[ SHOWGSD-L ] [Fwd: California AB 1634 Healthy Pets Act]
- From: "Ginger Cleary" <cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Showgsd-L@Freelists. Org" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 12:32:04 -0400
Ginger Cleary,Rome, GA ww.rihadin.com
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo
the fatigue of supporting it. ~Thomas Paine
Member GSDCA
Member Sawnee Mtn Kennel Club
GA Director Responsible Dog Owners of the Eastern States.
-----Original Message-----
Cross posting to any ANTI AB 1634 lists permitted.
TODAY'S VOTE:
The vote in the Assembly Floor tonight was reported to be 41 YES, to 38
NO - so now AB 1634 moves out of the Assembly to the Senate.
THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER:
BUT THE FIGHT AGAINST AB 1634 (THE CALIFORNIA PET EXTINCTION ACT) IS NOT
OVER. This was the Assembly skirmish. The final vote tonight on the
Assembly floor was 41 YES to 38 NO. Tomorrow we start campaigning in the
Senate. We (there are several groups vigorously involved in this battle)
will be asking you to help, so when we do, please respond. Faxes and
phone calls don't have to take a lot of time - the same fax can be sent to
all, and a phone call takes about 15 seconds. Numbers count. This
draconian bill has awakened the "sleeping tiger" of the animal owning public
to the threat that the "animal rights" movement is to their keeping of their
animals, and the tiger's tail has only just begun to wag. More and more
people are joining us in the fight every day - including state and national
breed organizations, breed clubs, rescue groups, animal professionals, law
enforcement officers, veterinarians, and many other reputable people are
joining us and voicing their opposition.
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY - PROCEDURALLY:
Votes are traded in the legislature like baseball cards - "I'll give you
one if you give me one". All of the Assembly members have bills they want
passed by Friday 6/8 or those bills are dead, and they need votes from other
legislators to get their own bills passed. So 38 NO votes on this bill is
a very impressive turnout for our side. This bill passed the Assembly
tonite with the bare minimum number of votes it needed - Levine didn't have
the 41 votes he needed as of lunchtime, but he was able to get those 4
additional votes as a result of some serious party line arm twisting after
the floor vote today. The 4 votes that tilted the scale for Levine were
all Democrats, who had turned their phones off by dinner, even though the
floor session was to go late into the night - that was a very telling sign.
I am told we got the one Republican who originally voted yes to change his
vote to no - and that is a great accomplishment. Thank you to everyone who
called and faxed the 8 abstainers throughout the day, and a special thank
you to those who called Mr. Spitzer's office this evening.
WHERE WE GO FROM HERE:
DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED. It's ok to be angry for about 10 minutes, scream
into your pillow, then suck it up and get back to work :). We lost the
Assembly skirmish today, but the fight is not over. The bill now goes to
the Senate, where it has to be approved by the Senate committees ( Business
and Professions, then Appropriations where it gets voted on each time) and,
if it passes out of the committees, then it goes to the Senate Floor. If
it passes the Senate floor it goes to the Governor.
So we have at least 2 more shots (at least 1 committee and the Senate
Floor) to fight again.
We will have more information probably tomorrow with the next steps for
you to take to keep up the fight.
For those of you who wrote, faxed and called when you were asked to do
so - THANK YOU.
For those of you who didn't, all I can say is WHY NOT? DO YOU THINK
YOUR ANIMALS ARE EXEMPT?
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