Is anyone organizing a petition or peaceful demonstration for the next city council meeting about ferrets being removed from the list of banned animals? I'm not a very outgoing person, so I don't have any connections to organize anything myself, but I would be interested in doing something to help. I don't live in the city, so I don't have an alderman,(I'm not very good with letters anyway), but I believe this issue may end up effecting all of Illinois if Chicago passes this. (just an opinion based on past relations between the city and the state.) I would be willing to sign a petition or make up flyers on my computer or something like that. I just don't want to sit back and assume someone else will sort this out. I know the next city council meeting is at 10:00am Tuesday, July 29th and I believe they will be voting on this then. I'm considering going to the meeting, but I don't want to be the only ferret person there, so if you're going let me know. The Chicago City Council meets in the Council Chambers, on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. Chicago City Hall is at 121 N. LaSalle Street. GENERAL POLICIES FOR ADMISSION TO CITY COUNCIL NON-DISCRIMINATION The Council does not discriminate in admission to public seating on the basis of any person's political viewpoint. POLICIES APPLICABLE TO NON-RESERVED SEATING FIRST COME FIRST SERVED The public is admitted to the City Council Chamber's non-reserved seating on a first come, first served basis. The line for admission to the City Council chamber's non-reserved seating shall not be formed prior to one hour before the scheduled commencement of the City Council meeting. They also have reserved seating, but I thought those policies would take up too much room and I'm not sure they apply, unless someone is planning on reserving seats for the ferret community. http://www.chicityclerk.com/citycouncil/rulesforadmission.html ===== Lisa Fuzzies Frank, Pikachu, Godiva and Timmy and the Beige Kitty "We are led, when we share our loves, to an enchanted life of inner happiness, which unsharing others cannot know." Antonius Ferret, Fables Richard Bach, Ferret Cronicles [Posted in FML issue 4216]