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From:	JM
To:	Councilman Goode, Councilman Green, Councilman Greenlee, Councilman Jones, Councilman Kelly, Councilman Kenney, Mayor Nutter, Councilwoman Reynolds Brown, Councilman Rizzo
Date:	Sunday, 10/12/08
Subject:	Write the Mayor and City Councilhttp://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=gA6_k3NtXZs

http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=gA6_k3NtXZs

Dear Mayor Nutter:

Please take full responsibility and terminate the inexusable
city employee behavior of staff aid Bryant and investigate your
city council member Goode. they are paid by my tax dollars and
i dont want them working for me! What is this DETROIT?!

Sincerely,
Matthew Weekes White

I am writing about a t driveway behind my house I have contacted
chip an nothing was done about it the srubs are growing out of
control an im scared one of my grandkids wwwiiill get hit bye a
car

"Casino Bus" runs - can it be decided now that "Casino Bus" runs
as in Atlantic City would not be appropriate for our center city
area as we already have enough bus traffic in the area near the
gallery and if allowed would cause sitting in traffic and idling
buses that emit harmful diesel exhaust - one whiff of diesel
exhaust raises one's histamine level 5x -verified by a blood
sample - this would cause one to take a anti-histamine or cause
even worse, asthma attacks for some. Let's get it in writing now!

I'm a volunteer at PACCA and I'm asking that you help us help
the animals anyway you can with the City of Deparment Health
trying to take the contract away! We would like to see the
contract be renewed with PACCA as long as we can, we worked so
hard to get where we are with the save rate so high from 3 years
ago and to see it go down the drain is so upsetting:(. Please
help us?

Thank you,
Roxanne Gliwa

Please think hard- watch a few euthanizations at least do that
much and stop- immediately and now- the diabolical suggestion of
no welfare for the animals that have the dreaded position of
living on the streets of Philadelphia.

Dear Mayor Nutter and City Council,

I wanted to say thank you for the response I received from the
Mayor's office Acting Director, Noam Kugelmass. However there
are still some key points that the City of Philadelphia is
missing completely.

I do not expect Mayor Nutter and the City Council to understand
what volunteering at PACCA is like and how hard it is to walk
into that shelter and see all the sad pleading faces just
wanting some attention and a home of their own. I DO however
expect the Mayor and City Council to listen to their
constituents who volunteer at the shelter and are witness to
daily life for the city's throw away animals. I expect my city
leadership to have compassion for those who cannot speak for
themselves.

Even though the RFP language was slightly changed it doesn't
address the baseline save rate of 60%, being based on ALL
animals that walk though the doors at Animal Control. The RFP
MUST set a baseline of 60% from which to improve upon. We do not
want the progress that PAWS & PACCA has made in the last 3 years
to be eroded.

Also, the definition of "save rate" MUST be defined as the
percentage of ALL animals in the shelter and NOT just the
animals that are deemed "adoptable." Also, if you define save
rate as the saving of all "adoptable animals" then ANY
organization can play with the numbers and look fabulous by just
killing off the "unadoptable" dogs.

And finally the ultimate goal of the Health Department and by
extension the City of Philadelphia with regards to Animal
Control MUST be the model of cooperation that non-profit and
animal control have in cities like New York.

I have volunteered my weekends and some weekday evenings for the
animals of PAWS & PACCA for the last 3 years and I've seen the
organization grow, learn and make vast improvements within the
constraints of an insufficient budget and limited number of
staff.

I fully support the great work PAWS & PACCA and what they have
accomplished in 3 short years with the immense help of the
volunteer base AND the people at the helm.

Please know that the slight change in the RFP language is simply
NOT ENOUGH.

Thank you,

Karina
Citizen for a No-Kill Philadelphia
PAWS & PACCA Volunteer
Pinup for Pitbulls Advocacy Volunteer

I am outraged and appalled that the Philadelphia Department of
Public Health is signing a death sentence for thousands of
animals. The lifesaving achievements of the last three years
are to celebrated and furthered, not abandoned. We will not go
back to a time when most homeless animals are killed.
Classifying them simply as objects to be collected and disposed
of like garbage is unacceptable. We demand that the Health
Department rescind its current request for proposal for animal
control services and rewrite it to require lifesaving. The
agency that holds this contract must achieve progressive save
rates – with a starting place of 60% of the total number of
animals who enter the shelter alive, the current level – so
Philadelphia continues moving closer to the goal of
guaranteeing a home for every healthy and treatable pet. We
will not allow this city to turn its back on Philadelphia's
animals.

