Get that letter writing campaign going!!!! Get your clubs to talk to Hillsborough County folks and get them on the side of common sense! Organize those who WILL be next and convince them that this is what's coming! (Feeling pretty good after facing the ARs this week and having survived:)... and with a decent ordinance for L.A.County kennelowners/ breeders! 18 months later, but it's headed to the supervisors, and crossed fingers, it may pass.) Stormy On Dec 3, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Debbie wrote: The legislation affair going on in Lee county, NC is also being proposed in Hillsborough county, Florida. The powers that be have determined that by starting by throwing stones by proposing such as a tethering ordinance will rockslide into more proposed legislation regarding keeping dogs in crates, kennel enclosures, pens and yard requirements. They propose to mandate the exact dimensions of each, per size of dog/s, as well as 'time' limitations wherein one may be contained.Wonder what will happen to all the people who live in apts or condos since they cannot fence their yards and how will they enforce the time limitations, size requirements, etc and most of all...how after spending tax dollars to come up with all this legislation, how will they pay to have all of it enforced...without being discriminatory in their practices ? Can they go door to door every day, week or month and whatever happens to the cat owners ? Are they under mandatory spay/neuter enforcement like the canines particularly since they can re-populate at an alarming rate which exceeds that of any canine? Deb ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================