I
invited Mr. Healy to my home last year because he was a city council
member in 2004 when he voted to pass a bad ordinance that banned cats
from most areas of the City of Petaluma.
While he seemed interested it appears that he was making deals with the
group of people that controls this city council as these e-mail messages obtained with a
public record request indicate.
More
message exchanges
And here
--- On Sun, 11/29/09, Diane
Reilly Torres <dreillytorres@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
From: Diane Reilly
Torres <dreillytorres@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Please
Read-Petaluma
To:
"AlleyCat" <alleycat@alleycat.org>, (and several hundreds other
advocates)
Date: Sunday,
November 29, 2009, 11:56 AM
Please Read attached
emails sent to Petaluma's Waste Water
Facility Manager, Margaret Orr. Its clear from Petaluma City
Council-member Mike Healy's email to Sholenberger Docent Bob Dyer, he
had already decided BEFORE the Oct. 5, 2009 public hearing on the Feral
Cat ordinance.
The
ordinance became effective Nov 19.
Healy, Torliatt,
Glass and Rabbitt all voted YES.
Healy, Torliatt,
Glass and O'Brien all voted YES for the 2004 Ordinance.
Candidates for
our County Supervisor Seat in 2010 are,
Petaluma's Mayor Torliatt, City Council-members Mike Healy + David
Rabbit and previous Council-member, Mike O'Brien.
Candidate Mayor
of Petaluma 2010 - David Glass
(current councilmember+previous Mayor)
The City of
Petaluma's current ordinance that
Healy, Torliatt,
Glass and Rabbit all voted YES.on says:
"Feral cats, and
feeding or maintaining feral cats, within the
city are hereby declared to be public nuisances, and a violation of
this chapter, except for feeding or maintaining by an authorized feral
cat care organization"
The City of Petaluma
does not have an "authorized feral cat care organization".
AND ordinance says:
"Any violation of
this title is unlawful and is hereby declared to
be a nuisance. The provisions of this title may be enforced by the
police department, fire department, animal control officers or any
authorized designee of the manager of animal services. Any violation of
this title may be prosecuted or enforced through any of the enforcement
remedies in this title or other applicable law. The city expressly
reserves the right to utilize any enforcement remedies available under
any applicable state or federal statute or pursuant to any other lawful
power the city may possess. All such remedies shall be alternative to
or in conjunction with, and not exclusive of, one another. The election
of remedies provided by this title or other applicable law shall be at
the sole discretion of city officials. "
AND
"Any violation of
this title may be prosecuted as a criminal
offense. Unless expressly described as an infraction, a violation of
any provision of this title, or failure to comply with any mandatory
requirement hereof, shall constitute a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, a violation of this title may, in the discretion of
the prosecuting attorney or other enforcing authority, be charged and
prosecuted as an infraction."
Marcelle feel free
to use this on your Report Card for these candidates.
Diane Reilly Torres
Thank you Diane
Senior Advisory
Committee 
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