Everyone, Please Do Me A Favor!

[BC_MoM]

Hey all..

The mayor of my city has decided to take the best dog park in the city away from us.

People from all over the city come to this park, not just in the surrounding area. I know people who come in from OUT of the city to use it.

I am so heartbroken that they want to take this away from us! Please do me a favor, and email my mayor for me! Doesn't have to be long, just email them saying how important dog parks are!

The dog park is called Maple Grove dog park.

You can email the mayor here. On the right side of the screen, click under the heading "Email". Another man to contact as WELL is Gord Steeves. You can even just take my email and alter it so it's not the same! Just make sure you pretend your are from Winnipeg.

Please... I'll make signatures for everyone who sends an email!!!

Here is the letter I wrote:

Maple Grove Dog Park.

You cannot take this great place away from us! And especially the dogs. I know so many people throughout the CITY (not just Maple Grove area) who use this dog park and call it the best in the city.

I have two Border Collies, who are very active dogs. Living in the city, it's tought to find a place to let them run free as they should be and burn all of their energy so that THEY are content. Not only do they need physical excersise, but they need mental excersise as well to keep themselves busy. All the smells and other dogs, and room at the dog park fulfill all of their needs!

After a long, fun few hours at the dog park, they come home and rest easy.

Going to the dog park has been a family event for me. Once we got our second dog, our whole family started going to the dog park together, 3 times a week and on Saturday and Sunday. It helps with OUR physical activity as well.

It makes us so happy to see our dogs running free! They love it!

We are in St. Vital and have nowhere else close enough to take our dogs to run free, without breaking the law.

It would be very much appreciated by my family and I, and people throughout the city, if you would let us keep our dog park as it is.

It would be very disappointing and heartbreaking to see any of it taken away.

[Dorothy39]

That is a very heart felt letter, I'll do some head work before submitting my e-mail . We don't have a dog park close by, so, if I had grown accustomed to enjoying one, I would feel real dissapointed if this recreational outing was taken away. Why is the Mayor opposed to this park?

[BC_MoM]

Maple Grove dog park is also home to the "almighty" (snobbish, stuck up) football team the Mustangs. They have their home field and club house their. They want to take away the dog park for more parking for the parents, who have been complaining because they have to park on the side of the road.



I swear, I will lay down in the dog park and let them cement over top of me before I let this happen.

[Karen]

How completely awful and ignorant. I will write.

[Dorothy39]

Ok , thank-You for that information!!!!

( I can see that you are dealing with idiots)

[BC_MoM]

Thanks so much you two! You don't know how much I appreciate.

[Chilli]

I will certainly write! What a horrid reason to replace a dog park, I sure do hope everyones e-mails and all encourage him to reconsider this plan.
I'll start writing now.

[MajesticCollies]

My letter just went out!!!

[BC_MoM]

YES! Thank you! Tim, your letter was superb!

If any of you would like a signature done for the fall season, just PM me anytime and I will get it done for you RIGHT away!!!

[luvofallhorses]

I will write a letter tomorrow, Jessica.

[pitc9]

I sent a letter! (I'll pm you a copy)

[BC_MoM]

Hehe, you're letter was great. Loved how you said "our heaven" .

[Karen]

I sent my letter, but under my great grandmother's name. She was from Quebec, so I pretended she had moved to Manitoba - and for all I know, there may be some distant cousin named for her still in Canada somewhere!

[BC_MoM]

That's cool.. Quebec is a VERY beautiful place.

A little update.... a friend of mine who has started this protest was on the news tonight talking about it. I missed it because I was napping.

Tomorrow in the city newspaper, there is going to be an article on it

The fight is on!!

A few people want to go to the park on Friday night and pull up the stakes that are planted....SHHHHHH