Do You Want To Dine With Your Dog?

We need your help. As you may know Senator Peter Wirth has introduced SB11 (Dogs in Certain Restaurant Areas). The bill has made it through committees and now is on the Senate floor waiting for a vote. It appears to be under threat from Senator Stuart Ingle. Senator Ingle represents Portales, Roswell, Clovis and Fort Sumner.

The reason for the bill is that there is current law on the books for the state of NM that does NOT allow dogs on outdoor dining areas. Albuquerque is the only city in NM that has its own Health Dept. and they do allow dogs on patios.  There is widespread support from restaurant owners as well as from the NM Restaurant Association as it is an economic issue for them. It would be up to each individual restaurant with outdoor dining areas as to whether they want to allow dogs or not.

Please call or e-mail Senator Ingle AND if you know people in the places he represents PLEASE ask them to do the same!!!!!!

Here is the contact info:

stuart.ingle@nmlegis.gov

Capital phone # 505.986.4702

Home phone # 575.356.3088

Here is a the bill if you would like to read it:

http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0011.pdf