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Date Posted: 06:17:59 08/26/03 Tue
Author: Karen
Subject: Detroit Michigan BSL called for

Contacts for the Detroit City Council are below...

Dog attack survivor calling for pit bull ban

The Associated Press
8/25/03 9:38 AM

DETROIT (AP) -- Brian Johnson will never forget the day he was attacked by a pair of pit bulls.

"It was frightening," the 13-year-old said of the April 2001 attack. "I was trying to hold them between my legs and then stop one so I could focus on the other one. I was just trying my best to survive."

Johnson's lawyer and his family now are pushing for a state ban on pit bulls. Southfield attorney Arnold Reed planned to meet Monday with state Sen. Samuel "Buzz" Thomas, D-Detroit, to talk about the idea.

"We are talking about a vicious animal that was born and bred for violence and fighting," Reed told The Detroit News for a Monday story.

The proposal faces strong opposition from pit bull owners, who say the ban would unfairly target one breed.

Richard Tuttle Jr. of Macomb County's Macomb Township said he trusts his 4-year-old pit bull with his two young children. He said the owners of any breed of dog must make sure they handle them properly.

"It comes down to the responsibility of the owner such as keeping the dog on a leash and on its own property," the 35-year-old automotive engineer said.

Sean Nowicki, 30, a preveterinary student at Oakland University, said it would be difficult to enforce such a ban because of the broad definition of what a pit bull is. Many of the dogs that have attacked people are cross breeds, he said.

Several Michigan communities, such as Oakland County's Waterford Township, have enacted local pit bull bans. That township's law calls for a $500 fine and a 90-day jail sentence for residents caught with one of the dogs.

"We had everything from complete approval to complete outrage," township clerk Betty Fortino said.

Council President
Maryann Mahaffey

1340 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-4510 (office)
(313) 963-5741 (fax)
E-mail: M-Mahaffey_mb@mahaffey.ci.detroit.mi.us
Contact Person: Cynthia Scoggins

Council President Pro Tem
Kenneth V. Cockrel, Jr.

1340 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-4505 (office)
(313) 224-0367 (fax)
E-mail: Cockrelk@kcockrel.ci.detroit.mi.us
Contact Person: John C. Clark

Council Member
Sharon McPhail

1340 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-4530 (office)
(313) 224- 2011 (fax)
E-mail: SMcPhail_MB@cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Contact Person: Calvin T. Hughes, Jr.

Council Member
Sheila M. Cockrel

1340 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-1337 (office)
(313) 224-0369 (fax)
E-mail: S-Cockrel_mb@ckrl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Contact Person: JoAnn Abdenour

Council Member
Alberta Tinsley-Talabi

1340 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-1645 (office)
(313) 224-1787 (fax)
E-mail: A_Talabi_mb@atwpo.ci.detroit.mi.us
Contact Person: Dorotha Hannah

Council Member
Kay Everett

1340 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-1198 (office)
(313) 224-1684 (fax)
E-mail: K-Everett_mb@cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Contact Person: LaWanda Ruffin

Council Member
Barbara-Rose Collins

1340 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-1298(office)
(313) 224-0372(fax)
E-mail: Collins_MB@cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Contact Person: Renee Baker

Council Member
Alonzo W. Bates

1340 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-1245(office)
(313) 224- 4095(fax)
E-mail: Bates_MB@cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Contact Person:

Council Member
JoAnn Watson

1340 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
2 Woodward Ave
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-4535 (office)
(313) 224-1524 (fax)
E-mail: WatsonJ_mb@cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us
Contact Person: Sandra Epps

City Clerk
Jackie L. Currie

200 Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Two Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 224-3260 (office)
(313) 224-1466 (fax)
E-mail:CityClerk@ci.detroit.mi.us
Deputy City Clerk: Vernon C. Allen
Website Contact Person: Sheila Peterson

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MI is going to be state wide possible - CONTACT LIST -- Karen, 07:48:27 08/27/03 Wed
Re: Detroit Michigan BSL called for -- Megan, 02:50:16 01/24/06 Tue
Re: Detroit Michigan BSL called for -- Jose Ganhs (I hate tha people that don't understand Pitbulls), 07:41:44 11/09/06 Thu