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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Vinny and all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks so much for all of your support! We’re hopeful that the bill will be voted on at the next Assembly meeting to be held Thursday, Dec. 19. It sure would be a wonderful Christmas present if Dusty’s Law were to be passed before year end!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It was encouraging to see how supportive the entire committee was – I was only asked one question before the hearing started. Two Assemblyman wanted to know if there was mandatory insurance for guide dogs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Four Seeing Eye puppy raisers and family attended, including Roger Woodhour who was Dusty’s raiser; Lisa Yakomin who originally helped to get the bill drafted and posted; a woman from The Humane Society; and Pixie and me. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ginger<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:vgc732@optonline.net" title="vgc732@optonline.net">Vincent Chaney Jr.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org" title="njagdu@nfbnet.org">'New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users'</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cc:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:vgc732@optonline.net" title="vgc732@optonline.net">'Vincent G Chaney Jr'</a> ; <a href="mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net" title="nfbnj1@verizon.net">Joe J Ruffalo</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Thursday, December 12, 2013 9:44 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [Njagdu] FW: A4105 Dusty's Law & NJ Association of Guide Dog Users<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FYI…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I received this Great News from Assemblyman Cryan who shared that the Assembly A4105 Dusty’s Law Bill had passed the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee this afternoon. I looked up on the NJ Legislature website and found that it was a total, unanimous 11-0 with no abstentions by the committee. I will watch for the next alert when the full house will be scheduled to vote on this bill.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you are interested, the NJ Leg Website is: <a href="http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/">http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Vinny<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Vincent G Chaney Jr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>732-251-8650<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>President, NFBNJ New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>President, NFBNJ Diabetes Division<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Webmaster: nfbnj.org <a href="http://www.nfbnj.org/">http://www.nfbnj.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Cryan, Asm. D.O. [<a href="mailto:AsmCryan@njleg.org">mailto:AsmCryan@njleg.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 12, 2013 2:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> Vincent Chaney Jr.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: A4105 Dusty's Law & NJ Association of Guide Dog Users<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Just passed <br><br>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Dec 12, 2013, at 12:52 AM, "Vincent Chaney Jr." <<a href="mailto:vgc732@optonline.net">vgc732@optonline.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Assemblyman Cryan,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thank you very much for your response to Alice Eaddy’s message, a fellow New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users member, referencing Assembly A4105, Dusty’s Law, and offering your positive support of this bill. I write to you as President of the New Jersey association of Guide Dog Users, the largest organized group of Guide Dog Users in New Jersey. The majority of our members have had at least one incident of attack while working with our canine partners. On December 6, 2012, I gave my testimony and presented copies from a number of other members to the NJ Senate Law and Public Safety Committee at their first hearing of Senate S1907, Dusty’s Law. I will attach my and another gentleman’s, who is a member, testimonies as examples. I had handed a fax testimony and had a group of the members directly email Senator Bucco their testimonies if these would be available as a resource should the total group of testimonies not have been presented to your committee through the Senate as indicated to me. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>While I live in Old Bridge, I have traveled very much throughout our fine Garden State. I worked for many years in downtown NYC going through Journal Square on a daily basis until my employer, JPM Chase opened offices in the Newport facility. As I am now retired, I frequent New Brunswick, Newark, Morristown, Atlantic City, Cape May and Vineland to indicate some of the areas I and other guide dog users live in or travel to. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I and my fellow members of the NJ Association of Guide Dog Users thank you for scheduling the Thursday, December 12, 2013 hearing of A4105. We sincerely believe the committee and the full Assembly will understand the importance of Dusty’s Law and the vulnerable position we, the Guide Dog Users in New Jersey feel we are in without this. Calling our local police departments and finding out there is nothing they can do today to assist us with one of these episodes is heartbreaking.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Vincent G Chaney Jr<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>732-251-8650<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>President, NFBNJ New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><Dusty's Law Testimony.doc><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><letter supporting s1907. 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