| Complaint: | Complaint 22-51 |
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| Respondent: | Melanie Rettler |
| Premises: | Unknown |
| Related: | 21-96, 22-94 |
The complaint was submitted by a member of the public regarding a rather interesting appearance at the October 27, 2021 Chandler school board meeting.
The complainant states that Rettler claims to be a veterinarian, a former school teacher, a cloning expert with 35 years of experience, a consultant to the Centers for Disease Control, and a pharmacy owner. The complainant goes on to say that this is an impressive list for a 58-year-old, then goes on to note Rettler's opinion of coronavirus vaccines as a deadly poison. The complainant fears that Rettler may not be vaccinating pets as she should because of her views on the vaccine. She also says Rettler went on an anti-Semitic rant, asking whether a woman "so unhinged and full of hatred, paranoia and delusions of grandeur is fit to practice veterinary medicine?" She states she would never take her furbaby to Rettler if she were the last veterinarian on the planet.
The Investigative Division report states that the complainant was concerned about the anti-Semitic comments made at the school board meeting; it appears a second complainant sent a news article regarding the same. In fairness, it's likely not the place of any government agency in a liberal-democratic society to rescind professional licenses for holding unsavory views, but as Rettler walking around makes them look bad and she's repeatedly refused to play ball with the board, this is one license they'd love to rescind. The board apparently voted to include this little incident into the previous case against Rettler, as well as opening up a new investigation regarding violations of the existing consent agreement.
If the complainant had done a bit of searching, she might have found what appears to be the same Melanie Rettler on the "Prophecy" section of "Why God Really Exists." On that site you'll find writer Meranda Devan's "MAP! Confirmations! Open Vision Of A Disaster That Hits Entire East Coast – Dr. Melanie Rettler" (link) in which a veterinarian named Melanie Rettler details massive earth changes prefiguring the end of the world; it appears that many of these visions were narrated by none other than the Top Dog himself. At one point she relates that she had a sudden vision while awake in 2017 in which people fell into a giant crack in the planet, and that she's been having visions all her life. Apparently many of Rettler's visions also correlate with other self-reported vision-havers, at least per Devan's exhaustive investigation of the subject.
From a practical perspective, even the most religious would probably worry about a surgeon getting visions in the middle of cutting on them. (Perhaps Rettler never practiced surgery while a veterinarian?)
| Source: | February 2, 2022 Board Meeting |
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| Proposed By: | Robyn Jaynes |
| Seconded By: | Jane Soloman |
| Roll Call: | |
| Craig Nausley | Aye |
| Darren Wright | Absent |
| J Greg Byrne | Absent |
| Jane Soloman | Aye |
| Jessica Creager | Aye |
| Jim Loughead | Aye |
| Melissa Thompson | Aye |
| Nikki Frost | Aye |
| Robyn Jaynes | Aye |
| Result: | Passed |
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