Notice the stereotyping by the resident asking for a “pit bull” ban. He says: “We have inner city people who bought homes here… They don’t need to bring their pit bulls here.”
City council meetings are held the first and third Tuesday of each month beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers (40555 Utica Road), Sterling Heights, Michigan.
Mayor and City Council
Mayor Richard Notte, rnotte@sterling-heights.net
Joseph Ramano, cityhall@sterling-heights.net
Yvonne Kniaz, ykniaz@sterling-heights.net
Deanna Koski, dkoski@sterling-heights.net
Maria Schmidt, mgschmidt@sterling-heights.net
Michael Taylor, mctaylor@sterling-heights.net
Barbara Ziarko, bziarko@sterling-heights.net
Sterling Heights officials to examine vicious dog laws
Published: Thursday, June 17, 2010
By LANA MINIThe question about ordinances is whether Sterling Heights should ban an entire dog breed, enforce tougher leash and animal-at-large laws, enact mandatory muzzling, ban pit bull breeding in the city or require that owners of very protective dog breeds be required to take special courses to better handle and understand the breed.
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I am a RESPONSIBLE Sterling Heights, MI pit-bull owner. I have an American Pit Bull Terrier and Pit-bull/American Bull Dog Mix. Any assistance in contacting these city officials would be appreciated! I plan to e-mail them all the response I just posted to the article!
A Sterling Heights police officer and paramedics arrived at Lakeside Mall earlier today responding to a call from mall management about my friend Charlie who suffered a fall while walking on the lower level not far from the information desk. As one of a dozen or more people coming and going and standing around I was the only person questioned by one of the paramedics regarding my identity and relationship with Charlie. I was also the only black person among those gathered around. I answered the questions without delay to the apparent satisfaction of the paramedic.
I have walked Lakeside Mall for over 10 years, know the mall management and staff, most of the security team and store employees, and hundreds of mallwalkers I’ve friended over the years, including Charlie. Thinking you should be made aware of this incident I searched the Internet looking for an email address or phone number to call and came across this page which, according to one comment, also seems to be dealing with profiling.
Apparently, there is much needed work to be done in the area of race relations for the city’s employees. I shop and attend church in Sterling Heights, I work with civic organizations with member churches located in Sterling Heights. I am not a racist, a political activist, or an extremist of any sort, nor do I think I should be treated like one. And nor should anyone else, period.
I have no plans for further action or desire to discuss this matter further, but I thought it was something you needed to know. I have no earthly idea what the name of the paramedic is who questioned me today and I have no interest in any type of reprimand. However, it alarms me, however, to think that this is a person whose job it is to help all Sterling Heights residents. Apparently, a city-wide sensitivity campaign of some sort or a standards initiative could go a long way. Feel free to delete this post after receipt.
Sincerely,
Minister Andy Hull
Taking it to the Street Ministries
Clinton Township, MI
This is the saddest example of discrimination but apparently Sterling Heights has other issues of that just by looking at the post by Minister Andy Hall. The pit bull breed has extensive history in the United States. Mainly the loyal hard working dog that would go to work with its owners, take pictures back in the 1800′s by the proud family owners, and by trait are very loving and playful. How ignorant to even wish to place the ban. In “The Little Rascals” it was a pit, Helen Keller owned a pit, and have much more courageous stories. They are used widely for healing dogs in rehabilitation homes, people going through cancer treatments, convalescent homes, and children’s hospitals. The case about Paczki is pathetic to say the least. This dog was mysteriously “let out of the gate”. Then roams his neighborhood and wants to play, the other dog doesn’t want to play, thank goodness Paczki’s owner found him, runs to the rescue, gets bit by the other dog, pays the vet bill, AND moves out of town through all this. Hasn’t been like two months now the owner doesn’t have the dog back? What happened to the other dog owner? Did they pay a fine? Get quarantined? (Isn’t that mandatory?) Fairness and equality does not sound like it comes from Sterling Heights, I hope the dog owner gets the dog back. They have a lot of support spreading throughout the country now and that would be justice.