[ SHOWGSD-L ] Hemby/PETPac/Nationwide?

From: Stormy435@xxxxxxx
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:02:21 EDT
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-petpac16jul16,1,3163169,full.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=8&cset=true

Stormy

SACRAMENTO â?? What appeared to be a straightforward proposal by Assemblyman 
Lloyd Levine to neuter California's dogs and cats instead met massive 
opposition 
and may have spawned a potentially powerful lobby that now plans to play a 
significant role fighting for pet owners' rights nationwide.

When Levine surrendered last week and withdrew his bill from consideration 
for this year, it was in front of an overflow crowd of animal owners at the 
state Capitol, many of whom were wearing lapel stickers bearing the lettering 
"PetPAC."

The brainchild of Bill Hemby, a retired San Francisco cop who raises and 
shows Russian wolfhounds, PetPAC started from nothing three months ago and 
today 
has signed up 35,000 supporters. They helped raise more than $200,000 to defeat 
Levine's bill that would have required Californians to spay or neuter their 
pets or face stiff fines.Â 

Tom Hogen-Esch, a political scientist at Cal State Northridge, said the 
Levine bill woke a sleeping giant.

"That type of legislation Americans find extremely intrusive, so it really 
sparked a backlash," Hogen-Esch said. "Pets, for a lot of people, are like a 
member of their family."

Hemby said his goal now is to build the membership to 1 million pet owners 
and animal lovers by next year's elections and to start a separate political 
action committee capable of contributing $300,000 to candidates supportive of 
pet 
owners' rights.

Levine is at the top of the list of those legislators who may be targeted for 
defeat by the group's political committee, sources said. Being forced out by 
term limits unless a ballot measure in February extends his possible tenure, 
Levine is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Sheila Kuehl next year.Â 




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Stormy Hope
California Federation of Dog Clubs
www.cfodconline.org
S.P. Region GSDCA RALEEF Representative



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