[ SHOWGSD-L ] Fwd: WEDNESDAY LOS ANGELES UPDATE
- From: Stormy435@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, GSDCALegislative@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:24:48 EST
Note that there are some errors here....Santa CRUZ, not Santa Clara, but I'm
told this is pretty much as it was. Storm
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Officers and Directors of Concerned Dog Owners of California
>
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:07 PM
> Subject: WEDNESDAY LOS ANGELES UPDATE
>
>
> Concerned Dog Owners of California
>
> February 1, 2008
> FRIDAY REPORT
>
>
>
>
> RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERS LOSE
> IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
>
> Council Votes for Mandatory Spay/Neutering/Council Votes for Man
> Dogs and Cats by 4 Months of Age
>
>
> It was an extremely disappointing meeting. There were a few more of the
> supporters than there were opposing the bill and frankly, without the support
> of
> the POWER people from Huntington Beach, who are starting an LA Chapter, it
> would have been worse. There were 50 people in opposition. It's hard to
> rally
> people with three days' notice.
>
> We marched for more than an hour using the great signs supplies by POWER.
> We got into the Council Chambers about 9:45.
>
> Each side had names drawn randomly as speakers. On the support side,
> amazingly the names they drew were Bob Barker, Judie Mancuso, Lloyd Levine, a
> former City Councilman, some high profile stars, HSUS, Actors and Others For
> Animals, Animal Issues and the Amanda Foundation. Judie told the Council
> members
> that when the opposition spoke, they would hear of false numbers about Santa
> Clara saying it didn't work and lies about health problems including things
> like cancer (large laugh from her group). Several people commented that we
> had to pass this to help Levine in Sacramento.
>
> Our our side they somehow did not draw the speaker cards for Bill Hemby or
> Florence Blecher. Sharon Shilkoff, Marion Bradshaw (who talked about the AR
> conspiracy) and Cathie Turner spoke, along with some other very eloquent
> speakers. While our group were quiet and courteous, their side jeered and
> heckled until Council President Garcetti put a stop to it.
>
> Then the Council addressed the health issues. CDOC had offered to bring in
> experts but they did not want that. Instead they listened to three of the
> Veterinarians who are employees of Boks and a contract veterinarian who
> works
> for him. Boks announced a new AVMA study had come out in favor of early spay
> neuter before 4 months (absolutely untrue) and all his employees agreed it
> was the best time. We were told it costs $100 for someone to get a dog S/N,
> but $120 for the Department to euthanize a dog.
>
> Then the vote.
>
> From a media perspective, CDOC got 2 TV spots and radio before the meeting
> and a TV and a Los Angeles Times"how did it feel to lose the big game coach"
> interviews. We'll see if giving our view has any impact.
>
> Attorney's are reviewing the bill and the procedures of the Council to see
> if/what legal grounds we have. Prior to this these was no licensing
> requirement for cats. There was one person there representing cats.
>
> Business as usual in Los Angeles. This is what passed.
>
>
>
>
>
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