I'm writing to express my dissatisfaction with the progress made
in the city. We have people running the streets who are more than
willing to shoot police, people who have come close to shooting
police being released on house arrest. Council members and their
staff are behaving in an unethical manner (not that that's
anything new in Philadelphia, but we're supposed to be turning a
new leaf). The city is still uncompetitive when it comes to
attracting employers, and yet I'm sure many elected officials
will view rolling back scheduled tax reductions as the solution
to the budget deficit. While it won't erase the deficit by
itself, you should start working on doing so by rolling back the
increases in funding for your personal staff that you approved
with the last budget. You're all still getting re-elected, and
I'm back to an hour-long commute to the suburbs for work, but I'm
not going to stop working to improve this city as long as I live
here.

Just as a reminder, below are my new year's resolutions for the
city, which also closely match Mayor Nutter's proposals during
his election campaign, as well as those of many council members.
Some progress has been made, but there's still plenty of work to do.

1) Eliminate the BPT. Don't lower it, eliminate it.

2) Pass legislation allowing the city to hire non-residents.

3) Create a contract for city unions that brings their
compensation and benefits in line with those provided to the
city's taxpayers by their employers.

4) Pass the necessary legislation to give the police commissioner
more control over hires and promotions within the department,
including any applicable voter-approved charter changes.

5) Come up with a taxation system for Philadelphia that provides
adequate funding for the school district, without increasing the
burden on city residents.

6) Re-write the city's zoning code to encourage commercial
activity, rather than stifling it.

7) Take action to move the city's violent/mentally ill homeless
from the streets to a more appropriate environment, and other
homeless individuals into the shelter system.

8) Work with state and federal elected officials to appoint
people with experience running a successful public transportation
system to SEPTA's board of directors, as well as initiating a
comprehensive plan for the construction of new rapid transit
lines to serve parts of the city that don't currently have one.

9) Work with state and federal officials to include capping of
(at least) the downtown portion of I-95 (or bridging it like
I-670 in Columbus, OH), when work is done on that highway in the
near future, in order to enhance accessibility to the waterfront.
The same should be done for I-676 at some point.

10) Start legislating the agenda described in the policy papers
drafted by Mayor Nutter during the primary. This includes new
ethics legislation and setting budget priorities that fund basic
city services, first and foremost (this will require making cuts
in other less important areas of the budget).

11) Take action to revive industry in the city, in order to
create jobs for its residents (this is related to resolution #1).

12) Provide better funding and management to the Fairmount Park
system.

Do you personally want to make this a "catch and kill" city for
homeless animals. They are not disposable but are living,
breathing,creatures full of emotions and feelings that bring
great value to the world we live in-it just takes time. Celebrate
the success of Increasing the homeless animal survival rate from
11% to almost 70% by moving forward with strategies with the
animals and people of this city in mind. Philly could use this
as one more PR opportunity to a city that usually gets better by
the day. Please reconsider.

Please do not make this a "catch and kill" city for homeless
animals. They are not disposable but are living, breathing,
creatures that deserve a chance. I don't understand
why we can't keep things they way they are. Isn't progression
a positive thing in the city of Philadelphia? Increasing the
homeless animal survival rate from 11% to almost 60% is an
incredible achievement. Why make this decision when there are so
many other options that are obviously working. It just doesn't
make any sense. Please reconsider.

Sincerely,

Kristina Lombardo

I have already written a letter to you all expressing the
importance of moving toward a "no-kill city," a feat that is not
unrealistic given the strides that the ASPCA and PAWS have made
in recent years. I am now writing again because this cause is so
incredibly important. There are many people who care and are
willing to adopt these wonderful animals. We cannot take away
the animals' chance at a forever home by disposing of them!
Please reconsider the plan put forth by the Health Department.
It is wrong for innocent animals to be killed - they deserve the
loving homes that await them.
Thank you for your time and consideration. Your help in making
the right decision by promoting neuter/spay services and
adoption is much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Alicia Haupt, MD

As Ghandi said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress
can be judged by the way it's animals are treated."

