[Njagdu] Fw: Support NJ Bills to Protect Guide Dogs

[Vincent Chaney]

Lynn,

Though I asked Joe to have Bea forward this to all lists, would you as our NFBNJ Legislature Chair also send this out. We may have more who will read and act if they get the message from you and Bea...

Vinny
Vincent Chaney Jr
NFB Diabetes Action Network (DAN) Board of Directors
NFBNJ Diabetes Division President 
NJAGDU (NFBNJ Association of Guide Dog Users) Division President
NFBNJ Technology Division Vice President
NFBNJ Resolutions Committee Member
NFBNJ.ORG Webmaster
Mail: vgc732 at optonline.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: The Seeing Eye, Inc. 
To: Vincent Chaney 
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:50 PM
Subject: Support NJ Bills to Protect Guide Dogs


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            The Seeing Eye, Inc. 
     
     
                  Dear Seeing Eye Family, 
                 
                  If you live in New Jersey, we need your help keeping Seeing Eye® dogs and puppies safe from attacks and interference.
                  New Jersey Assembly Bill 832 and its companion, Senate Bill 1154, would make it a criminal offense for a person to harm a guide dog, and increase the penalties for harming police dogs and search and rescue dogs. These bills have stalled in committee and are in danger of not being heard or signed into law. 

                  Please call or email the chairs of the Assembly and Senate committees that are charged with hearing these bills and make your voices heard. It is important to urge them to add the bills to the schedule for the next possible hearing date, and to amend the bill by adding penalties for dog owners who allow their dogs to attack guide dogs and puppies.

                  Be sure to mention the bill number (A832 or S1154), your name and address, and one or two short paragraphs about who you are and why keeping Seeing Eye dogs & puppies safe is important to you. If you or someone you know has a guide dog or has raised a Seeing Eye puppy or experienced interference or attacks, include your experiences when you write your letter. It’s crucial that our state officials understand the importance of Seeing Eye dogs and puppies.


                  For Assembly Bill A832 , contact: 

                  The Honorable Nelson T. Albano 
                  Chairman, Assembly Agricultural and Natural Resources Committee 
                  21 North Main Street 
                  Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 
                  Phone: (908) 624-0880 
                  Email: AsmAlbano at njleg.org 

                  For Senate Bill S1154, contact: 

                  The Honorable Raymond J. Lesniak 
                  Chairman, Senate Economic Growth Committee 
                  985 Stuyvesant Ave. 
                  Union, NJ 07083 
                  Phone: (908) 624-0880 
                  Email: SenLesniak at njleg.org 


                  Another way to help is to forward this request to as many New Jersey residents as possible.

                  Please visit http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/A1000/832_I1.HTM to read the language for A832 and visit http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/S1500/1154_I1.HTM to read the language for S1154. 

                  For more information about attacks on Seeing Eye dogs, please visit: http://www.SeeingEye.org/protect or email us at advocacy at seeingeye.org 

                 
           
            Sincerely, 

            Jim Kutsch 
            President and Chief Executive Officer 
            The Seeing Eye, Inc.
           
     
            www.SeeingEye.org 
     

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