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4/9/2003

APRIL MEETING RESULTS: A CALL TO ACTION IN LEGISLATOR GINNY FIELDS’ DISTRICT!

      No sooner did the Council on Environmental Quality approve a dog run at Coindre Hall last month then Leg. Ginny Fields (D-Oakdale) called for the decision to be reconsidered on the grounds she had “new information”.  Leg. Fields is apparently claiming that trees will be cut down for the run (which is totally wrong) and that a fence around the run was not specified (which is inaccurate.)

      Leg. Fields latest attempts to thwart our efforts to create dog parks at Coindre Hall and elsewhere in Suffolk County were the subject of intense discussion at H-DOG’s monthly meeting on April 3rd at the Huntington Town Library in Huntington Village. (For other news from the meeting, click here.)

     In response to Leg. Fields continuing efforts to sabotage the will of dog owners in Huntington and to thwart the interests of dog owners throughout Suffolk County, H-DOG decided at its meeting to take the fight for dog parks directly into Leg. Fields’ Ninth Legislative district. (For a description of the Ninth district, which covers Oakdale, Great River and Central Islip, among other towns, click here.)

H-DOG cannot do this alone.  Here is what is needed:

  • Friends, family, and anyone else you know in the Ninth District to be made aware of Leg. Fields’ anti-dog owner agenda.

  • Letters to Leg. Fields asking why she continues to work against the interests of dog owners.

  • Letters to Newsday, News 12, the Islip Bulletin, Islip News, and other local news outlets making Suffolk dog owners aware of Leg. Fields’ anti-dog owner agenda.

  • Supporters willing to go into the Ninth district to hand out flyers and petitions at pet shops, vets, dog trainers, and other pet-friendly locations.

We can succeed! A few years ago Islip tried to pass a two-dog limit per household. Dog owners rose up in protest. We need these dog owners to stand up again in protest against Leg. Fields’ anti-dog owner agenda.

Other activities are being planned as well. As soon as we nail down the details, we’ll let everyone know. The key is to get our message out!

 

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