Howdy All! Hope all is well with you & yours. Pat Wright ask me to post this in FML. Stephanie & The Closet Thieves P. Wright PO Box 3395 San Diego, CA 92163 Phone/Fax (619) 584-8427 Email: [log in to unmask] November 12, 2001 For Immediate Release Ferret Man Running For Lieutenant Governor Pat Wright, twice prosecuted and once jailed over domestic ferrets announces his campaign for Lieutenant Governor as a Libertarian Party candidate. Wright was chairman of the Libertarian Party of California during 1991-1993. In September 1993 he founded an organization of California ferret lovers called FERRETS ANONYMOUS. That organization grew to 6,000 members when Wright left the chairmanship in 1999. In February 2000 Wright spent 17 days at the George Bailey maximum-security jail on charges of possession of a wild animal without a permit and brandishing a weapon at a police officer. No discussion was allowed at Wright s trial that ferrets are domestic animals, and at sentencing Judge Coates admonished Wright that people who want to change the law should be prepared to go to jail. Judge Coates also said that if the law said we wear red shoes we d better wear red shoes . He said we had a right to try to change the law, but until the law is changed we should wear red shoes. That kind of thinking is an anathema to any body who values their liberty and is the inspiration for this campaign. A campaign kick off party is scheduled for Friday, November 16th at the King s Inn, 1333 Hotel Circle South in San Diego. The evening s schedule is 6 pm no-host cocktails, 6:30 pm ferret races, dinner is at 7 and program is at 8. Ferret Legalization Lawsuit Filed In light of the defeat of ferret-amnesty bill SB 1093, Wright s attorney George Weingarten on October 26th filed suit on Wright s behalf over the state s ferret ban. The argument is basically that our ferrets are domestic, the state constitution authorizes Californians to own domestic animals and owners of domestic ferrets are treated differently. Wright s campaign is ten years in the making. During that time Wright has seen how politics works in Sacramento and it doesn t work for those without political clout, no matter how just the cause. The campaign hopes to bring ferret owners into Ferrets Anonymous, and show to voters the benefit of supporting the only political party that is based on the simple premise that people should be free to do as they please as long as they don t harm others. Ten years of accepting compromises from the Wilson and Davis administration have only accomplished disappointment for California ferret lovers. For more information, please call 619-584-8427 You can download a photo of the candidate at http://www.ferretsanon.com/vote_for_pat.htm [Posted in FML issue 3602]