and does not believe the “science is settled” in regards to vaccines. In an interview with KREM TV, he made it clear that these are his personal views: “I’m not going to impose my opinion or my will on anyone else.”

Some other members of the City Council apparently believe that Mr. Fagan is not entitled to have a view on vaccines different than their own and still be a member of the board of health. They are threatening to remove him from the board, and calling for his resignation. Mr. Fagan has stated he will not resign.

Who is Mike Fagan?

According to online sources, Mike Fagan is a disabled American veteran, who served as a criminal investigator and contracting officer in the Army:

Councilman Mike Fagan is married to Donna, they have three children, grandson Ryan and granddaughter McKinley. Fagan is a disabled American veteran, who served as a criminal investigator and contracting officer in the Army. He worked as a purchasing officer of a communications company in California then worked at MOR Manufacturing in Post Falls, including as materials manager.

Mike is and has been very active in the community. He is former President of a number of groups including: Bemiss Neighborhood Council, the Regional Boundary Committee for OSPI & ESD 101, Spokane Sister Cities Association, Hillyard Community Block Grant Steering Committee, and Eastern Washington Term Limits Coalition. He is and has been a Stakeholder with Spokane Comprehensive Plan at the neighborhood level, Stakeholder of Spokane Centers and Corridors at the neighborhood level, plus numerous other civic activities. Additionally, he Co-hosts a radio talk show, “The Right Spokane Perspective,” about local politics, issues and items of community interest.

His Board, Committee and Commission Appoints include: Finance, PCED (Planning, Community/Economic Development), Public Safety, Public Works, Aging and Long Term Care of eastern Washington, City Planning Commission, Police Pension Board, Spokane County Growth Management Act Steering Committee, Spokane Police Advisory Committee and Spokane Regional Solid Waste Liaison Board. (Source.)

Who are the City Councilmen Threatening Him Because of his Views on Vaccines?

Jon Snyder

Fellow Spokane City Council member Jon Snyder who also serves on the board has called for his resignation. “He bears a big responsibility being on the health board, to promote public health, to preserve life in Spokane County,” Snyder told KREM.

According to online sources, Mr. Snyder was the author, editor-in-chief and contributor for the Star Wars fan magazine Star Wars Insider as well as the Star Wars Kids magazine published by Scholastic.

Snyder is a graduate of Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane. He graduated from The Evergreen State College with an emphasis in Media Studies. While at Evergreen State College in 1990 he directed the filming of a live concert of Nirvana. Jon was an author, editor-in-chief and contributor for the Star Wars fan magazine Star Wars Insider as well as the Star Wars Kids magazine published by Scholastic. In addition, Snyder was also managing editor of the “Star Trek Communicator”, released by the Official Star Trek Fan Club. (Source.)

Councilman Jon Snyder is serving his second term as Councilman for District 2. Throughout his time on Council, Jon has been an advocate for small businesses, greater neighborhood involvement in the City planning process, good long range planning that helps stimulate economic growth and save citizens money, and increased traffic safety including better facilities for biking, walking and public transit. (Source.)

Ben Stuckart

Ben Stuckart is the Spokane City Council President and told KREM:

“I don’t think he would have been appointed to the board of health by this city council had we known that he had anti-vaccination and anti-science views on this issue”

According to online sources, Mr. Stuckart is in his first term serving as the Spokane City Council President, and has a dog named Bella.

Ben Stuckart is in his first term serving as the Spokane City Council President. Ben is a Spokane native and graduate of both Lewis and Clark High School and Gonzaga University. He and his wife Ann have a dog named Bella and reside on the South Hill. Prior to his election Ben had the opportunity to start Communities In Schools of Spokane County. Under his leadership the organization grew to a now half million dollar agency annually. Communities In Schools is a collaborative organization and provides services for thousands of Spokane’s students each year. He’s also enjoyed unique opportunities in customer service and management with the Oakland Raiders and TicketsWest. (Source.)

If you live in Spokane, do you feel these City Councilmen have more experience and knowledge of the “science” behind vaccines than Mr. Fagan? Should their views be forced upon others and be made public policy for everyone in Spokane?

