Illinois Dog Owners Face Multiple BSL Threats

SB1790: Sen. Martin Sandoval backed away from his support of this breed-specific bill early in 2005. However, he has recently stated his intent to take up the bill again, perhaps with amendments. As currently written, SB1790 would automatically deem the following breeds dangerous dogs, regardless of any prior aggressive behavior: "Pit bull," Rottweiler, German Shepherd, Siberian Husky, Alaskan Malamute, Doberman Pinscher, Chow Chow, Great Dane, St. Bernard, Akita. Owners would be required to spay or neuter their dogs and abide by strict care conditions.

On a side note, they have banned 92 breeds in Italy... including the Corgi!

Who is behind this push? Animal rights activists and apparently insurance companies

With the sabotage of the East Tulsa residential development that was to be undertaken it should be obvious, that in Tulsa, the only development that the city will help with is downtown, the good ol’ boys or the suburbs.

Case(s) in point:
East Tulsa residential development stopped but a waterline to Owasso approved
East bound I-44’s south bound exit to 169 removed
Amphitheater between downtown and Sand Springs killed (Sparks was supposed to build it)
Bass Pro Shop given to Broken Arrow to get their support for Vision 2025.
Oklahoma Aquarium passed on by previous administration, which spurred river development in Jenks. Meanwhile Tulsa proper gets stuck with a albatross of a stadium.
South Yale Toll Bridge, which will put an undue strain on our infrastructure, while lining a private entities pocket.

NOISE plan contractor sues TAIT
Tulsa World (subscription) - Tulsa,OK,USA
... inception in 2000 through July. Cinnabar sound insulated 492 homes in neighborhoods mostly south of Tulsa International Airport. ...

unfortunatly, this is all I have, but it doesnt take much to read between the lines

Yesterday it was revealed that Marriott lost client information pertaining to its time-share customers, including social security and credit card information. This revelation immediately made me remember a letter I received from ABN-AMRO last month concerning lost data possibly concerning my mortgage, luckily that tape has been recovered. We as consumers are told we need to protect our identity, but what happens when it is beyond our control?

On the home front, one should be extremely careful about the information you set by the curbside the night before trash pickup. Anything with any account or personal information should be shredded, this includes firm credit and insurance offers that come in the mail based off of your credit rating. It would be best to place your name on the do not send list by calling 1-888-5-OPT-OUT. This menu driven call will remove you from the list and within a few month you will no longer receive offers for credit or insurance if the companies are using the big 4 credit rating companies.

Protect yourself, no one else will
 

Nancy Luft is back... if you dont know who she is, maybe its time for you to sit back and enjoy a good laugh...

Cherished pit bull to be home for the holidays

More and more municipalities are proposing bans on Pit Bulls & Rottweilers and one has to ask why? Why are they wasting precious time, money and resources on an issue where the facts don’t line up with the hype? Is it for their own political gain? Is it payback to some organizations that want to do away with pet ownership altogether? Is it to make people “think” they are doing something... anything?

The facts are that from 1979 to 1996, 304 people in the US died from dog attacks... let that number sink in… 304 in 17 years... how many people will die on their way to Grandmas house over the Christmas Holiday? In 2004 alone 42,636 people died in Auto Related accidents, of which 17,448 were killed in alcohol-related crashes!

Who’s really behind it? What is their real goal? When did this become a priority? Where are they getting their support? How do they intent to implement this? And do you really think they are going to stop with just these animals?

Do we need stricter laws on the books concerning loose animals? Why arent the ones on the books already being enforced? If local governments dont have the money to enforce the current laws, what makes them think they can enforce the new ones?

Hold onto your wallet folks...

This is a scan of a newpaper clipping  that my mother pulled out of the whirled a long time ago... it is one of my favorites:

Click to see the full sized version

Taking Christ out of Christmas isnt a new thing...

With the death of the drive by victim last night, we are sitting at 53 murders in Tulsa this year, heading towards the record set in 2003 (61), both on Mayor LaFortune's watch. The last two years of Savage's term there were 36 & 24 respectively. So much for LaFortune being tough on crime.

During LaFortune's term we have not had enough new officers added to the force to keep up with our growing crime rate, then he goes and says that more officers mean a higher crime rate?

Tulsa cannot afford this Bill for yet one more reason; while the crime rate grows he is more interested in soccer stadiums, amphitheaters, and iconic arenas, so while Tulsa (figuratively) burns LaFortune fiddles about.

Tookie Williams was executed last night for the murder of four people, after all of his appeals were rejected.

I just want to say something to those preachers who are out rallying against the death penalty... if it wasnt for the death penalty, you would be out of a job and mankind would be bound for a burning lake of fire, that we rightly and fully deserve.

Romans 3:23: for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God

Romans 6:23:  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Luke 24:20: Then our high priests and leaders betrayed him, got him sentenced to death, and crucified him.

