[ SHOWGSD-L ] reason for my statements
- From: sally@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: "Showgsd-L@Freelists. Org" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:20:37 +0000
It took me a while to find it but here is the reason for my statements- Ginger
sent the whole letter to the list - I have just copied the last part
Sally
Finally, in the vexing area of legislation, delegates need to demand
greater accountability and cutting-edge understanding of the issues from the
board, AKC top management, and AKCÂ?s legislative department. AKC was
initially very active in protesting CaliforniaÂ?s proposed statewide
mandatory spay and castrate bill, until the billÂ?s sponsor agreed to
eliminate the spay and castrate requirement for visiting dogs. As that meant
owner accompanied dogs traveling to Long Beach, California for AKCÂ?s joint
major show with Eukanuba could come and go as intact dogs, assuring the
survival of the show, it appeared as if AKC all but lost interest in
protesting the bill, or terribly mismanaged its lobbying immediately before
bill passage. Yet the survival of one dog show, however big and prestigious,
is the least of what is wrong with any mandatory spay and castrate bill!!
What was needed in Sacramento at the pivotal Appropriations Committee
hearing was the personal testimony of AKCÂ?s top management, either Ron
Menaker or Dennis Sprung. AB1634 ultimately passed by the minimum required
41 votes. During the ten hours that the billÂ?s floor vote was suspended and
the issue hung in the balance, Mr. Menaker or Sprung should have personally
contacted Long BeachÂ?s two abstaining representatives and requested them to
vote no. You use your high-profile, top people in such circumstances. This
is lobbying 101. As it was, they both voted yes. Only one more nay vote
would have permanently killed this monumentally dangerous bill.
AKC has steadily bled registrations for the past 15 years; at this point
registrations are at a 40-year low. As delegates, you might want to think
about why AKC is also bleeding its own more than century-long prestige and
if you can improve your oversight of these flawed management decisions. How
comfortable are you with the plan to create a registry political action
committee (PAC) when current officers and board members contributed $29,000
to the reelection campaign of PAWS sponsor Senator Rick Santorum? Your
clubs, and all of the owners of dogs club members have bred, are depending
on you.
SAOVA wishes you a pleasant visit in Las Vegas and a productive meeting.
Bob Kane
Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance - http://saova.org
Issue lobbying and working to identify and elect supportive legislators
For timely and accurate national animal rights information, join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EachVoteCounts/ or see
http://saova.org/alerts.html
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