As a Lakewood resident for nearly 50 years serving as Prosecutor, Councilman at Large, Mayor, and State Senator, I support Councilman Brian Powers’ pit bull ban.

The issue here is not about dogs. It is about PEOPLE! People’s safety, children’s safety, and the unfortunate inability for pit bull owners to abide by the present law.

At council hearings, pit bull owners advocated penalizing delinquent owners rather than the pit bull itself. Unfortunately, NONE of the eight “responsible” owners that testified against the ban were in compliance with current city codes. If so called “responsible” owners cannot even comply with current code, what is the status of the hundreds of pit bulls with “non responsible” owners?

A scary thought for sure.

A majority of the opponents to this legislation live out of Lakewood and out of state. Lakewood citizens SHOULD NOT let out of state advocates make decisions for us.

I hope we don’t have a catastrophe occur to a child or fellow citizen for Council to pass this bill.

The ban should be enacted.

Tony Sinagra