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Show el Page 2 March 1999 { of @ontrofi -Anrmai@ontrofi o To add to this, quoting from a letter to the edrtor in the .e_ff;a_;;f;’;_ft.,.._Standard Exammer—-September 8, 1998—submitted by S -~ David L. Ostler, titled “Important Facts Omltted iy Ml lwas present at the Weber County Commrs- . ~ person. at the meeting who objected to the new ordr-—»> ‘ | points:- f"’,‘fl-‘"’fOstlerrrnade three sionmeetrn g when the current animal control ordmance “.3_1 Dr. Cobabe owns an - was voted into effect by then Commissioners Stokes, Helstrom and' ".f*_rlhford At that time, T was the only oy .was‘owned smce;thetrmeof hlS o "eratron onthe land surroundmg a J ones 1n huntmg 1ing a Ainte est r_nflthe ‘nance. My ob]ectron to the law was, it was far too - broad, and left open the mterpretatron ofthe ordmance ~tothe officer, thus opening the door for possrble abuse if apphed hterally to a rural community. The law states ~ that unless your dog is chained, leashed or feneed itis o operatron or by ea use inhrsoperat' - *deemed tobeat large and subject to confrscatron No “ -cornplamt is necessary . I was assured by Animal -Cobabe in cofl;tau s i Services Director Tim Maycock that this would not vv..-c..:,..;e,,;c;};-;; ;;__-..Rulon Jones ;;_fhappen ‘This, in my opinion is. exactly what is gom gon ? T now. The laws are bemg hterally enforced whrch:i_ mlshan‘dled»‘ ~translates into open huntmg season on our pets. When e to county Commr ssmners he us, emphatr-..o - your dog drsappears and shows up in the animal shelter Now Weber cally stating in their commission meeting the? « : you will most likely be told that the dog was a stray and " the 2.5 mile trail going to the park to Rulon J onesyet th _ picked up, off of your property ‘However, it could - have been legally picked up on your property.. It also f qult claim deed shows they - Stolen property: should be retumed owner—~drd commrssroners steal pub'lf o Rulon_Jones and then’ get: caught‘7 Three' Op {8} ~may even have been coaxed off of “your property: - t be legal. Thave personally “Again, this appears to " witnessed a Weber County Animal Control Offrcer e Rulo o mmissioners.can now overrid , - bor, Commissioner Glen Burton (the. perp ‘the land sale) and return thelandtous;. bea hero and gwe ,pubhclty' .2 Rulon can tire of negatrve (ACO) coax a dog out of its own yard ihave person— ally witnessed a Weber County ACO parked off of the ~road behrnd bushes on my property, stakin g out my . i-‘;d@gg our. land back the 15j 3 Commrssroners and Rulon can contmue to 1gnore s ~ issue and be ordered to return the land by a jury. “Recently in the Standard, Alvin Cobabe drsputed he the park and trail in return for the county building : traded refreshhrs h1s road to Powder Mountarn Cobabe should Weber County ACOs have bcen wrtnessed ff‘?dartmg a Golden Labtwrce once in front of Snowcrest -Jr. High and againin """ack of Eats of Eden, causrng an’ j}’"foverdose to the dog. The gun toting ACO was heard ~calling the dog My question to the darting officer k,[}_”fw'ouidbe, “drdn t you know what the dosage for the ;,;;;[.four uttered Words tell burldmg i the road cost taxpayers over $200, 00026 years .-,--as"much aboutiyour mindset as your deeds. If you fmd : _hworkm g with fnghtened and distressed anrmals SO _fdrstasteful perhaps you should fmd another hne of ~ = | ' e Icould quote otherstoriesby other wrtnesses ~ ago, not to mention the cost to maintain the road every = - year since. In addition; Dr. Cobabe isnow, andwill = -~ i contmue to sell; home sites with. frontage along this same?.fi:_,f,‘.:..’f;’A_v,g;_, R S ‘:i - road for $6f 000 per acre.~ Not a bad move for a prwate"f??‘. & huntr ng © stop just cruising around, hunting for any hapless dog ~ they can find. Stop mdrscrrmmately pickingupour ~ o and/o deyeloper : deed before claiming thhe county. has : : ‘no right to the existing raid, “Grantor hereby grants a 0 L foot wide Right of Way: for mgress ‘and egress to th ‘'- above described real estate following an existing road -Animal Control needs to be rergned inby our‘- ki Comm18810ners My suggestron Would be that ACO pr Dr. Cobabe should also.refer.to the orlgmal warranty ,,:.-,_ofharsh treatment and of apparent animal cruelty, but the reader should, by now, have the idea. More than hkely, they have also Wrtnessed such acts. B . " Dr. Cobabe did not donate anything to Weber county o Taxpayers pard $200 OOO for therrland « | Jones now own' L A . ;’ff-fanrmats ata wh.rm ‘Animals should only be picked up asalastresort, and then only witha complaintsigned " Kefi"t Fulle EhE POBox371 anei ghbor or other resident. The' N " Eden, Utah 84310 vinee B 456621 the ACO i1ssue a pick-uponany - (801)7 by the complamant | present system lets ,_&_,_dog at any time, solely at his or her whim. This system SWAS found by our judicial system to be unacceptabte for hiid ~ us,and I would suggest itis also unacceptable forour | N e other famrly members __W R Chrrstransen <R esrdent drspmes 'eEarms N : En the Standard Examrner———Sunday, February 21, 1999—— g - I read the article concerning Utah’s private lands and ,:?_%, o hunts. It is shocking to consider that Rulon;_.-_;..,' - public wildlife tive .“;Jones, who was mentioned in the article as a Coopera will recoup the meager e _, dhfe Management Umt owner, $32 000 that he paid to us as Weber county citizens so - article tostates The$8,500 and quickly! hunter on elk Deseret each that ck charges and Livesto Land easily - very . their CWMU.. Based on this fj igure, Rulon Jones only the;&‘"T,-'j,,;_j_"‘ e i he paicd for o has to sell four permrts to -recoup the price ~once public $160 acre mountain park land that is now part of his private CWMU! Every dollar, after just four o permits, is pure profrt—-profrt rnade from our 11ghtfu]ly 3 -ownedpubhc land' e w\-], 4—~—-%’,' & 'rPe"é‘o‘;t’t’o ’ ou’i’l‘d fhe rol‘d toPowd er Mountam e Just ""l‘ong as that, “dog wen "”dow‘ - work. ;.:»-from . the "‘evelopers 160 acresforpubtrc S S the and |
