[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] Academic Freedom Conference ... speakers flying/ driving / Skypeing in from around the country/world.

Sun Apr 27 14:38:50 EDT 2014

Without wishing to get involved in this debate or in arguments as to 
credibility or credentials of anyone,  I would only wish to note a few 
points:

1. "She has been administratively fined by the Texas State Department of 
Health for falsely representing herself as a "mold expert" in that state" 
seems to be a little strong unless one has other evidence to support the 
statement.  All it says is that she was fined for not having a license in 
that state or credentials for mold assessment.  It does not say May was find 
for fraudulent misrepresentation or falsely presenting herself as a "mold 
expert."  It may  be the case that she did falsely represent herself; but 
that is not stated in the evidence that you have presented and comprises an 
interpretation of the materials that you obtained.

2.  It is totally unclear what credentials one would need to claim to be an 
expert; or what credentials you would accept.

3. Similarly, in the case of Rokke, you say:
Rokke appears to have falsely represented himself in these public meetings 
and to fellow members of the board as a "scientist" instead of as a PhD in 
Vocational Education
with a BS in Physics and Criminal Justice).  Rokke has also portrayed 
himself as a "forensic scientist" - he was very briefly employed as a very 
junior (fresh out of college!) criminalist by the Joliet Police Department. 
He was laid off due to budgetary reasons six months after he had been hired.

However, there is no official or commonly understood  credential or criteria 
defining who can and cannot be  called or can call themselves a "scientist" 
or a "forensic scientist."  That Rokke's claims are "false" is your 
evaluation and assessment.  One could ask for your credentials for making 
such an assessment and assertion.

I am making these comments to suggest that your assertions may open you up 
to possible civil action for liable and defamation of character in that they 
are asserted as "facts" and not as personal beliefs and/or opinions.  They 
also tend to be made in a seemingly self-righteous and accusatory fashion, 
suggesting that there are legitimate standards and criteria, credentials, or 
definitions of who can claim to be a "scientist," a "forensic scientists," 
or an expert as well as what those claims can be based on.  I would suggest 
that these things are open to question and are defined with respect to 
specific situationally defined contexts on occasions of their use.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Roger Helbig
Sent: April 27, 2014 4:22 AM
To: Stuart Levy
Cc: ya'aQov ; Peace-discuss ; Stuart Levy
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] Academic Freedom Conference ... 
speakers flying/ driving / Skypeing in from around the country/world.

Thanks for making me aware of Illinois EPA response - they should also
totally expose Linda K May for the fraud that she is - she is NOT an
International Toxics Expert unless one's making such a claim three
times and throwing pixie dust (or toxic mold) into the air before
making some other incantation makes one such an expert.  May has ZERO
credentials to make this claim.  She is an Illinois Registered Nurse,
her only credential.  She has no toxics credentials whatsover.  She
has been administratively fined by the Texas State Department of
Health for falsely representing herself as a "mold expert" in that
state.  A full copy of that document that I obtained using the Texas
equivalent of FOIA can be provided to anyone who writes me directly -

Roger

"On October 16, 2013, Linda K. May, who introduced herself as an
international toxics expert, reported that private wells located south
of Chanute AFB had been sealed due to contamination by dioxins. Ms.
May requested that someone resample these wells for dioxins. "

I have researched Ms May in much more detail.  She, like her
colleague, Douglas Lind Rokke from Rantoul, who probably enticed her
to the Restoration Advisory Board meeting where May made these claims
(Rokke is member of the Board, no real application or credentials are
required, just local residency and an interest in the cleanup and
restoration of the former Chanute AFB) - Rokke appears to have falsely
represented himself in these public meetings and to fellow members of
the board as a "scientist" instead of as a PhD in Vocational Education
with a BS in Physics and Criminal Justice).  Rokke has also portrayed
himself as a "forensic scientist" - he was very briefly employed as a
very junior (fresh out of college!) criminalist by the Joliet Police
Department.  He was laid off due to budgetary reasons six months after
he had been hired.

I have excerpted the Texas Department of State Health Services Default
Order (Docket 537-09-3246) dated 16th day of August 2009 below

Linda K May was administratively fined $2,500 for performing a mold
assessment without a Texas license.  May possesses no licensure or
credentials for mold assessment.

"Finding of Fact No. 2

On or about July 4, 2008, Linda K May performed assessment of
Brownsville Fire Station 6, Brownsville, Texas, by conducting on-site
inspection of the building and evaluating the mold.  At the time of
the mold assessment, Linda K May was not licensed as a Mold Assessment
Consultant.  As a result of the investigation, it was determined that
Linda K May violated 25 TEX. ADMIN. Code section 295.312(a) which
requires that an individual be licensed as a mold assessment
consultant to perform mold assessment activities.  In accordance with
25 TEX. ADMIN. Code section 295.331, the proposed penalty is a
Critical Violation, Severity Level I, First Occurrence.

May requested a hearing, but failed to appear and the penalty of
$2,500 was thus imposed.

On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com> wrote:
> The IL EPA took it seriously enough to write a public response...
>
> http://www.epa.state.il.us/community-relations/fact-sheets/chanute-afb/
>
> ... including comments that one Linda May had claimed contamination of 
> water
> wells south of Chanute had been closed due to contamination (from at least
> herbicides used/stored/disposed of on the base in past decades) and should
> be tested.  Their only response was that the air force had done such
> testing, over a 6-year period ending ten years ago, and not found any
> dioxins.  But the IEPA does not have a good record of digging for toxins
> they'd prefer not to find.
>
> I think there was a recent press report about the concerns too.  Beyond 
> that
> I don't know anything.  Anyone else?
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: ya'aQov <yaaqovz at gmail.com>
> Date: 04/26/2014 9:20 AM (GMT-06:00)
> To: Peace-discuss
> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>,"<occupycu at lists.chambana.net>"
> <occupycu at lists.chambana.net>
> Cc: Stuart Levy <salevy at illinois.edu>
> Subject: Re: [OccupyCU] [Peace-discuss] Academic Freedom Conference ...
> speakers flying/ driving / Skypeing in from around the country/world.
>
>
> Does anybody on the list know about this going on in Rantoul?
> (it was sent to me as a reply to my posting)
>
>
> " Glad to see another voice besides David Gehrig's - I have tried to
> rain last minute hell fire on this conference - Holocaust Deniers have
> no place on the University of Illinois and they will prominently
> announce the location in the many YouTube videos that result.
>
> I got on this list because I wanted to see if I could find friends of
> Douglas Lind Rokke and make them realize what he really was, a Neo
> Nazi sympathesizer (if not a true Neo Nazi) con artist.  He is now
> terrorizing the people of his hometown Rantoul who have begun buying
> bottled water and letting good farmland lay fallow because of fears he
> and associate Linda K May have nurtured by falsely claiming that Agent
> Orange was used at the former Chanute AFB and now is in the
> underground acquifer."
>
> And can inform us some more?  Thank you.
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