Wow check these fines for dog issues

[k9mania]

Councilman to hear dog owners’ concerns

http://www.ohmidog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dsc02617.jpg (http://www.ohmidog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dsc02617.jpg)City Councilman Ed Reisinger has agreed to meet with concerned dog owners Thursday evening at Riverside Park to discuss the city’s ten-fold increase on fines for off-leash dogs and failing to pick up waste.
The law officially went into effect in February, though only this month has the city started handing out the $1,000 citations (http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/03/25/whos-dumping-on-whom/), most of them during sneak raids (http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/03/20/more-leash-law-citations-issued-in-baltimore/)at city parks.
While the legislation went through all the proper channels (http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/04/14/where-those-1000-fines-came-from/), the city did little to notify dog owners of the increased cost of the violations before launching a series of sweeps in parks this spring. Animal control officers issue the tickets, while police stand by.
The meeting is both open, and open-air. It’s scheduled for Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Riverside Park pavilion.




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[Labman]

I think a $50 fine with a better chance of getting caught would be fairer and more effective. That almost sounds like terrorist tactics.

Frankly, I clean up after my dog, and keep it on leash where required. I so no reason other can't. It is easy to carry a plastic bag. Put it over your hand, pick up the stools and turn it inside out and tie it off. The ones my newspaper comes in are perfect.

[Jr_K9_Expert]

Wow, do these people think we are rolling in money like they are? I mean, point taken, pick up after your dog. But sheesh this sounds a bit excessive, some dog owners are struggling as it is...Correct motive but wrong way to deal with it.