Two women put themselves in a precarious position at 2 a.m.
Dear Editor,
I’ve read the articles about the woman and her photo being forwarded via her phone to friends. A few thoughts came to mind. For whatever reason, the two women are still up at 2 a.m. So they happen to notice a police car out front, and it’s empty. If I was curious or worried about that, I’d call the non-emergency police number and ask if I should be worried for some reason or what might be happening in my neighborhood at this late hour.
I don’t know anyone who would go out and get in the patrol car, that’s appalling. So the car was out front, so what? If the two women had stayed inside, none of this would have happened; an officer would not have been tempted to take a photo and send the photo on, not to mention all the publicity and officers getting punished in a serious way. Oh yeah, if the woman thought the photo was embarrassing, wait till the friends read the articles about her behavior!
Carol Sanford, Morgan Hill
Urge legislators to oppose repeal Animal Adoption Mandate
Dear Editor,
Shelter animals need our voice in opposing the Animal Adoption Mandate (Hayden Law) repeal currently proposed in Governor Brown’s budget plan.
The Hayden Law was created to save the lives of shelter animals. The proposed Animal Adoption Mandate repeal would mean certain death to these animals because it would:
– Eliminate a state requirement that municipal animal shelters hold stray dogs and cats for four to six days.
– Eliminate necessary and prompt veterinary care.
– Eliminate the requirement for shelters to provide lost and found postings.
– Eliminate record keeping.
This heartless repeal would allow shelters to:
– Immediately euthanize (kill) all animals besides dogs and cats – including rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, hamsters, birds, turtles and reptiles.
– Allow immediate euthanasia of cats “deemed” feral.
It is important to have a statewide rule of minimum holding times and other requirements for decent humane sheltering of animals that provides owners, adopters and rescue groups with enough time to get to the shelter to reclaim or adopt animals. Seventy-two hours is not enough time to locate a lost pet, or for rescuers to arrange to take out a pet, or for potential adopters to make a decision to take on a commitment for the life of the animal that they would adopt.
With the repeal of the Animal Adoption Mandate, some shelters would be able to kill at 72 hours (or earlier) any of the animals that they do not think are adoptable. This would mean that many loved and loveable pets would be killed without the chances of being reunited with their families or being adopted by new families who would see them as special without regard to age, breed or physical infirmities.
The Animal Adoption Mandate Repeal will be heard and voted on in the Assembly and Senate budget committees.
The first hearing is: Assembly Budget Sub-Committee #4, March 13, 1:30 p.m., room 447.
Please contact the following elected officials on Assembly Budget Sub-Committee #4 and ask that they do not repeal the Animal Adoption Mandate:
Assembly Member Joan Buchanan – Chair
Phone: 916-319-2015
FAX: 916-319-2115
Assembly Member Michael Allen
Phone: 916-319-2007
FAX: 916-319-2107
Assembly Member Roger Dickinson
Phone: 916-319-2009
FAX: 916-319-2109
Assembly Member Dan Logue
Phone: 916-319-2003
FAX: 916-319-2103
Assembly Member Don Wagner
Phone: 916-319-2070
FAX: 916-319-2170
Assembly Member Bob Blumenfield – Chair
Assembly Committee on Budget
Phone: 916-319-2040
FAX: 916-319-2140
Senator Mark Leno – Chair
Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Phone: 916-951-4003
FAX: 916-445-4722
Governor Jerry Brown
Phone: 916-445-2841
FAX: 916-558-3160
For more information please visit www.socialcompassioninlegislation.org
Evon Dumesnil, Morgan Hill
Why would anyone vote for a group that does the following?
Dear Editor,
The group that controls the House of Representatives and wants control of the Senate and White House has this partial agenda: 1. Lower taxes on America’s top 1 percent. 2. Give control of medical care back to insurance companies. 3. Replace Medicare with the voucher system. 4. Pay off the National Debt with cuts to government programs, no tax money. 5. Destroy all unions and the benefits they bring our society. 6. Eliminate all government controls except for women’s health. Why would Americans give serious thought or even one vote to this group?
Frank Crosby, Morgan Hill
