Ginger Cleary,Rome, GA www.rihadin.com http://www.rihadin.com/ The Truth about H$U$ - www.humanewatch.org Member GSDCA Member Sawnee Mtn Kennel Club GA Director RDOES. -----Original Message----- This is Muncie/Delaware County Indiana - the issue at this point is privatization of city/county animal control by a newly formed group (with no experience or ties to the dog/animal world) who are trying to pass ordinances which would impose big licensing fees, permit fees and inflated fines on *dog owners* only. One ordinance would give the Animal control officer "in fresh pursuit" of an animal the right to enter real/private property (as in your house, yard, etc) without notification, permission, or even knocking .... also gives them authority to conduct inspections of any business, animal establishment, stable, etc on a 24/7 basis without prior notice ... There is also a provision for a $1,000.00 fine for interference with an animal control officer. The current status is that a COUNTY OPTION DOG TAX must be passed by the county council before any privatization and imposition of fines can take place ... Both councils - City and County - have been very responsive to us and our concerns, and they do respond well to polite, reasoned opinions from out of town and out of state ... we'd like for the county council to vote to defeat the county option dog tax - best scenario. Help us if you can: The next county council meeting is July 28, 2009 at 9:00AM and this is the body which will vote on the dog tax ... if you only have time for one set of "contact making" this is the group to call, mail or email. They are responsive to **polite and informed** requests to vote against the COUNTY OPTION DOG TAX. Delaware County Council Members http://www.co.delaware.in.us/council/ Name Title/District Telephone Term Expires Email Addr Kevin Nemyer At-Large (765) 286-0962 12/13/2012 Email Bradley Bookout At-Large (765) 808-1484 12/31/2012 Email James King At-Large (765) 286-9065 12/31/2012 Email Mary Chambers District 3 (765) 289-8928 12/31/2010 Email Ted Bowman District 4 (765) 789-4931 12/31/2010 - Ronald Quakenbush District 2 (765) 759-8461 12/31/2010 Email Chris Matchett District 1 (765) 759-4725 12/31/2010 Email Delaware County Commissioners http://www.co.delaware.in.us/department/division.asp?fDD=2-3 Commissioner - District 1 D_Dunnuck Commissioner - District 2 Donati Commissioner - District 3 LARRY W BLEDSOE JR DON DUNNUCK Email Don Dunnuck Meet Don Dunnuck TODD DONATI Email Todd Donati Meet Todd Donati LARRY W BLEDSOE JR 11201 S. C.R. 700 E. Selma, IN 47383 Email Larry Bledsoe Jr. Meet Larry Bledsoe Jr. Muncie City Council Members At-Large Councilors Mike King Member 2900 Twickingham Dr Muncie, IN 47304 Home: 282-3709 Linda Gregory Member 1321 W. University Ave. Muncie, IN 47303 Home: 286-2925 Alison Quirk Member 2404 W. Purdue Muncie, IN 47304 Home: 288-5319 District 1 Precincts: 9, 13, 22, 28, 29 Robert (Sam) Marshall Vice President 2615 S. Manhattan Avenue Muncie, IN 47302 Home: 288-0478 Office: 747-4847 District 4 Precincts: 2, 3, 4, 10, 27, 34, 36, 47, 68 Brad Polk 4104 N. Manchester Rd. Muncie, IN 47304 Home: 288-0571 District 2 Precincts: 25, 26, 33, 38, 81 Mark Conatser 4110 W. Jackson St. Muncie, IN 47304 Home: 741-7539 District 5 Precincts: 7, 8, 35, 39, 40, 45, 48, 92 Jerry D. Dishman 2817 N. Reserve St. Muncie, IN 47302 Cell: 215-9747 District 3 Precincts: 1, 6, 14, 15, 23 Mary Jo Barton 1716 W. 18th St Muncie, IN 47303 Home: 289-9494 District 6 Precincts: 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 46 Monte Murphy 2412 North Turner Street Muncie, IN 47303 Home: 286-4154 Office: 288-0516 __._,_.___ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. 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://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================