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<br /> DEC-22-2006^'09:18 RM P. 01
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<br /> Dear County Council Persona; Chair Higa, Safaric~f~e~~segr~ArHAD~ Hotschuh, Isbell,
<br /> Pilago, Ikeda.
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<br /> I Implore upon yon gQ,~ to override the 1r~=vatic to HQ1~2S8 (draft 6) for many
<br /> reaeone.
<br /> "rite r[ght of Democracy to voix our opinion for this bill was denied to the general public because draft
<br /> S was proeented at County Council meeting without dte general public knowledge that it was goutg to
<br /> ptesertt draft 5 instead of the scheduled draft 4. Therefore, the general public was denied sufficient
<br /> rime/awsreness/Imowledge/and review on this. Also, now a draft 6, and this drat! (again) has not been
<br /> properly pteser?ted to the grneral public for review or the oppotttmlty for ua to voice otu concerns.
<br /> "This is wrong that something as important as this, is being kept from general public review, and was
<br /> rushed boforo the Mayor's for his signature. 'T'his was seriously wrong and mast worrisome that this
<br /> proposed biU was going to be worao than the b{ll it is intended to replace. Why the rush?
<br /> Your own deputy prosecutor Mr. Mitch Ross, our police department, and our Humane Society da not
<br /> weal this bill paesad. These are people, and agencies that deal with the day to day problems of animal
<br /> control is our community, are the people we should be listening to, and for the County Council to
<br /> disrogard them and other animal agencies, is again worrisome and most bizarre.
<br /> Thera are too rosary .`wrong" things in Draft Sand or 6, but what concerns me the most is;
<br /> 1. The bill works against good citizens, who are humane Samaritans that feed, care for, and do
<br /> Trap-Neuter-Release oat feral colonies in designated areas. Our HWS, as you already know cannot
<br /> handle the animal overpopulation, and much to evetyona'a dismay have an ovor 80 percer?t kill rsto.
<br /> These good Samaritans are helping our community by doing what they do, yet according to Section 4-6
<br /> (a) they could be tined under penalties Section 4.11.
<br /> 2. This bill does nothing to defer eaitnal cntelty, in fact, the cockfighting paraphernalia section
<br /> referring to gaffe or slashers being prohibited yyp~e~jnpjg~_d. We needed this in there. Reminder, our
<br /> state is Nsted as one of the S worse states for animal cruelty, and not protecting our animals.
<br /> I la?aw you all do not have much time to teviow each lector that comes beforo you, that's why this has
<br /> been kept short. Again, please, please do not overrldo the Mayor's veto. let this bill which is poorly
<br /> written, and a bed bill for the animals w woll as for those who would have to enforce it, be put away and
<br /> redo a new bill in 2007, u Mr. Mitch Rosa, Police Department, end our HIEIS suggest.
<br /> The Oahu Animal control Bi11 which this was model front, which works for Oahu, has bean so
<br /> chopped up, that it has become incredibly a "bad" bill for our island, worse than the present bill it was
<br /> intended to replace.
<br /> Again, we the people have not had the opportunity to obtain the latest draft copy (draft ti) to review
<br /> any of the latest changes to this bill, and it would bo wrong to pass a bill that dleregarde any "do process"
<br /> of the community input .
<br /> As 81Ways tespectfirlly you»,
<br /> Frances Pttoo, 968.8279, P.O. Box 943, Mt. View, Hi. %771
<br /> Gomm. No. 0077~~
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