posted 10-29-2003 05:22 PM         

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Vanessa

posted 11-07-2003 09:06 AM         

hope the petition has some effect..

posted 11-07-2003 09:29 AM         

I live in KC, but I live under a rock so I would have never known they were trying to pass this.

posted 11-07-2003 06:26 PM         

POSTED: 9:53 p.m. CDT October 24, 2003
UPDATED: 10:25 p.m. CDT October 24, 2003

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A woman attacked and severely bitten by a dog Tuesday in what surgeons are calling one of the worst dog bites they've ever seen, KMBC's Jeremy Hubbard reported.

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Pit Bull Takes Chunk Out Of Woman's Leg




The mauling happened at 49th Street and Brookside Boulevard. Diana Van Heek was walking in the south Plaza neighborhood when a woman approached with a pit bull.

The dog -- named "Misery" -- was with its owner and leashed when it apprached Van Heek. She says she was scared of the dog and told the owner to keep her distance, but the owner told her not to worry.

"And as soon as those words were spoken the dog had gotten away from her and was on me," Van Heek said.

The dog bit Van Heek's leg and literally took a chunk out of it. She has undergone surgery and will need skin grafts and weeks to recover, Hubbard reported.

"This is radically changing my life, and it's unnecessary," she said.

Van Heek said she can't understand why Kansas City -- like some other area towns -- hasn't banned the dog breed.

"They're dangerous animals. They're not dogs; they're beasts. That's how I feel," she said.

Van Heek said as soon as she is out of the hospital, she will start fighting to get pit bulls banned in the city.

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posted 11-07-2003 06:29 PM         

29th floor, City Hall
414 E. 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
Phone: (816) 513-1408
Fax: (816) 513-1363
E-mail: manager@kcmo.org

Mayor Barnes Contact Info

Call Us at 816-513-3500

Write Us at
City Hall
414 E. 12th Street, 29th Floor
Kansas City, MO 64106

Fax Us at 816-513-3518

Email Us at Mayor@kcmo.org

City Council

The Kansas City, Mo., City Council has 13 council members, including the mayor. All are elected to four-year terms and all are elected at the same time. They may serve two consecutive terms. Kansas City, Mo., is divided into six council districts (see map or view the individual district maps referenced below). The mayor and six City Council members are elected at-large, with one at-large council member representing each district. Six council members are elected only by voters living in their districts.

The City Council Office is on the 24th floor of City Hall, 414 E. 12th St. (phone 816-513-1368; fax 816-513-1612). The Mayor's Office is on the 29th floor of City Hall (phone 816-513-3500; fax 816-513-3518).

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Council members: Mayor

Kay Barnes

Standing Committees

Committee Agendas

City Council Legislative Process

Legislative Docket

Legislative Record

City Council Session Video Archive

First
District
(see map)

Deb Hermann
(At Large)
Bill Skaggs
Second
District
(see map)

Bonnie Sue Cooper
(At Large)
John Fairfield
Third
District
(see map)

Troy Nash
(At Large)
Saundra
McFadden-Weaver
Fourth
District
(see map)

Jim Glover
(At Large)
Jim Rowland
Fifth
District
(see map)

Becky Nace
(At Large)
Terry Riley
Sixth
District
(see map)

Alvin Brooks
(At Large)
Charles A. Eddy

Here is the link to the City Council Page,
in case the links abobe dont' work.

http://www.kcmo.org/council.nsf/council/home?opendocum