PLEASE CROSSPOST! SPECIAL THANKS TO FOLKS OUTSIDE VA FOR THEIR HELP! The Virginia Senate Ag committee yesterday 'passed by' consideration of SB 55 (the latest of the "Let's end good breeding in Virginia" bills). Officially, this is only temporary. Bob Kane of VHDOA posted yesterday that from what he saw watching yesterday's Virginia Senate Ag committee hearing, there was NO committee support for this bill and that the purpose of the delay was to allow time for a polite burial. Other contacts this AM tend to confirm that view. SB 55 is almost certainly dead. We will be watching and let you know if it should show signs of reviving ONE DOWN -- and we need to turn our attention to other bills that are still alive -- about two dozen of them ranging from 'unnecessary' to 'terrible.' There's a House Ag Committee hearing tomorrow, no list of bills they'll consider is available right now. There's a House Ag SUBCOMMITTEE hearing on Thursday, no info yet on that either. And this is the way it goes, folks, all through the session. GOOD WORK ON SB 55! SPECIAL THANKS TO NON-VA FOLKS WHO HELPED! Walt Hutchens Timbreblue Whippets PLEASE CROSSPOST! Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA "One of the greatest delusions of the world is the HOPE that the EVILS of this world are to be CURED BY LEGISLATION." Thomas B. Reed 1886 _http://www.rihadin.com_ (http://www.rihadin.com/) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================