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UJA ROSEN S SPEECB lli lUbLIC FORUM June 5 2007
Put out ign aying pecie i m La t time I intr6duded a word that
you might not have known speciesism Like racism is a prejudicetoward Domeone becauDe of their race and DexiDm iD a prejudice againstsomeone because of their sex and ageism is a prejudice against someonQ
because of their age species ism io a prejudice against someone because
of their species
I think specieaism is the basic reason people oppose the tetheringordinance If these were humans chained up for much or all their lives
at their own hoaes the police would have already stepped in to rescue
them from cruel abuoe But even if there weren t a law I believe you
would have passed one I probably would have only had to speak to you
in one council meeting about it
But theae are animals who are being forced to live on chains I ask the
councilors who oppose the ordinance what is it about animals that makes
them unqualified for a tethering limit What ability or quality are
they lacking
Is it that they re not as intelligent as people are What if a mentallydisabled child with an IQ even lower than a dog s was tied up all dayin the yard while his parents were at work Surely you would think that
cruel and pass a law if necessary to rescue him
So I don t think you re excluding animals from protection because
they re not as intelligent as people
Is it because they cna t talk like we do As I said last time animals
have talked in our language using signs Like animals aome humans
can t talk except by using sign language they re mute Yet if soaeone
were tying up a mute person all day the law or you would do somethingto atop it
Are you against this tethering limit for animsls because they have fur
allover their bodieD instead of bare kin like UD What if a per on
was born with a birth defect that made him grow fur allover his body
Would you say it should be legal to chain him up all day at his home
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Scientists are putting human genes into pigs and other animals This is
hypothetical but what if one day they create an animal who hao 20
human genes would you still want it to be legal for that animal to
live on a chain What if the animal had 49 human gene What if the
animal had mostly human genes say 80
j point is where would you draw the line between who we should allow
to live on a chain and who we shouldn t
It eems to me that animal are being excluded from a tethering limit
purely on an arbitrary basis not based on any solid reason except that
they re not the ame pecie aD we are
Those of you councilors who still want it to be legal in Ashland to tie
dogs and ther domesticated mammals up for life or for eight to ten
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Jackson County allows animals to be tied for their entire lives on short
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To Ashland City Council
HayorCity Administrator
Charter Review Commission
Presented at Public ForumJune
2007
THE CHARTER REVISION WHAT WENT WRONG
As distasteful as it is for some if not all of you to once againconsider the Charter Revision and the dreadful outcome I want to
review the cause with you briefly For those who don t know historyare doomed to repeat it and governments today seem to have no
institutional memory
One might say that it failed because people were strongly opposed to
some of the provisions such as parks preservation or city managerproposals
But these substantive issues and all others are results of what was
really wrong which was THE PROCESS
The process was flawed at every step of the Jay When opportunitieswere suggested for correcting it they were disregarded
1 The Mayor appointed people with whom he felt comfortable Unfortunatelythis was a narrow group of people limited by the mayor s view of whatthe constituency of concern should be There were no older retired peopleon limited incomes students single parents with children workingclass people minorities etc This results in a narrow range ofideas and viewpoints and thus a constricted process from the first
2 There was no democratic process no dialogue One could presentquestions or ides but they were in the same format as these meetingsfive minutes no response or discussion with from the commissionersand the obligatory thank you at the end
3 There were two public meetings Citizens circulated among topictables to hear what the commissioners were thinking Citizens ideas
City Council re Charter FRevision Failure 6 6 07 p 2
were jotted down but there was little or no feedback discussionno knom follow through My concern over ethics was put under etc
and never heard from again
4 After the Commission concluded an outside consultant lawyer was
hired to review and edit the report without overview or opportunityfor feedback
5 Finally when the proposal came before Council the mayor and theformer City Attorney proceded to make changes ex cathedra to the
surprise of Council and everyone else One of these regarding water
so incensed the public that the response stopped this activity
6 Finally some of us came to you and asked that there be publicmeetings for discussion explanation and dialogue from the communityThese requests were dismissed The response to those of us who almost
literally begged for such meetings was that we were litigious andtroublesome anyway and would take legal measures to block the
public canvas Had such meetings taken place the citizens couldhave been informed of the intention and effect of some of the critical
changes If they were misinformed and frightened they could have
been reassured If they were correct changes could have been made
And so the charter and the City Hanager proposals failed stupendouslyWe do not have a revised charter and all parties regardless of the
specific provisions are discouraged and frustrated
Had a truly democratic process taken place the 0utcOl e could have
been different It might have taken some more time but now all the
time and energy of many good people has been for nought
This could become a learning and healin6 p ocess if we re initiated charter
revision based on what we have learned from this failure I hope this
happens in the fore eable future