Dear Readers,
In the July 7th column I wrote the following about forming civic associations to deal with improving the town animal shelters:
“I had an interesting conversation with a brilliant, Very High Profile attorney recently.
We discussed various ways that the animal loving public could present a stronger, united, and more powerful voice when dealing with local town government. His suggestion was that we should form a civic association in each town made up of animal lovers! The idea being that we could make our wishes known and back our demands with a large voting block. The larger the membership of each group, the more votes the group would represent and the more votes, the more influence with our local elected officials.”
Here are some of your responses to that column:
“Dear Sharon,
I never thought I would be making special trips to an out of the way supermarket just to pick up the latest issue of “Neighborhood Newspaper” just to read your column, but you’ve got me hooked.
In reference to your column on July 7…..a civic association in each town made up of true animal lovers…..what a great suggestion. Its about time. I am a busy person with a full time job that requires me to work evenings and holidays and weekends, but that is something I would certainly make time for. I hope you get a lot of good responses to this idea. I think its high time those of us who care for animals and all livings things get up off the couch and at least do something small. I always have felt like there is nothing I can do to make the world a better place for animals…..but hey….this sounds like something I can participate in. ”
” Dear Sharon,
I would be very interested in being involved with a civic association in the town of Islip. I am not an organizer but I would do whatever I can to be involved and help someone that can organize this group.
What people must be aware of is that we are taxpayers paying these elected officials which make them our employees and if they cannot do the job that the people are asking for we need to elect officials that are willing to listen to us and move forward in making the changes we are asking for.
We can demand change! These officials are working for us and if they don’t respect our wishes then we should take them out of office.
Remember these defenseless animals have no voice except ours.
R. V.”
Readers, If you would be interested in joining a Civic Association dedicated to improving the conditions at your town animal shelter, please send me an email or call 631-226-2636 ext.301 and leave me a message with your name, email address or other contact information and the town you live in.
Please visit a shelter and adopt.
Remember, Your Best Friend Is Waiting…
Your Best Friend Is Waiting…
