1 August 2004
Local press is poised to cover the meeting being
arranged with the Westchester Board of Legislators, regarding traveling
animal acts. The tiger incident, coupled with still-fresh Roy Horn, might
make ordinances write themselves; but circuses are multi-million dollar a
year businesses and will not go down without a fight.
As I see it the major resistance areas in Westchester
will be White Plains (Hanneford), Mt. Vernon, who stopped rodeos but are
hesitant to 'officially' stop animal-user circuses, and Yonkers - the new
Mayor vowed to bring in an animal-user circus, though perhaps the appearance
of the Moscow Circus will bode well (more one this shortly). All these
venues, including Westchester County, have been served with a NOTICE OF
DANGEROUS CONDITION regarding traveling animal acts, as well. Two years ago
the Hanneford Circus tried to sneak elephants infected with tuberculosis
past inspections.
PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATORS, PARKS
COMMISSIONERS, ETC.
Sending the same letter to each is fine - in fact it
might be good to have visible cc's on each letter;
WESTCHESTER COUNTY LEGISLATOR ANDREW
SPANO:
ceo@westchestergov.com
WHITE PLAINS: Mayor Delfino:
JDELFINO@CI.WHITE-PLAINS.NY.US
White Plains County lead legislator William Ryan:
WJR1@westchestergov.com
White Plains Dept. of Parks Commissioner Joseph Stout:
jas7@westchestergov.com
MOUNT VERNON: Mayor Ernest Davis:
mayor@cmvny.com
Legislator Bernice Spreckman:
bss6@westchestergov.com
*Note: Bernice Spreckman is a legislator for Yonkers as
well.
City Council Pres. Steven Horton:
feedback@cmvny.com
YONKERS: Mayor Philip Amicone:
philip.amicone@cityofyonkers.com
Commissioner, Dept of Parks Mitchell Tutone:
mitchell.tutone@cityofyonkers.com
Deputy commissioner, Dept. of Parks August Cambria:
august.cambria@cityofyonkers.com
City council president Liam Mclaughlin:
liam.mclaughin@cityofyonkers.com
Legislator Bernice Spreckman:
bss6@westchestergov.com
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