Broward County - And stopping the insanity

Broward County Florida is talking about banning pitbulls. The exact words
"Barbara Sharief, Vice Mayor of the Broward County Commission, will introduce a motion today to make it illegal to "own and keep" American pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers, Staffordshire bull terriers -- or any dog that may "conform" to a pit bull breed." (1)

Miami-Dade also has BSL. It has been long controversial.

Now the interesting part here is the fact the State of Florida has a law prohibiting Breed Specific Legislation.

Does this mean the counties in Florida have greater power than the State Government?  If any county has the right to change the state law, why not allow them to run drugs, guns?  In other countries where drug lords run the show, the issue lies in the fact they own the government. Now if the counties in Florida have the right to change the State Laws, how long before we see the drug lords running a county in Florida? And if Florida government has allowed a precedent to be set, then what right do they have to complain about laws which deny other parts of the State Law.

If we allow counties to deny families their dogs, are we not forcing families apart? Breaking down the family structure? Putting more dogs into a broken system, and killing them for a lack of a place for them to live? How does this make us more American, we have the right to.. smoke pot, not have our pets, and crumble under the laws set forth by a government who no longer cares about the rights of the citizens but only the power of the governments.

Be Heard - Save A Family

Schedules and agendas can be found here.

Contact information for the commission:

The commissions websites and districts can be found here.

Vice Mayor Barbara Sharief
Broward County Governmental Center
115 S. Andrews Ave., Room 410
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Phone: 954-357-7008

Martin David Kiar
email: mkiar@broward.org
Phone: 954-357-7001

Mayor Kristin Jacobs, Phone: 954- 357-7002
Email: kjacobs@broward.org

Stacy Ritter
sritter@broward.org
Phone: 954-357-7003

Chip LaMarca
email: clamarca@broward.org
Phone: 954-357-7004

Lois Wexler
lwexler@broward.org
Phone: 954-357-7005

Sue Gunzburger
sgunzburger@broward.org
Telephone: 954-357-7006

Tim Ryan
email: tryan@broward.org
Phone: 954-357-7007

Dale Holness
dholness@broward.org
Phone: 954-357-7009


Broward Palm Beach News Times Feb 21, 2013 http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/pulp/2013/02/broward_county_may_ban_owning.php

Domino's New Home

I have a new friend, and he is not a pittie. He is a rescue from South Carolina. This is the first time I saw Domino, and I wanted to help him, he had been labeled a bulldog mix, but we couldn't see it.
His trip started with a rough life, and then Carol Delle Donne Wallaeur took him home, after he had so many missed chances...

 

She had taken him in and fostered him, and she loved him. It was evident when you talked with her, and we talked about him alot. He was nervous, scared, and needed a safe home. I love my pitties, and I told her about them, how they lay on the bed and snore. But Dominos face touched deep in my heart, and I said, "I want him". Now we only had to get him from SC to OR.
We started searching out transportation options, and I learned about Paws and Pilots.  And we met Captain Keith Baker.  He not only had helped 60+ other babies get to their new homes, he was willing to help Domino get on his way to Oregon. Carol helped him get to the airport

He was nervous, and hiding in the back of his new crate. Not sure what was happening, little did he know he was on his way to a new life.

Captain Keiths Airplane!

Captain Keith stepped up and volunteered his time and his plane to help get Domino on the way to Oregon. He met Carol at the airport, and Domino got his first airplane ride.

 Captain Keith was wonderful. He took Domino to Charlotte, Nc and helped Domino get onto a great big United plane, and he told us how we could watch Dominos planes fly him to his forever home. I watched online as his plane traveled over the states, and he flew into Portland, Or.  He was still very skinny and his ribs showed. He watched all the cars drive by, and jumped at every noise.

We were so happy when he got here. We hugged him and helped him get settled into the house. Domino was very nervous, and wanted to hide in the bedroom, laying on the bed. He ran away from people, and he jumped at every loud noise. But every day we played and petted, and Domino made friends.

So today Domino is a member of the family. He sleeps on the bed, he snores, and he went for a ride in the car all by himself. Its a slow process, but Domino is learning to be a puppy again. And we are blessed to have a new family member.
 It is so funny to watch the changes in him.