At tonight's Committe Mtg June 9, 2009 - Jackie Thompson brought forth her proposal to submit legislation to ban ALL pit bulls from the city of Whitehall....AGAIN! Jackie said that it is not safe for women to walk the streets and for children to play (I guess pit bulls do not attack men). She still has to submit it to Attorney Mike Shannon to have the where to-where as-hence forth-and a knick knack paddy whack- added to her proposal before it can become legislation so she can submit it at the next Committee Meeting. Oddly enough, The Columbus Dispatch and the Whitehall News were represented at the meeting.....coincidence...or no???? Leslie LaCorte was "shocked as her mouth dropped open" by Jackie's announcement, but thinks QUOTE "it's a good ideal". Leslie went on to say that she thinks there should be the suspension of argument and everyone should just vote. Jackie and Leslie both agree that current legislation is not working. Jackie went on to cite a pit bull attack that occurred in Columbus where after the dog attacked this man's child, the man whipped the dog and beat it with a baseball bat. Leslie recoiled at the thought...but wait...it was last Committee Meeting May 26, 2009 that Leslie commented that her brother carries a bat and "if a pit bull attacks him...he's just going to kill it". Jackie said that her proposed legislation is drafted from Bexley's ban.
If that's not enough...on to the discussion of the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (to pay overtime to Whitehall Police Officers as they monitor and enforce speeding violations. As explained by Mr. Howard, Mr. Graham, Mr. Knoblauch, Mr. Rodriguez, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Kantor AND Mayor Wolfe numerous times, this is FREE money to the city just for the taking to provide additional funds for our officers to work overtime "only" (at their free will) to monitor and enforce speed limits. Also in this is the "PERK" of having the officers seen on the streets which will deter crime. Leslie wants more bang for her buck.....she wants to pay straight time not overtime (the grant specifies overtime) and is just not sure it's the right thing to do. Jackie wants the grant money (which specifies officer overtime pay) to go towards a "study" of how to stop speeders. Here's an idea...MAYBE JACKIE SHOULD WRITE LEGISLATION TO BAN ALL SPEEDERS FROM WHITEHALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! That makes just as much sense as her other attempts at legislation.
COME ONE COME ALL TO ALL COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEETINGS and see the circus that is Jackie Thompson working her own personal agendas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These meetings last so long with Jackie speaking out of turn and forgetting to ask her questions at the appropriate times...you may just want to bring some crackerjacks and soda pop.
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UNBELIEVABLE!!!! I say we start our own little circus and ring this crazy woman into the shooting rocket, straight to the moon!
ReplyDeleteYet again, I will take up my summer to fight this year's ban. Here we go again. More of the same. We won once, we will win again. I will do more of the same research, and as much added statistics as necessary to go up against this new proposal to tear it down, yet again. I will speak at every meeting, just as I did last year. It's a shame that the current ordinance that was put in place last year is not being allowed to do the work it's meant to do. It takes TIME for it to work, but it is working, and will continue to work. It is a precedent. Again, I will gear up for a fight. And the rest of the citizens that think this is, yet again, a waste of the city's time and money, and want to do something about---I urge you to gear up as well. Be smart about what you say. Have your facts in line. We can win this one too. We WILL win this one.
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