Kern Co. Animal Control Commission will meet on Wed., Dec. 20 at 6 PM at the county office building complex at 2700 "M" St., Bakersfield. As you go in the main door, there is a breezeway before you go thru another main door, to the left as you enter the breezeway is the meeting room.... This meeting is to tighten up the final draft of a mandatory S/N ordinance to send to the Board of Supervisors for their next meeting. I am told that just a few people in the Bakersfield Obed. Training Club are doing anything about fighting adverse dog legislation. Kern Co. KC can't be bothered. AKC has sent info packets to all the county supervisors. We are to meet just outside the meeting room at 5:30 PM to figure out who will say what. Each person is only allowed 2 minutes to speak. We NEED bodies!!! As many as possible!! If you want to keep going with your hobby, and don't want your 14th amendment rights to enjoy your private property destroyed, then you must help fight this ordinance. The argument that it's unenforceable will not hold water. With each tiny increment, the AR wackos get more of their foot in the door until in a shorter time span than you can imagine, it will be illegal to own or use animals for any reason. And if you also have horses, they are also considering "standards" and "limits" on how many hoofed animals you can have on your property and how you must keep them..... Politicians eat at the public trough at our discretion as noted by our votes at the polls. WE PAY THEIR SALARIES!!! They need to listen to us and not just a small minority of - albeit very vocal and dedicated - fanatics.... Please RSVP and let me know if you can make this meeting....I believe it's slated for this time of year precisely because all of us are busy with family and dogs, and the AR wackos have no other life than to make ours miserable.... Judy Coffman Director - California Federation of Dog Clubs grayfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxx "You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Gandhi Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return UPDATED 2/11/06....CHECK IT OUT!!!! www.FairhopeGSD.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================