Subject: [arc-liaisons] Not exactly bsl, but BAD nevertheless The City of DeSoto is having a Town Hall Meeting on December 7th to discuss whether the City should enact an ordinance to deal with aggressive dog issues. One suggestion (made by the Mayor of DeSoto) to be discussed is an ordinance that would ban ALL dogs over 50 pounds, regardless of breed! Although their concern is mostly about pit bulls, there are past court opinions that suggest banning a particular breed is not constitutional under state law, so they are trying to come up with other ways to accomplish this without being breed specific. If you know anyone who lives in DeSoto, you might want to make sure they know about this. Below is a link to a news article about the Town Hall Meeting, and a link to the City of DeSoto's webpage discussing the meeting I got from our Dallas Bar Association Animal Welfare Committee. This link is a basic news story about the hearing and the issue: http://www.wfaa.http://www.wfaa.http://www.http://www.http://www.wfaa.htt kd_desotodogs. kd_desotodo This is link is to DeSoto's website and is a posting about the hearing. It will give more info about where the hearing will be: http://www.ci.http://wwwhttp://wwwhtt ============================================================================ 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================