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Page 1 of 2 <br /> Robello, Alfred <br /> From: Josephine Keliipio [Josephine@poidogs.com] <br /> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:42 PM <br /> To: Council Testimony <br /> Cc: Reed Flickinger -WHT; Lilian Beaufrere <br /> Subject: Bill 4/Draft 5 -Recommendation -Penalties for making malicious complaints <br /> Dear County Council Members, <br /> Remember Dana Simons? He is the guy from Sunset View Terrace who, along with <br /> his pal, Jean Gray, testified about their neighbor's 6 barking dogs at the public <br /> hearing held at the Kona Sheraton on March 17, 2005. Pua tings, no? In fact, their <br /> miserable story was so believable, that some of you even tried to provide <br /> suggestions of how to remedy their situation. The West Hawaii Today was also <br /> <br /> fooled by these clowns and published their sad sob stories in a front page article on <br /> March 18th without even attempting to get "the other side of the story." <br /> I happen to know Mr. Simons and ever since his neighbors with the dogs moved in <br /> next door to him last year, he has told me on more than one occasion that he <br /> <br /> would do whatever it took to make his neighbors get rid of their dogs. Pretty nasty <br /> <br /> thing to say, eh? The two or three times that I stopped over at his house to "hear" <br /> what he was talking about, I heard NO dogs barking. Not a one! <br /> After reading WHT's severely biased article on March 18th and remembering what <br /> Mr. Simons had told me last year, I decided to visit the dogs' caretakers to offer <br /> my support, invite them to testify at the public hearing in Waimea on March 22nd <br /> and encourage them to keep involved with Bill 4, Draft 5 regarding Animal Control. <br /> It is very important for you to know that the 5 dogs (the sixth dog was a temporary <br /> boarder) in question are cared for and loved by two very responsible guardians. <br /> The dogs live INDOORS and are not tied up in the backyard as many of you might <br /> have thought. Since the dogs sleep INDOORS at night and since both guardians <br /> are gainfully employed at daytime jobs, there is no way that the dogs would <br /> be allowed to bark continuously all night. No way. Of the half dozen times that I <br /> have been to this home since March 18th, the dogs have only barked for a few <br /> seconds upon my approach to the house and have immediately relaxed in silence <br /> while I was there visiting. I believe that Mr. Simons and Ms. Gray were both being <br /> extremely dishonest and malicious in their testimony on March 17th. Speaking of <br /> malicious, I noticed that the Bill 4, Draft 5 along with the old law, fails to penalize <br /> people (like Simons and Gray) from making malicious and fraudulent complaints. <br /> How come? <br /> Mr. Simons was quoted in the WHT as saying that, "he used to approach the <br /> owners about the vocal dogs but he doesn't anymore because it creates tension." <br /> But according to Rick and Tim (the dog's guardians) Mr. Simons Z,l.~$ <br /> ~.,:rc~n. f~fo. <br /> kef. To: <br /> Re>i, c. ate <br /> 4/ 11 /2005 <br /> <br />