[ SHOWGSD-L ] it's happened already in Oregon...

From: "pmick12" <pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:28:55 -0400
*Please Cross Post.........
I'm mounting a campaign here in Oregon to file a class action lawsuit
against the State for these laws as they take away both our Fourth and Fifth 
Amendments Rights. I found a non-profit group, Oregonians In
Action, who fight for individual owners' rights, particularly in land
use. I'm also getting one together in our county (Columbia) because of
all the new changes plus their Land Use head, Todd Dugdale, told me I have 
to get down below 10 dogs by Jan 1, file for a $960 Type II Home Occupation 
permit, and pay $30 per dog per year in order to be able to keep over 3 dogs 
now. And I live in unincorporated county. I asked what if I had more than 3 
dogs, he said they could all be confiscated, and if I did the rest (Type II 
etc) anything over 9 needs to be put to sleep. Plus I would be fined $500 
per day plus have to pay for all the confiscated dogs' care at unreasonable 
fees if this happened. And my kennel wouldn't pass their new rules anyway as 
it now requires 5 acres minimum with a heated & air conditioned building at 
least 100 feet from my house and would have to have a separate 
kitchen/bathing facility in it, with concrete floors with a center drain 
with a separate septic system. This is for over 9 dogs and for a commercial 
kennel. There is no place for private breeders under these draconian laws.
Mind you, I've been continually and duly licensed and inspected as a
hobby kennel here at my current address for 20 years now. But there is no 
grandfathering allowed now. They have eliminated the hobby license and only 
allow commercial kennels, yet HB 2470 virtually eliminates those.
Worse yet, Rep. Brad Witt has solely authored the latest travesty, HB 2986, 
which outlaws all line and inbreeding, subjecting breeders to MORE 
unwarranted search and seizure permissions, along with recordkeeping 
requirements that make the AKC look like grade school. It hefts huge fines 
if not in compliance, and can end up with confiscation of dogs and jail 
time. Fun, huh? Also note that it is already on the books that if you refuse 
to allow any unwarranted search by an animal control officer, you can be 
arrested/jailed for up to 7 days for that -- plus have all animals removed 
and immediately sold. Hey, when did we move to Nazi Germany? So....if anyone 
is interested in joining our group -- first we will petition, then we will 
sue if no response -- I'm mounting a class action campaign against the 
violation and removal of our Rights. It also includes people with small 
hobby businesses as there is no county business license. You now can't do 
garage sales more than once per annual quarter, and you can't sell your 
chicken eggs or anything else out of your house, even with commercial 
zoning. Contact me if you want to join up.
Staying under the radar isn't working anymore. We need to be activists to 
protect our interests.
The Governor's phone number and email address, btw, is 503-378-4582, fax is 
503-378-3827 and you have to go to the website to send an email. That's at 
http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/contact_us.shtml The more he hears from 
people who oppose it, the less likely he is to sign it. We need him to be 
inundated with no's.
Cheryl Anderson
Cherden since 1966
AKC Judge #4183

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