Over 7 million animals are killed in the United States a year
simply because there are not enough resources to keep them alive
long enough to find a loving home. Let's not add to this
outrageous number. Philadelphia is such a wonderful city, and
I'd like to maintain that opinion. Please don't let your
constituents and the animals down.

I am outraged and appalled that the Philadelphia Department of
Public Health is signing a death sentence for thousands of
animals. The lifesaving achievements of the last three years are
to be celebrated and furthered, not abandoned. We will not go
back to a time when most homeless animals are killed. Classifying
them simply as objects to be collected and disposed of like
garbage is unacceptable. We demand that the Health Department
rescind its current request for proposal for animal control
services and rewrite it to require lifesaving. The agency that
holds this contract must achieve progressive save rates – with a
starting place of 60% of the total number of animals who enter
the shelter alive, the current level – so Philadelphia continues
moving closer to the goal of guaranteeing a home for every
healthy and treatable pet. We will not allow this city to turn
its back on Philadelphia's animals.

I have been an active PAWS volunteer for almost 2 years, and in that time have seen
the organization make huge strides in improvement. The dedicated staff and the
many volunteers who devote themselves to the animals are nothing short of
amazing.

To allow Philadelphia to take a giant step backwards after so much success (going
from an 11% to over a 60% save rate!!!) would be a horrific embarrassment to the
city and to your constituents.

I have grown proud to call Philly my home, but if the city does nothing to stop the
DPH's proposed new contract from going into effect, I will broadcast this disgusting
turn of events far and wide, and I will continue to do so until changes are made for
the better.

THIS MUST NOT HAPPEN.

Compassion for animals seems to have become as extinct as the caveman.
To kill animals without attempting to find good homes leaves me speechless to say
the least!!!

What knid of a message are we sending our future generations? When you're finished
with something or some one for that matter, just kill them.

I suggest more time be spent tracking down the irresponsible former and current
owners who allow pets to run wild literally!!

Please do not just kill strays without giving them a chance. If
we must raise taxes to help these poor animals, then please do it.
Thank you,
Maria Maguire

I am outraged and appalled that the Philadelphia Department of
Public Health is signing a death sentence for thousands of
animals. The lifesaving achievements of the last three years
are to celebrated and furthered, not abandoned. We will not go
back to a time when most homeless animals are killed.
Classifying them simply as objects to be collected and disposed
of like garbage is unacceptable. We demand that the Health
Department rescind its current request for proposal for animal
control services and rewrite it to require lifesaving. The
agency that holds this contract must achieve progressive save
rates – with a starting place of 60% of the total number of
animals who enter the shelter alive, the current level – so
Philadelphia continues moving closer to the goal of
guaranteeing a home for every healthy and treatable pet. We
will not allow this city to turn its back on Philadelphia's
animals.

I am very upset that the city would allow this to happen. Please
don't let this contract be given over like that. The animals
should have a chance at life. Please make the right choice.

I have four dogs. All are rescues or from shelters. As a
resposible animal lover I am appalled at the new proposed
animal control policy. This is not a humane solution for such a
great city. It must not be allowed.

I am outraged and appalled that the Philadelphia Department of
Public Health is signing a death sentence for thousands of
animals. The lifesaving achievements of the last three years
are to celebrated and furthered, not abandoned. We will not go
back to a time when most homeless animals are killed.
Classifying them simply as objects to be collected and disposed
of like garbage is unacceptable. We demand that the Health
Department rescind its current request for proposal for animal
control services and rewrite it to require lifesaving. The
agency that holds this contract must achieve progressive save
rates – with a starting place of 60% of the total number of
animals who enter the shelter alive, the current level – so
Philadelphia continues moving closer to the goal of
guaranteeing a home for every healthy and treatable pet. We
will not allow this city to turn its back on Philadelphia's
animals.

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