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DeLand Moves Towards Anti-Breeder Ordinance

The City of DeLand has joined the pack of other Volusia County municipalities proposing to pass anti-breeder ordinances forcing dogs to be spayed and neutered.

DeLand's city commission had the first reading of proposed ordinance 2008-17, which is a clone of Volusia County's MSN ordinance.  The next commission meeting is set for May 18. The MSN ordinance is expected to be called up for another vote at that meeting.

Apparently Volusia County's government is coercing the county's towns and cities are being coerced into passing MSN laws.  The county reportedly is offering its municipalities free use of the county's mobile spay/neuter clinic bus, if they pass MSN ordinances. The county commission is firmly in the pocket of H$U$, and dog breeders' and pet owners' pleas for reason are being ignored by their elected representatives across the county.

The DeLand City Commission holds its regular meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the City Commission Chambers, City Hall, 120 South Florida Avenue, DeLand.

Contact info below for DeLand Commissioners:

Mayor Robert F. Apgar, telephone 386-851-0674, email apgarr@deland.org

Willie Bright, telephone 386-736-0471, email brightw@deland.org

Leigh Matusick, telephone 386-738-4556, email matusickl@deland.org

Phil Martin, telephone 386-626-2247, email martinp@deland.or

Charles Paiva, telephone 386-738-9690, email paivac@deland.org

Holly Hill Considers MSN Ordinance

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The City of Holly Hill, in Volusia County, Florida, is considering an ordinance requiring pet owners to spay/neuter their dogs at six months of age. Ordinance 2849, had its second reading at the April 14 meeting of the City Commission.

The MSN ordinanceIt is similar to the Volusia county MSN ordinance which applies to unincorporated areas of the county. Public officials' hostility towards dog owners is contagious.

At the April 14 hearing, only Mayor Via voted against the ordinance. All of the following commissioners voted in favor.  Tell them how wrong they are.

Mayor Roland Via: telephone 386-677-1209; email mayor@hollyhillfl.org;

City Commissioners:

John Penny, telephone 386-252-8073; email clerk@hollyhillfl.org;

Rick Glass: telephone 386-566-1600; email rickdglass@yahoo.com

Mark Reed: telephone 386-672-3741; email clerk@hollyhillfl.org;

Liz Towsley: telephone 386-677-8038; email daytonamarinemom@aol.com

Ponce Inlet Proposes Anti-Dog MSN Law

Ponce Inlet, a town in Volusia County, Florida, already has okayed on first reading a mandatory spay/neuter ordinance of dogs and cats. Ordinance 2009-96 is a clone of the Volusia County MSN ordinance passed last year.

The town council's next meeting is set for May 20 at 6:00 P.M. Contact the Mayor and council members and tell them how wrong this bill is.

Mayor Tony Goudie
Email: tgoudie@ponce-inlet.org
Telephone: 386-308-1722

Vice Mayor Barbara Davis
Email: bdavis@ponce-inlet.org
Telephone: 386-898-4977

Council Member Kris Derr
Email: kderr@ponce-inlet.org
Telephone: 386-767-8527

Council Member Jim McCormick
Email: jmccormick@ponce-inlet.org
Telephone: 386-322-0958

Council Member Jack Stumo
Email: jsturno@ponce-inlet.org
Telephone: 386-682-3364

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