From: Aaron Pelley <aaron@cultivalaw.
com>
Subject: Re: Response to Public Records Coordinator Missy Norton Regarding Dec. 25 and Dec 26 RCW
§42.56 Emails.
Date: January 9, 2024 at 12:05:54 PM PST
To: Christopher King <[email protected]>
Mr. King,
Regarding the Public Disclosure Request that you Cc'd me on, I wanted to provide some information that you may find helpful.
We accepted no funds and were in no way affiliated with accepting funds from the WSLCB for our pro bono work for social
equity applicants. The work we did was solely to help potential licensees work through the application process. Since it was pro
bono, we were not paid by the applicants or the WSLCB. We were not, and have not been included in any WSLCB mentoring
program. If you read the first paragraph of the Cultiva Law blog post that you are citing, the blog post states that WSLCB
committed to provide mentoring services but none had been given. In the blog we express our own frustration for the lack of
support for applicants. This is why we decided to do this ourselves, without financial support from anyone.
Given that no program was implemented or available, we decided to step up and provide those services for free (independently of
the WSLCB). As far as money goes, as you will discover with your Public Disclosure Request, Cultiva received nothing.
I would add that we had limited resources for providing free legal representation. We stated in the same blog post, in the second
to last paragraph, that we were limiting our pro bono services to business formation, document preparations and application for a
license. Not appeals.
Lastly, I did represent Peter Manning. Like a majority of the medical marijuana cases that I handled in this time period, I got his
case dismissed. I fought like hell for the medical cannabis community and even back then, carried a pro bono case load of 30-
60%. Not the best business model but I am proud of the work I did.
I have no further loyalty to Peter Manning and never heard of you, or Kevin, before he reached out to me. If you are going to cast
me as corrupt by connecting me to people I have represented in the cannabis industry, you will find that I have represented
thousands of people in the cannabis industry. And hundreds of the original cannabis industry members as criminals, before
legalization. I am a few degrees separated from everyone in this industry.
Lastly, if you are going to claim that Cultiva Law has some special loyalty to Black Excellence, please look up case # 21-2-
08547-1 SEA.
All that to say, as I said to Kevin on the phone, I wish you the best of luck and find justice in your endeavors.
- Aaron
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From: Christopher King <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Response to Public Records Coordinator Missy Norton Regarding Dec. 25 and Dec 26 RCW
§42.56 Emails.
Date: January 9, 2024 at 12:38:11 PM PST
To: Aaron Pelley <[email protected]>
Cc: Aaron Black Excellence <[email protected]>, James s <[email protected]>
Great Afternoon Attorney Pelley,
Thank you for your response, which I will share immediately.
While I await responses from the State as to the mentor money, are you aware that any of it actually went out or not?
Thank you for clarifying that you did not work on appeals.
As to # 21-2-08547-1 SEA I am quite familiar with that case and Aaron Manning (true founder of BEiC) took the brunt of that
Action. I referenced in my litigation against Manning and his phony BEiC as probative of the notion that BEiC is Aaron's IP and
that the group mission and IP was violated by Manning when he ran out unbeknownst to all of us and copped that UBI behind our
backs.
Unlike most journos who never print a full story I will most definitely share your response TODAY.
Best regards,
Christopher King, JD
617.543.8085m
ps - But why not work with Kevin? We had money available and his case is so foul as you can see.
From: Christopher King <[email protected]>
Subject: Merry Christmas Guys! Here's a RCW §42.56 Cannabis Equity Mentorship Public Document Request
Issued Via Email Only [as Required by Law]
Date: December 25, 2023 at 3:24:47 PM PST
To: Aaron Black Excellence <[email protected]>, Dustin P Dickson
<[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], hi
[email protected], Melissa K Norton <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected]
RCW §42.56 Cannabis Equity Mentorship Public Document Request Issued Via Email Only as Required by
Law
Good Day AHorney Pelley et al.,
We have become aware by way of AHorney Aaron Pelley that CapLva Law provided pro bono services to
Washington Cannabis Equity applicants, to wit:
hHps://culLvalaw.com/culLva-laws-pro-bono-program-for-social-equity-applicants/
Cultiva Law’s Pro Bono Program for Social Equity Applicants
BY AARON PELLEY ● MARCH 01, 2023
“Cultiva Law has announced that it will be offering pro bono legal services to qualified
Social Equity Applicants in the Washington state cannabis market. The State of
Washington has chosen to hand-select “mentors” and allocate funding to pay for those
mentors….’
