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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/22/2019 1:27 PM, Jeanette Torres
via NFBF-Tampa wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans
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What time is it over and do we go in a suit or polo?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> NFBF-Tampa
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:nfbf-tampa-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:nfbf-tampa-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ineko
Gary via NFBF-Tampa<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:56 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Florida Tampa Chapter List
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nfbf-tampa@nfbnet.org"><nfbf-tampa@nfbnet.org></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ineko Gary <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rubiigary@gmail.com"><rubiigary@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBF-Tampa] Animal Court Hearing in
Tampa<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Question is anybody going tomorrow to
support MARION? If anyone’s going I would like to try to meet
you there whoever is going to support our dear sweet friend
MARION tomorrow.<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Always <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Ineko <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Oct
21, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Marion Gwizdala via NFBF-Tampa
<<a href="mailto:nfbf-tampa@nfbnet.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">nfbf-tampa@nfbnet.org</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear NFB Family,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> On March 26, my guide
dog, Trooper, was jumped by a pair of off-leash dogs as
we walked along the sidewalk at a neighborhood park. The
owner of the dogs removed them, put them on leash, and
then returned and allow his dogs to bark, lunge, and
growl at my dog. The full narrative of this incident is
below my signature.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> On Wednesday, October
23 at 9:00 a.m. a final hearing will be held on this
case at 800 E. Twiggs Street in Courtroom 300. We will
meet at Crystal Bay Café prior to the hearing for
breakfast at 8:00 a.m. If you have any questions or
comments, please feel free to write to the list or give
me a call. My contact information is below my signature
prior to my narrative.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With warm regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Marion Gwizdala<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="mailto:Marion.Gwizdala@verizon.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">Marion.Gwizdala@verizon.net</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(813) 626-2789<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> My name is Marion
Gwizdala. I reside at 1003 Papaya Drive, Tampa, Florida
33619. I am blind and use a guide dog for travel. My
guide dog is a 2-1/2-year-old Blue Merle Smooth Coat
Collie trained by Freedom Guide Dogs in Cassville, New
York.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> On Tuesday, March 26,
2019 at approximately 4:20 p.m., I was walking along the
sidewalk adjoining Winston Park on Destin Road with my
harnessed guide dog. As we walked along the sidewalk, I
heard what seemed to be two dogs running toward us
barking and male and female voices calling out to them.
The two dogs ran up to my guide dog and began barking
and snarling in his face. I yelled to the voices calling
the dog to get their dogs under control. When the male
grabb the dogs, I told him, “Please get your dogs away
from my guide dog!” I then told him, “Your dogs need to
be on a leash!” He replied they did not need to be on a
leash because they were in a public park. I again
reiterated that his dogs need to be on a leash and he
told me I didn’t know what I was talking about. He took
his dogs away and I continued walking along the
sidewalk.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> About two minutes
later, the man returned with his dogs on a leash and
said, “Now my dogs are on a leash. What are you goind to
do about it, blind man?” His dogs continued to bark and
lunge at my guide dog and my dog took a defensive
posture. I did my best to control my dog but his dogs
continued barking and lunging at my dog. The man laughed
and said, “That’s really some trained guide dog! You
don’t have him under very good control, blind man!” I
asked him to get his dogs away from my dog and he
laughed at me again, attempting to taunt me again with
the “blind man” phrase and stating his dogs were on a
leash so there was nothing I could do about it! I told
him once again to get his dogs away from us or I would
call the police. He said, “What are they going to do,
blind man?”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Feeling threatened by
his demeanor, I called 9-1-1 and asked a deputy be
dispatched immediately. A deputy happened to be in the
park and arrived in less than five minutes. I asked the
deputy if there was a man and woman with two dogs in the
park and he stated there was. I told him what happened
and advised the deputy that there was a Florida statute
– 413.081 – which provided for criminal penalties to any
person or the animal under a person’s control to
distract, harass, attack, or otherwise interfere with a
working service animal. The deputy walked away from me
refusing to listen to what I was saying. He turned to me
and said, “I have been doing this for more than twenty
years; don’t tell me how to do my job!” <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">The deputy
went to talk to the man. The man admitted his dogs were
off-leash and I overheard him telling the deputy I was
“letting my dog play with his dogs”. <o:p></o:p></p>
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When the deputy returned to where I was, I again
attempted to give him the statute number and he refused
to listen to what I was saying. He told me this was not
under his jurisdiction, I would need to contact animal
control, and walked away from me again. I called
dispatch and asked to speak to someone in the district
office, telling them what the deputy was stating and my
frustration with the lack of courtesy. I was told
another deputy was being dispatched, since the deputy
present was a community resource officer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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About five minutes later, Deputy Doerr arrived and I
advised him of the incident and my frustration that law
enforcement repeatedly discounts these incidents, refers
them to animal control, and animal control tells us they
are unable to enforce the criminal statutes, referring
us to law enforcement. Deputy Doerr asked for the
statute number and returned to his vehicle to research
it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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When Deputy Doerr returned, he stated that there was
indeed a statute but it required that the person act
with reckless disregard which he stated meant the person
had to intentionally and recklessly do something to put
one’s safety at risk. I asked him if intentionally
allowing his dogs to menacingly bark, snarl, and jump at
my dog in a manner that distracted him from his work to
defend himself put us at risk and Deputy Doerr said it
did not!<o:p></o:p></p>
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