Making a Difference in Sacramento

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will be revisiting the county shelter-proposed "Animal Overpopulation Ordinance" on February 27, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. (See Item #40 of the Action Summary for January 16, 2007)

Read the ordinance - tell all your neighbors - write, call, fax and email your opinion to the Clerk of the Board. Take the day off work and GO TO THE MEETING. Sign up to give a 3 minute talk on why government should not interfere with your property rights or right to privacy. Nothing says "we'll remember you next time we vote" like participating in the political process.

One strange thing I noticed: almost no one whose skin possessed a lot of melanin showed up at last year's public Board meetings for this proposal. Could it be that no one notified a substantial portion of the pet-owning community about this ordinance?