Racine, WI wants to ban Pit-bulls...WI. members please send your e-mail

[MOKASMOM]

The city of Racine is preparing to propose BSL, Alderman Raymond DeHahn is pushing for a ban on pit bulls, though he has stated he did not want to make it retroactive....H E L L O!!
He has asked the City Attorney to draft something similar to what Miami-Dade has because it has apparently upheld a challenge.

Please go to Paws4Laws Email Advocacy and send in your email/faxes/snail mails. Remember that some areas do not make their email addresses public and Racine is one such area, so be sure to download your competed letter and fax copies to the Clerk's office as well as to the City Attorney's office.

There are still other campaigns if you have not sent your responses yet.

There will be two more areas, in Indiana and Ohio so please returned tomorrow to send your notices to these new areas

[harleychik66]

Thanks for the heads up. I am definately sending an e-mail. This is far to close to home.

[Kawakaze]

Doesnt affect me at all! :)

Still, i love pit bulls so i emailed them

[rutylr]

Was given these e-mail address
ray.dehahn@cityofracine.org

gary.becker@cityofracine.org


Gary Becker is the current Mayor. Others are available on The City of Racine - City Government (Common Council) so I hope this helps the cause.

Robert Weber is the City Attorney

robert.weber@cityofracine.org

[ihavabadboy]

I volunteer for HOPE Safehouse (Help Orphaned Pets through Education) and I received this email from Lynn Nielsen, the wonderful woman who has been running this organization for 20+ years. Please read on:

Earlier this week we were informed of a proposed ordinance regarding pit bull type dogs. We contacted a number of alderman regarding our concerns, asked other groups for assistance in obtaining information pertinent to this ordinance and networked with other communities to determine if such an ordinance was effectual. The response below was sent to a concerned citizen who is a member of a different breed specific group, not a citizen of Racine and according to the Mayor should view her own community as residing on a different planet than Racine.

Would you please email your group and tell them I do not really care what people that do not live in Racine have to say about an issue that is not impacting them.
Gary Becker
Mayor, City of Racine



If I understand his response correctly; we in Racine live in a bubble floating gently above the fine state of Wisconsin in the United States of America. Nothing we do here impacts anyone else; nothing we do here creates precedence; and every other citizen of Wisconsin should stick their heads in the sand and assume this ordinance will not have far reaching repercussions on any other dog breed who has the misfortune of being targeted as a "look-alike" pit bull.

Beware all you owners of Pug and Mastiffs. Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and Boxers find refuge in your closets.Lock your doors if your dog companion has a boxer type head. Arm yourselves should your mixed breed canine resemble a true example of a pure bred black lab who's head is sturdy and wider than a collie. The lynch mob is gathering forces and we should all simply sit back and observe!

As a citizen of Racine I am aghast and disturbed by the response of our Mayor. An elected official who job it is to represent the people of Racine when enacting ordinances & creating laws to protect us. In my naiveté, I was led to believe our elected officials were there to listen to our concerns. Our scope of justice is not restricted to the borders of our community as we the people are neighbors to, and part and parcel of a larger group. I live in this city which is a part of this county, which resides in this state, which is part of America, of this continent on this planet called earth. Mr. Becker I am appalled at your refusal to recognize the broader ramifications of such an inane ordinance and I'm shocked and sickened by your inability to utilize information offered to you that is not written in the "Book of Racine". Perhaps it did not occur to you that "we", the citizens of Racine, (apparently contrary to your own vast knowledge), sought assistance from people more thoroughly educated on the issue of breed specific ordinances. One would think that utilizing resources who have explored/experienced/researched this issue would be an educated path as compared to re-writing the book , as it were. Then again. . . all omnipotent and powerful Racineites; gather one and all to praise the glory of our benevolent leader; Mayor Gary Becker! Hmmm. . . is this an election year?

Lynn Nielsen

[rutylr]

No need to worry, there is no proposal on the table for a ban or any
> restrictions on any breed. Apparently something of that nature was
> mentioned by one of our aldermen and the idea was discussed with our
> city attorney, but it has absolutely not gone any further than that, and
> there are no plans to do so.
>
> If you have any more questions or concerns feel free to write.
>
> Sandra
>
> Sandra Tingle
> Office of the Mayor
> (262) 636-9111
> fax: (262) 636-9570