NAIS & the City of San Marcos, TX : KOOP 91.7 WakingUpOrwell

2-19-09 JUDITH MCGEARY OF NAIS NewStreamz San Marcos reports: "The emotionally charged matter of mandatory microchip registration for pet dogs and cats in San Marcos reached another boiling point Saturday afternoon at City Hall, where city staff gave its last of three information sessions about a new animal control ordinance. Outside City Hall, a group calling itself “Citizens for Ear Tatooing Identification” (CETI) protested before the meeting. Inside City Hall, CETI members and others pelted city staff with numerous complaints in the form of questions, touching on such worries as the new ordinance’s enforceability, over-reaching government, the risk of cancer from microchipping, religious objections, and the city’s dismissal of tatooing as an alternative." - Andy Sevilla, associate editor http://newstreamz.com/2009/02/07/ceti-vs-city-in-final-animal-ordinance-session Today we will be speaking with Judith McGeary from NAIS and the National Farm Ranch and Freedom Alliance. Judith McGeary is an attorney in Austin, Texas. She has a B.S. in Biology from Stanford University and a J.D. with high honors from The University of Texas at Austin. She began her legal career by clerking for the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Since then, her practice has focused on environmental law, commercial litigation, and appeals. She and her husband also run a small organic farm, with horses, cow, sheep, and poultry, based on the principles of holistic resource management.