The Boy Scouts allows the participation of openly gay boys but continues to prohibit gay and lesbian adults from serving as leaders. California gets a lot wrong but in this case I think they got it right. However, if we let politics guide us we can find reasons to eliminate most states. What should concern us as a dog club is states with anti breeder legislation and puppy mill problems. Missouri tops the list of states with puppy mill problems. Ken On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 9:15 PM, Lew <lew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > With all due respect, a state that bars it's judges from being in the > Boy Scouts should not be considered for anything. Not to mention how > expensive California is. > > It seems that a state that screams liberalism has more rules than states > considered conservative. Never made sense to me. > > (getting off of soapbox) > > On 1/24/2015 9:58 PM, Rbuffdogs . wrote: > > With all due respect we need people that LIVE in the Western US, to > do the fact finding, etc because it is we who live in California, Nevada, > Arizona, > Oregon, Washington, etc that know the area, and what does and does not > work. > I would not consider having someone , even a show chair pass judgement on > an area > in which the do not live, nor have any experience or "feel". It would be > like > a western us person going to the east coast and trying to prescribe what > works best, > having no idea about the area , venues, or airports. > Kathy > > *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com > <http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com/>* > > *CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Kappo von Eisenwerk, TC* > *RBIF CH. Monarch's Tarragon v Kaleef* > *CH. Victory's Leviathan* > > > >