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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I have gone one step further trying to get guide dogs removed from this bill. I emailed my letter to Senator Brendan Sharkey, Speaker of the House, Senator Martin M. Looney, President Pro Tempore and Governor Malloy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We really need everyone to step up and at least write their local representatives and senators. Whether you are a guide dog handler or not. We are all blind. I wrote letters regarding sub minimum wage and jobs being threatened in State parks. I get paid more than minimum wage and I do not work in a state park but I am blind and therefore I support my fellow citizens in their struggle. Now as a guide dog user I ask for your support in removing guide dogs from a bill that could dramatically affect my future way of procuring a dog.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Maryanne Melley<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>