RE: I lost my court hearing today -

[Hideyo Yamamoto]

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Thank you, Kerry so much.  Unfortunately, they did not,,, because he said to Greg that no one did which was disappointing – but the important thing is that he knows now that I am not,, and they can use it against me in the future.   I actually did cry towards the end of Greg’s testimony (he testified as my neighbor), when he said that he does not know anyone who treat even human as well as she treats her cats .. and he said, if you ever lose a cat, and Hideyo happens to be the one who found you and take care your cat,, you are the luckiest person.. I can’t think of anyone better to take care of cats.. I also did the same thing when introducing your and Nina’s letters….   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MacKenzie, Kerry N. Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:37 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: I lost my court hearing today -   Once again, you prove what a hero you are, Hideyo. You know we are all behind you. Go for it.   I'm glad you had Greg there; what a jerk the city atty is. How dare he make such an assumption? Who the hell does he think he is? Well, he doesn't know what a fight(er) he has on his hands, does he?   I want to help with a contribution to your legal fees; I'll email you directly tonight.     You are just THE BEST, Hideyo!   much love and big hugs Kerry PS: do you really think the people you thought were going to speak for you did not? I guess it sure sounds like that. As an ex boss of mine who's departed this world once said, People can be so disappointing. (Well, we all know that, don't we?) My jaw hit the floor when I read yr subject field. Like all of us I'd been thinking about you and waiting and wondering all day. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hideyo Yamamoto Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 3:15 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: I lost my court hearing today - Thank you so very much for all your support, especially, Michelle – I am so grateful for everything you have done for me. I had a hearing this morning, to make it short, I lost.  I cried for about 5 mins but now I am back in business.  I am going to appeal to District court. Michelle, what came down was that, as we expected, the hearing officer does not have authority to declare that the law is unconstitutional so he had to deny my appeal.  But I did establish that I’m not a hoarder, they agreed that I take such a good care of animals – the only issue is the sq. ft calculation of the law, which has no rational base.  The city attorney was really harsh on me, I guess all the people who I thought talked to him off records, they did not.. so based on the report, he made an assumption that I was a hoarder and he came down really hard on me.. here I am.. I am trying to defend my case as a lawyer who has no idea what I am doing.. but during the break, Greg talked to him, and he calm down.. again they acknowledge the fact that there is no nuisance and all the animals are very well cared for, which was a big deal.. the only thing I have to fight against is about the law being unconstitutional… After the hearing was over, the hearing officer told me that, I made a good argument,, appeal to District court… you can do it!..   So the meantime, Greg thought the city attorney is probably willing to make a deal with me as it’s going to be expensive to go to District court.. or Supreme Court for the matter as I am going to go all the way if I have to protect my cats!  If the law is find unconstitutional, the city will risk the entire pet limit being knocked down, so Greg feels that they might not want to do that. Anyway,, I wanted to give you the update.   I have a criminal hearing coming up on 1/12 – Greg thought that I should make a same argument and if some reason, the law is found unconstitutional at the metro level, it will be easier to win at District level.. We will see.  Though I did not know what I was doing.. I am proud of myself of my accomplishment – if I ended up going to district or supreme level and ended up striking out the pet limit law,, I guess that’s what’s meant to be.. I will not give up.. not just yet… everyone, please keep praying for me and my babies.   I am also thinking of seeing Mayor to see if there’s any thing he can do -- =00 IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. Any advice expressed above as to tax matters was neither written nor intended by the sender or Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP to be used and cannot be used by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed under U.S. tax law. 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