[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: California...animal bills we LIKE didn't make it...
- From: Stormy435@xxxxxxx
- To: pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx, GSDCALegislative@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 11:49:45 EDT
Responding to this. Of course no article tells the whole story. These
initiatives were conceived very quickly, too late, and not enough money to
pursue
gathering the signatures for them. Some of the initiatives were authored by
other than dog people. (The chicken ranchers had a big stake in these). The
group that put these together were new to each other and had different manner
of publicizing the initiatives. There was little to no support from several
other state and national dog/pet groups, and several of the other newly
formed No on AB1634 groups were outwardly negative and obstructionist. I was
not part of the initiatives creation group, but was aware of the situations.
They all learned a great deal from the experience and are bringing the
initiatives out again, with new ideasnew resolve and fund raising ideas.
I have some problems with some of the details in the initiatives, especially
the "no Kill" initiative, and because that one (as well as some of the others)
are so involved and have so many details, it would have a hard time being
voted in as law and probably would have a court challenge by the state, if it
was.
That said, I'll be out collecting signatures when they come back out, with
renewed effort.
Stormy
In a message dated 5/20/08 6:20:50 AM, pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Levine and Mancuso are celebrating............and pointing
> fingers................... our side dropped the ball
>
>
> Seven initiatives that would have limited the state's ability to regulate
> animal ownership have failed to qualify for the ballot due to a lack of
> signatures.
>
> The measures were introduced in November by opponents of AB 1634, the
> mandatory spay/neuter bill from Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys. The
> Secretary of State reported on its website on May 2 that the proposals had
> not qualified.
>
> Among the provisions of the various initiatives were clauses that would
> declare animals as property, prevent the state from limited the number of
> animals someone could own, ban putting microchips in animals, limit animal
> licensing fees, and prevent "coerced sterilization of humans or animals.
>
"You may never know what results come from your action.
But if you do nothing, there will be no result."
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