Well -- I called, I emailed, I faxed, and I snailmailed. The only other thing I could do would to be to hand deliver with one of my dangerous dogs toting the mailbag. Hopefully it will never make it out of committee. You should also copy your district state senator and congressional representative on any correspondence just in case it does make it out of committee and goes to the senate or the house for a vote. Valerie Harrington whereis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. > [Original Message] > From: <BAERENTATZE312@xxxxxxx> > To: <rivendellp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 3/3/2005 6:23:40 PM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Dangerous Dog Bill - VOLUMES SPEAK > > In a message dated 3/3/2005 4:00:29 P.M. Central Standard Time, > rivendellp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > If we can inundate the committee members with our opposing view before the > bill is heard...it will go a long way towards helping us defeat it... > > The email addresses are great but let me add another thought. The Senators > that are pro 1790 will juz delete the con emails and not keep a tally. That > is why it is so important to give them a paper trail that is not as easily > dismissed. A fax is the most impactive example as it shows you care enough > to sit down, write your letter, and then get it into their hands ASAP. That > said...it is always wise to follow the fax up with the letter sent via snail > mail. > > Regarding all who will be sending emails, faxes and letters, I spoke with an > intern who works at our municipality. He is going to school here and had > moved to Illinois from California where he previously worked for the Mayor of > San Diego. I spoke to him about what would have the most impact and he said > basically they count pros and cons to determine what their constituency wants. > In most cases they don't even read much of the contents. So FLOOD them > with letters, faxes and e-mails. You don't have to be extremely eloquent in your > writing style to get your point across. Quite frankly, we could probably > copy and paste a good letter with our address and signature and send it. Letâ??s > get 'em folks... > Best Regards, > Pat > > ========================================================================= ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================