Still No Exotic Animal Law in Ohio

* The Ohio Republicans that control the state legislature have not passed a bill to restrict the ownership of exotic animals. Last fall, Zanesville, Ohio, saw the owner of a private zoo release exotic animals before taking his own life. The result was outrage around the world.
 Jack Hanna shared his concerns about the public's safety.


RomeNewTribune:

Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna criticized Ohio lawmakers Thursday for not yet passing a bill to regulate exotic animals, months after authorities shot nearly dozens of lions, tigers, bears and other wild creatures let loose by their suicidal owner.

A Republican state senator from Zanesville, the eastern Ohio city where the animals were shot, had planned to introduce a bill this week but then said it was not ready. There is no new timetable for the measure.

"What's it going to take, everyone, to pass a bill? Someone else getting killed?" Hanna said during his remarks to an Ohio newspaper trade group......

The dangers of exotic animals associated with private ownership are real.  That doesn't seem to matter to Ohio's Republicans. The work schedule of the Ohio General Assembly is really disgusting.  It is no wonder they get nothing done. Don't you wish you had a job with good pay and little work?

Legislative calendar:

February 2012 [Back to Top]	Senate	House
Tue. Feb 07	Session at 1:30 p.m.	Session at 11:00 a.m.
Wed. Feb 08		Session at 1:30 p.m.
Thu. Feb 09		Committee Hearings
Tue. Feb 14	Session at 1:30 p.m.	Session at 11:00 a.m.
Wed. Feb 15	Session at 1:30 p.m.	Session at 1:30 p.m.
Thu. Feb 16		Committee Hearings
March 2012 [Back to Top]	Senate	House
Tue. Mar 13	Session at 1:30 p.m.	Session at 11:00 a.m.
Wed. Mar 14	Session at 1:30 p.m.	Session at 1:30 p.m.
Thu. Mar 15	Committee Hearings	Committee Hearings
Tue. Mar 20	Session at 1:30 p.m.	Session at 11:00 a.m.
Wed. Mar 21	Session at 1:30 p.m.	Session at 1:30 p.m.
Thu. Mar 22	Committee Hearings	Committee Hearings
Tue. Mar 27	Session at 1:30 p.m.	Session at 11:00 a.m.
Wed. Mar 28	Session at 1:30 p.m.	Session at 1:30 p.m.
Thu. Mar 29	Committee Hearings	Committee Hearings

They are hardly working. 

*** What have we here? Yes, folks, we have another stupid idea from Republicans.

Raw Story:

A Republican State Representative in New Hampshire has found a way to create a new front in the war on workers, proposing a bill that would repeal the state’s law requiring that workers get a 30-minute lunch break after five hours of labor. 

State Rep. J.R. Hoell (R), a supporter of libertarian-leaning Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) for president, told a New Hampshire General Court committee this week that he believes the law is unnecessary because it is in employers’ interest to treat workers well, according to The Concord Monitor.

His argument was seconded by state Rep. Kyle Jones (R), a 20-year-old Ron Paul backer who earned a seat in the New Hampshire General Court during the last election as part of a mother-son candidate slate.... 

Is there something organically wrong with the Republican brain that allows them to come up with completely ignorant, disrespectful proposals?