One short thought about PAWS...many of the Congressmen/women and Senators are claiming that they are receiving MANY letters of support for this bill and very little against. Rather than worry about where the letters (claimed to be written by so many of us) are going, please try one more time...call or fax the representatives of YOUR OWN STATE and say something like "while this Bill looks good on first appraisal, it really is a harmful Bill" -- this way you don't insult your legislators who have been thinking of supporting it. I was told today by someone who used to work for the AKC that Ron Menaker now realizes that he made a great mistake in endorsing the Bill, but he will NEVER back down. Typical........... I think the bill will pass. I don't want it to, but I think it will. Like much of what involves AKC involvement, it's a "done deal" before we ever hear about it............... Peggy Stormy435@xxxxxxx wrote: >It really has been with the tragedy of the South, all the gathering and >sending of supplies to various receivers, watching the recovery and repairing >and >still the devastation and more rescues. >It's been hard to think of any on-going business, but that remains. > >PAWS for the Senate subcommittee, Chairman Sanitarium (spelling intended), is > intended for this week. I don't know when it's intended for the House >yet. Getting short time for letters, but phone calls to local offices of the >senators, faxes, email still need to be sent. And letters continue to be >important as the bill goes through the committees. > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================