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InteresLngly enough, my friend James Kevin Shelton and his brother had long since wriHen CulLva and
specifically asked for help in the so-called cannabis equity movement when the #ACLU lied and said they
don’t do work in the subject area and referred Mr. Shelton to CulLva, to wit:
Subject: ACLU referral
Date: February 22, 2022 at 4:59:46 PM PST
To: "
[email protected]" <
[email protected]>
Cc: Ben Shelton <
[email protected]>, Sami Sami <
[email protected]>, Christopher King
<
[email protected]>
Greetings Aaron,
My name is J. Kevin Shelton. I was referred to you by the ACLU. We're seeking some legal counsel on a
case that we have against the liquor cannabis board.
Attached is the referral letter from the ACLU and a copy of our pending case against the liquor cannabis
board. Please feel free to contact me and let me know if there is anything further that you need from
us.
I look forward to working with you.
Thanks for your time and attention.
J. Kevin Shelton
…..But apparently for some reason, in a system involving WA government money and (in)disrecLon, the
Sheltons did not receive any assistance and whereupon made a tacLcal error in their applicaLon that
resulted in a pending Appeal.
Meanwhile, Christopher King, JD “KingCast” and PoliLco have noted to be universal failures, to wit:
hHps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJwmZWBAxNU
WSLCB and Vicki Christopherson Remain Cannabis AnL Nigger Machines
hHps://www.poliLco.com/news/2023/12/23/marijuana-legalizaLon-inner-ciLes-00121185
Broken promises: How marijuana legalization failed communities hit hardest by
the drug war
States vowed that cannabis licenses would bring equity to places that suffered most in the drug
war. Instead, most license holders are wealthy and white.
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WHEREFORE I DEMAND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM the #WSLCB and #WASHINGTONAG on
behalf of itself and the #WASHINGTONDEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
1. Provide an accounLng for each and every red cent spent by the government to CulLva Law relaLve to
the mentoring project referenced above by AHorney Pelley to date.
2. Provide an accounLng for each and every red cent spent by the government to all enLLes, inclusive of
CulLva Law, relaLve to the mentoring project referenced above by AHorney Pelley to date.
3. Provide a copy of the criteria used to determine who the mentors would be, inclusive of any and all
notes, emails and other communicaLon between the mentors and any and all state offices to date,
relaLve to the mentoring project referenced above by AHorney Pelley.
4 Provide a copy of any and all communicaLons that indicate the presence or lack of any AHorney-Client
privilege between any mentors and social equity applicants.
5. Provide a copy of any and all documents or communicaLons that noLfied the mentee pool of the
services available relaLve to the mentoring project referenced above by AHorney Pelley.
6. Provide a copy of the criteria used to determine who the social equity applicant mentees would be,
inclusive of any and all notes, emails and other communicaLon preceding any wriHen mentor/mentee
agreement.
7. Provide any and all documents pertaining to why James Kevin Shelton was invited from any cannabis
mentoring programs in which the State Department of Commerce was involved.
8. Provide any and all documents pertaining to why James Kevin Shelton was [un]invited from any
cannabis mentoring programs in which the State Department of Commerce was involved.
9. Provide a copy of any and all promoLonal materials for any and all programs in which the State
Department of Commerce was involved, including copies of all email lists used to circulate said
promoLonal materials.
Thanks! I love transparency in government and so does #GreenWallStreet Producer #AnneConLnelli
Christopher King, JD
617.543.8085
