shared by Peggy We are all overwhelmed by the disaster wrought by Katrina, but while we are dealing with it, there is an urgent need to assist dog fanciers in California with your fax if you are a resident. This is our last shot at killing this bill which will eventually hurt ALL dog breeders in California. Please take a minute to act now! Send your fax and then cross post From: "T. Dante DeAngelis" <hiransom@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: We Need 1,000 Californians Minimum - Now! SB 861 has gone to the Governor's office for him to sign the bill or veto it. We have a chance for a veto. Senator Speier is planning to run for state-wide office, probably for Lieutenant Governor. Senator Tom McClintock, our prime spokesman on the floor of the Senate the other day, is also planning to run for the same position. McClintock does not want to give to Senator Speier the ability to trumpet 861 as a major legislative accomplishment in that election. BUT it is going to take many Californians to get involved. The Governor needs to see as many California addresses as possible on these next letters. When you use the LobbyNow tool you will be sending a fax letter to Governor Schwarzenegger. An additional copy will be sent to me and another to Jeff Helsdon so we can watch for any problems. The LobbyNow tool will generate many different versions of letters. What is presented to will usually be different than what is presented to someone else. It will randomly display a small number of the available Talking Point Groups. The next person using the tool will see different selection of Groups. Your fax needs to be no longer of one page! When you add your own comments you must keep the one page limit in mind. If you have a lot of your comments, that great! In that case, don't choose any Talking Points. Adding something in your own words will let the Governor know, for certain, that each of these faxes are coming from YOU! Your letter to the Governor can make all the difference! Pick up the phone and call your fellow Californians and ask them if they have used the tool to send their letter. Non-Californians should use the tool also but consider excluding your mailing address. We need more participation from California voters to put SB 861 to sleep! Here is the link to the tool: http://dpca.lobbynow.com/issues?SB861Governor Regards, Dante DeAngelis Permission to Repost Granted ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================