Will Wong, Auburn’s Community Development Director, today released the draft dog ordinance that the city council has been pondering for months. Despite the fact that several city council members expressed their belief that all dog owners should be held equally accountable for their dog, the city is now considering an ordinance that singles out Pit Bulls.

In an email to one of our supporters (who kindly forwarded it our way), city councilmember Bill Kirby stated, “I support the spay and neuter of all dogs except licensed breeders and certified show dogs.”

City Councilmember Keith Nesbitt told the supporter, “Staff will be bringing back recommendations for a stronger ordinance. I do not believe it will be breed specific.”

When we directly asked city council member Mike Holmes whether Auburn would be considering a Pit Bull specific ordinance, his response was a succinct, “No.”

That leaves a clear majority of the city council who have said they will not support a Big Brother government by enacting breed specific legislation. So what happened? Well, apparently, a few of them flip-flopped, but we’ll find out for sure during the May 24th city council meeting.

Read the full draft ordinance via our Google Docs account.