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Put out ign aying pecie i m La t time I intr6duded a word that

you might not have known speciesism Like racism is a prejudicetoward Domeone becauDe of their race and DexiDm iD a prejudice againstsomeone because of their sex and ageism is a prejudice against someonQ

because of their age species ism io a prejudice against someone because

of their species

I think specieaism is the basic reason people oppose the tetheringordinance If these were humans chained up for much or all their lives

at their own hoaes the police would have already stepped in to rescue

them from cruel abuoe But even if there weren t a law I believe you

would have passed one I probably would have only had to speak to you

in one council meeting about it

But theae are animals who are being forced to live on chains I ask the

councilors who oppose the ordinance what is it about animals that makes

them unqualified for a tethering limit What ability or quality are

they lacking

Is it that they re not as intelligent as people are What if a mentallydisabled child with an IQ even lower than a dog s was tied up all dayin the yard while his parents were at work Surely you would think that

cruel and pass a law if necessary to rescue him

So I don t think you re excluding animals from protection because

they re not as intelligent as people

Is it because they cna t talk like we do As I said last time animals

have talked in our language using signs Like animals aome humans

can t talk except by using sign language they re mute Yet if soaeone

were tying up a mute person all day the law or you would do somethingto atop it

Are you against this tethering limit for animsls because they have fur

allover their bodieD instead of bare kin like UD What if a per on

was born with a birth defect that made him grow fur allover his body

Would you say it should be legal to chain him up all day at his home

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Scientists are putting human genes into pigs and other animals This is

hypothetical but what if one day they create an animal who hao 20

human genes would you still want it to be legal for that animal to

live on a chain What if the animal had 49 human gene What if the

animal had mostly human genes say 80

j point is where would you draw the line between who we should allow

to live on a chain and who we shouldn t

It eems to me that animal are being excluded from a tethering limit

purely on an arbitrary basis not based on any solid reason except that

they re not the ame pecie aD we are

Those of you councilors who still want it to be legal in Ashland to tie

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I m concerned about the animals in Ashland who are tied up at their homes

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adults getting attacked by animals o dying of heatstroke

Jackson County allows animals to be tied for their entire lives on short

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To Ashland City Council

HayorCity Administrator

Charter Review Commission

Presented at Public ForumJune

2007

THE CHARTER REVISION WHAT WENT WRONG

As distasteful as it is for some if not all of you to once againconsider the Charter Revision and the dreadful outcome I want to

review the cause with you briefly For those who don t know historyare doomed to repeat it and governments today seem to have no

institutional memory

One might say that it failed because people were strongly opposed to

some of the provisions such as parks preservation or city managerproposals

But these substantive issues and all others are results of what was

really wrong which was THE PROCESS

The process was flawed at every step of the Jay When opportunitieswere suggested for correcting it they were disregarded

1 The Mayor appointed people with whom he felt comfortable Unfortunatelythis was a narrow group of people limited by the mayor s view of whatthe constituency of concern should be There were no older retired peopleon limited incomes students single parents with children workingclass people minorities etc This results in a narrow range ofideas and viewpoints and thus a constricted process from the first

2 There was no democratic process no dialogue One could presentquestions or ides but they were in the same format as these meetingsfive minutes no response or discussion with from the commissionersand the obligatory thank you at the end

3 There were two public meetings Citizens circulated among topictables to hear what the commissioners were thinking Citizens ideas

City Council re Charter FRevision Failure 6 6 07 p 2

were jotted down but there was little or no feedback discussionno knom follow through My concern over ethics was put under etc

and never heard from again

4 After the Commission concluded an outside consultant lawyer was

hired to review and edit the report without overview or opportunityfor feedback

5 Finally when the proposal came before Council the mayor and theformer City Attorney proceded to make changes ex cathedra to the

surprise of Council and everyone else One of these regarding water

so incensed the public that the response stopped this activity

6 Finally some of us came to you and asked that there be publicmeetings for discussion explanation and dialogue from the communityThese requests were dismissed The response to those of us who almost

literally begged for such meetings was that we were litigious andtroublesome anyway and would take legal measures to block the

public canvas Had such meetings taken place the citizens couldhave been informed of the intention and effect of some of the critical

changes If they were misinformed and frightened they could have

been reassured If they were correct changes could have been made

And so the charter and the City Hanager proposals failed stupendouslyWe do not have a revised charter and all parties regardless of the

specific provisions are discouraged and frustrated

Had a truly democratic process taken place the 0utcOl e could have

been different It might have taken some more time but now all the

time and energy of many good people has been for nought

This could become a learning and healin6 p ocess if we re initiated charter

revision based on what we have learned from this failure I hope this

happens in the fore eable future