Mr. Stuckart can be contacted from here. Mr. Snyder can be contacted here.

Listen to an interview with Mr. Fagan at The Liberty Beacon.

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8 Comments

Herb Houston March 23, 2015 at 5:09 pm - Reply

Anytime you read or hear the term “consensus” remember one important thing: When you have, for example, 12 people voting or otherwise deciding on a issue and there are a minority of people who do not agree with the rest, then they will be pressured, bullied, threatened or in some way intimidated to change their opinion, and therefore their vote. In that situation you are not allowed to have an independent thought. That is tantamount to “Tyranny of the majority” and as abhorrent as this concept is, even in a democracy, which we don’t live under, a person is allowed to have his or her own thought on a matter. When you remove this concept from the equation the you have, what amounts to a monarchy. You have “thought police”.

Subscriber February 14, 2015 at 10:44 am - Reply

Vaccines fry your brain. I hope the councilmen are not able to take away this veterans RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. They are nothing more than medical terrorists. FIGHT BACK.

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Aluminum is an experimentally demonstrated neurotoxin and the most commonly used vaccine adjuvant. Despite almost 90 years of widespread use of aluminum adjuvants, medical science’s understanding about their mechanisms of action is still remarkably poor. There is also a concerning scarcity of data on toxicology and pharmacokinetics of these compounds. In spite of this, the notion that aluminum in vaccines is safe appears to be widely accepted. Experimental research, however, clearly shows that aluminum adjuvants have a potential to induce serious immunological disorders in humans. In particular, aluminum in adjuvant form carries a risk for autoimmunity, long-term brain inflammation and associated neurological complications and may thus have profound and widespread adverse health consequences. In our opinion, the possibility that vaccine benefits may have been overrated and the risk of potential adverse effects underestimated, has not been rigorously evaluated in the medical and scientific community. We hope that the present paper will provide a framework for a much needed and long overdue assessment of this highly contentious medical issue.

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Lisa Mair February 13, 2015 at 4:40 pm - Reply

This is really starting to not feel like America. Since when are people not allowed to express their opinions? Since when are children being kidnapped from their loving families and forced to receive toxic medical care against their and their parent’s will? (If you don’t know about this, google Cassandra in CT). With the massive brainwashing going on, and the adamant suppression of all evidence that vaccines aren’t safe, I am concerned that Americans will soon lose rights to care for their health the way they see fit. We really need to expose what’s going on.

Dewey Duffel February 13, 2015 at 1:27 pm - Reply

Mr Fagan is to be congratulated for his stance for science and against sales propaganda. All Health board members should know that the history of public health is the history of sanitary and nutritional reforms and not the history of vaccination.

Joan Mootry February 13, 2015 at 12:58 pm - Reply

Hype a disease, sell a vaccine. That’s the business model. Make no mistake about it. And at the criminal liar’s club called the US Centers for Disease Control, men and women are working that business model every day. Here are 13 reasons to reject the current hype about the “measles outbreak.” 

https://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2015/02/13/measles-outbreak-13-reasons-to-reject-the-hype/

Joan Mootry February 13, 2015 at 12:30 pm - Reply

As a grandmother who thrived through the challenges of childhood diseases, I view big pHARMa’s transparent efforts to frighten young parents as a form of medical tyranny and terrorism. Children need the challenges of disease to strengthen and empower their immune systems; vaccines damage the immune system and cause neurological damage, including autism and even death. See what 25+ year neurosurgeon Russell Blaylock has to see about vaccines and brain damage. Then please call city hall and profusely thank Mike Fagan for attempting to protect your and your children’s health from vaccine profiteers and ignorant fear mongering. 
http://www.scribd.com/doc/11564541/CH-51-Vaccine-saftey-forward

Linda February 13, 2015 at 12:30 pm - Reply
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This is appalling and frightening
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elnura1 February 12, 2015 at 11:55 pm - Reply

These guys have joined the ranks of Pro-Vaccine Terrorist.