1 Corinthians 15:3: ... that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 

But notice where they are located. The vote for "4 to Fix" are located on traffic medians and right-of-ways, the vote no signs are in the yards of people.

Even Jeannie Cue, candidate for district 2, and  sister of Randi Miller  doesn't have a "for" sign in her yard.

some people are willing to stand up for what they believe in and to put it out in the open for all to see, others hide their affiliations, beliefs, and intentions... who would you rather be on the side of?

VOTE NO!

In a recent announcement by the mayor, part of his river plan is an amphitheater located between 11th & 21st on Riverside... ummm, why do we need another amphitheater?What's wrong with the one on the west bank?

Add that to our "iconic" arena, and the now proposed soccer field our government seems to be more interested in entertaining us than keeping us safe...

What does that have to do with the title of this article?

Bread and Circuses refers to a ancient Roman method of keeping the people under control by keeping them fed and entertained... thus stearing the public eye away from the corruption that was happening under their very noses

First the RIAA wants to shut down the P2P services, which is my primary way of finding new music, cause most of Tulsa radio doesnt play what I want to hear, now they want to shut down lyric sites.

So let me get this straight... I hear a song I like on the radio (I know it's a long shot, but it has hapened before) but the DJ doesnt bother to say who the song is by. As it stands now, if I remember a few words from the song, I can type them into google and see what it comes up with, usually directing me to one of these lyric sites... no lyric sites, no finding out what the song or who the artist was, no sale... duh!

Im going to start a new category here concerning one of my (other) favorite things... Hot Sauces, all kinds of hot sauce, from the sweet kind you find from Hawaii to the blazing hot stuff imported from Costa Rica to the home grown stuff made here in Oklahoma! Obviously everyone's tastes are different, so Ill mix it up as best I can!

First on the list is my personal favorite (which was really hard to pick), Iguana Gold. This mustard based hot sauce has a great taste and the heat level isnt to unbearable for novices. Besides the mustard base there is cane sugar, cayanne peppers, habanero peppers, cucumbers, cumin, garlic and other spices, which adds a zing to chicken, burgers, chili and pretty much anything you would normally put mustard in/on (like deviled eggs!)

for more info visit House of Heat

Pit bulls have a reputation for viciousness, but it may not be deserved.
Paul Demars, an animal behaviorist at Oklahoma State University's veterinary school, said to dogs, whether a pit bull or a Chihuahua, biting isn"t necessarily inappropriate. The difference is, however, that a Chihuahua’s bite is mild compared to the bite of pit bull’s powerful jaw, he said.
 
Biting can occur for different reasons, one being a miscommunication. Demars used the example of a person approaching a dog. The dog barks — a signal that the person should stop. When the person doesn’t the stop, the dog is "justified” to bite, he said.

Another factor in a dog’s behavior is its environment; Demars said that plays a huge role. A common myth is that pit bulls have been bred to fight; Demars said this isn’t true. The breed was bred to work, adding that another role was to offer their owners protection. Rottweilers are another breed that was bred to work, such as herding animals and providing protection, he continued. Most dogs were bred at a time when owners needed more protection.
Demars said owners can contact the veterinary school if they have a concern about their dogs, regardless of breed.

Many behavioral issues in an animal can be treated, he said. Demars deals with dogs that have anger issues, separation anxiety, and so forth.  A good number of the dogs are abandoned or put down because of behavioral issues, he said.

 Next Tuesday, the voters of Tulsa County have the opportunity to go to the  polls and cast their votes for or against the extension of Tulsa County's  controversial sales tax.  The purpose of this email is two fold:
 
 1.  To ask that you go to the polls on December 13th and Vote No on all four  of the County's propositions; and
 
 2.  To ask that you forward this email to five family members or close  personal friends who live in Tulsa County.
 
 A few of the reasons why the voters of Tulsa County should Vote No on  December 13th are:
 
 *  The County government should be able to perform its governmental  functions by relying solely on its legitimate property tax revenue;
 
 *  Sales taxes are the lifeblood of every municipality and these  municipalities, especially the City of Tulsa, cannot afford to keep giving  this potential source of revenue away to the County;
 
 *  The County's broken process of ignoring citizens' concerns and making bad  financial decisions will not be fixed by giving the County more money in  sales tax; and
 
 *  The County gave away over half a billion dollars in toll revenues to  private investors to build a bridge, yet now the County wants to raise  everyone's taxes for only $62 million.
 
 One week from today, you will be receiving another email asking you to  personally contact the five individuals to whom you forwarded this email and  remind them to go to the polls and Vote No.
 
 Please understand that this is a total grass roots effort and the only way  we can succeed is with your support.  For more information on 4-to-Fix and  why you should Vote No on December 13th, please visit www.thestcc.com.
 
 Michael Covey
 Spokesman for the South Tulsa Citizens Coalition

Pick one:

if you selected #1 then vote Yes for 4 to fix, otherwise vote NO on 4 to Fix so financing can be available for the more important things