Anyone interested in overturning Michigan SB 705, please contact me or the people listed below, preferably by phone (email me your number and I will be happy to call or send your number to Stacey or Jane).
A special thank you to Patti Nickerson who inadvertently gave us the idea. No doubt many of you recall the Detroit News poll which showed an OVERWHELMING lack of support for banning wolf dogs. I believe it was 88% against and 12 for the ban. Ms Nickerson wrote:
"If your so confident on your public vote gloria, why don't you put it on the ballot. It only takes so many signatures to get there. Only thing is, the state doesn't count cyberspace votes.
Sincerely,
Patti Nickerson"
Exactly our idea Patti, and we won't need any cyber votes. In fact, we will need a whole lot less signatures than we thought originally. You must be confusing the referendum petition with the initiative petition. To reject a law passed by the legislature is far easier than trying to get one on the ballot.
Even better, once the petition is filed, SB 705 cannot be enforced until the people of Michigan have a chance to vote on it. Which according to the Secretary or States petition office, won't be until 2003. And judging from not only the Detroit News poll but comments from dog groups everywhere, it seems pretty obvious that the people of Michigan do not want wolf dogs banned.
Again, I must thank you for your comment Patti. You have helped wolf dogs tremendously.
Anyone interested in helping, please contact either me (wlfdogrsq@aol.com), Stacey (cubsden@prodigy.net or Jane (lobolore@aol.com).
Only Michigan registered voters can sign the petition, but there is a great deal others can do to help as well.
