The Governor's office is getting calls - but we need MORE please. It's still not too late. One quick call ... We need to get thousands of calls to the Governor urging him to VETO SB 880. It's QUICK and EASY: 1) Call: 916/445-2841 between 9a-5p PT 2) Select 1 for English 3) Select 2 to Voice Position on Legislation 4) Select 0 to speak to an operator (the bill is no longer an automated option) 5) Tell the operator that you are a registered voter in CA and urge the Gov to veto SB 880 Please circulate to as many people as possible - we have one last chance to kill this bill. *In addition, if you have a few minutes:* Please write a one-sentence letter and fax it to the Governor. Fax number below. September 5, 2007 was a sad day for the kangaroos. SB 880, Calderon's kangaroo bill, passed by an (unofficial) vote of 44:27--41 votes needed. (See below.) The bill is now on the Governor's desk. It seems likely that he will sign this travesty as soon as possible to avoid any bad press. *WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW: * Contact the Governor immediately, urge him to veto this cruel and regressive legislation. Address: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, The State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814 *Telephone -* 916/445-2841 ** *Fax -* 916/445-4633 ** *E-mail -* governor@governor.ca.gov (NOTE: Letters carry more weight than e-mails.) THIS BILL HAS HAD NEAR ZERO COVERAGE IN THE MEDIA. SOME LETTERS TO THE EDITORS OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS MIGHT HELP PUT SOME PRESSURE ON SCHWARZENEGGER TO DO THE RIGHT THING. HURRY! UNOFFICIAL BALLOT MEASURE: SB 880 AUTHOR: Calderon TOPIC: Crime. DATE: 09/05/2007 LOCATION: ASM. FLOOR MOTION: SB 880 Calderon Senate Third Reading By NUNEZ (AYES 44. NOES 27.) (PASS) AYES **** Aghazarian Anderson Arambula Bass Charles Calderon Carter Cook Davis De La Torre De Leon DeVore Duvall Dymally Emmerson Evans Fuentes Fuller Gaines Galgiani Garrick Hernandez Horton Houston Huff Huffman Jeffries Keene La Malfa Maze Mendoza Nakanishi Niello Parra Portantino Price Sharon Runner Silva Soto Torrico Tran Villines Walters Wolk Nunez NOES **** Adams Beall Benoit Berg Berryhill Blakeslee Brownley Caballero DeSaulnier Feuer Garcia Hancock Hayashi Krekorian Laird Leno Levine Lieber Lieu Ma Mullin Nava Ruskin Salas Smyth Spitzer Swanson ABSENT, ABSTAINING, OR NOT VOTING ********************************* Coto Eng Jones Karnette Plescia Saldana Solorio Strickland Vacancy To subscribe to Bay Area Animal Rights Network please send blank email to: baarn-subscribe@yahoogroups.com For events: Please see yahoogroups message archives and calendar at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baarn -- "I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." -- Che Guevara