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Hi there.   This bulletin follows our successful presentations to the City Council members last evening on 6/27.


The overall consensus has been that the Council is impressed with the importance of our doggy dilemma. They were also introduced to the legitimacy of "K-9ing".


They were given copies of our signed petition which topped off at more than 300 signatures!  


Also, they were given a map of the Downtown Park and the site we have chosen for a potential off leash enclosed area in the southeast corner.  In addition this also described our request for our usual hours of play twice daily to be off leash...as an alternative to a fenced in area for smallish/gentle giants to romp in.


During the presentations, Pattie Grimm set up her slide show of some of our pooches as part of her presentation.  It ran over the course of the speeches given by myself, Pattie and last but NEVER least, Kathleen Cole.  The pups probably upstaged us by far!


There was feedback from one council member who stated that the primary cause for alarm comes from all the park user complaints against doggies who "exist" in the parks.  These pets may be on or off leash, and there are those folks out there who would like to see all the parks ban dogs.  So, we face an uphill battle and have quite a long road ahead until change occurs.


The council feedback to us that this is also a Parks Dept. concern and that they will be addressing the off leash issues in the Downtown Park and Bellevue at Large. 


We are currently in contact with the Parks Dept. and will continue to receive updates on their findings.


Thank you people again for all your support!  We are urging everyone to write letters, emails, etc. to the City Council so that they are constantly reminded of our pursuits for our pooches.


Anyone who  wishes to address the Council in person may do so in the upcoming weeks...meetings open to the public for this end are each Monday nite, either at 6 or 8pm.  Check the Bellevue.gov website for more info. 


Remember:  POWER IN NUMBERS!!!

Nancy and Elsa BellevueDogs supporters!



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