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Originally Posted by mferg

Senator McLeod griped about her fax machine breaking because of all this. It was pretty funny.

I believe it because I had tried to fax her several times without getting a response. So I started to fax her district offices instead.

Levine likes to take a lot of cheap shots.

He seems to love the cheap shots. It doesn't make him look intelligent. He reminds me more and more of a slimey vendor sales guy. I have never liked small talk and he seems to love small talk.

Levine keeps harping that all the opponents say nothing can make this bill passable and offer no solutions (um, wrong). So, perhaps writing constructive letters to Levine (not ones that encourage him to continue with this bill, tho) and others would be a good thing for out of state (AND in-state) folks to do.

I have very mixed emotions on this. That is good for lawmakers that are trying to do a good thing. Levine is an PETA/HSUS puppet and doing that is a very BAD thing. This bill is inherently flawed. MSN is inherently flawed. As the saying goes, the devil is in the details. By saying what the details were wrong, gave Levine the ability to do window dressing amendments that actually make it worse, but makes it easier for the lawmakers to pass it because they think the "problems" have been "fixed".
Would this bill have gotten through this committee if the one senator didn't have a history of hunting dogs? Or how about the chairwoman becoming irritated with being told how to be responsible? Perhaps it is because she did come from a rural enviornment, but a "city" person may not have felt that way. Then there was Mr. Cox that has a dozen counties in his district so he realize that one size doesn't fit all.

My personal opinion is that strict enforcement of existing containment and leash laws would go a very long way toward reducing unwanted litters of puppies and kittens. I think that is the direction that should be taken. That targets the irresponsible owners while allowing the responsible owners to be at peace.

Completely agree. Unfortunately try to get an AC officer to come out and grab a stray dog from your neighborhood is like finding a four leaf clover in astroturf. I have called AC after a dog tried to bite me in my own driveway. I was told to capture the dog myself and drop it off at AC myself. What part of dog attacking did they miss???? If I was wearing shorts instead of jeans, I would be filing a bite report instead of loose dog terrorizing me in my driveway report. I am not alone in this experience in complete lack of AC doing its job. I know people in other counties getting the same advice on loose dogs with near miss attacks.

Oh, Levine is going to be running for State Senate. Definitely something to do would be to identify his opponents and SUPPORT them. Get Levine OUT. That is something both residents and non-residents can do.

I would love for his opponant to get a landslide victory against him. Lets all do to him what we did to former senator Speier.