Raise Your Voice Against Puppy Mills by Saying, “No!” to Naperville

What in the world was Steve Chirico, the mayor of Naperville, Illinois thinking when he appointed Mike Isaac to serve on his city’s finance committee? Mr. Isaac may be a financial whiz kid, but his addition to city politics will surely perpetuate Naperville’s reputation as “the puppy mill outlet capital of America.”

Mike Isaac, puppy mills, and the AKC

Mr. Isaac is one of two owners of the Petland Store in Naperville, Illinois. What this means is that he operates his business in close cahoots with puppy mills.

When he’s not minding the store, Mike Isaac works at another business he owns called Canine Registrations, a company that works directly with the American Kennel Club (AKC) to assist with AKC registration development projects. He also spent a year serving as the AKC’s Director of Registration Development.

It makes sense that Mike Isaac’s professional life is so entwined with the AKC. There is much to be gained financially. The AKC generates tens of millions of dollars annually from puppy registrations. Sadly, it is estimated that more than 80% of this profit comes from puppy mill “merchandise”.

The AKC has a lengthy and consistent track record for speaking out against puppy mill reform legislation. This makes sense- eradication of puppy mills might just catapult the AKC into a state of financial ruin. I believe that Mike Isaac shares the AKC’s vested interest in the survival of puppy mills. I also believe that he has no place in public office anywhere within the United States.

The Naperville Petland Store

I visited the Naperville Petland Store website and found the following quote:

Our breeders are the foundation of our business. We work with both USDA licensed commercial breeders or hobby breeders who have 5 or fewer breeding mothers, and whom we have personally screened for reputable breeding practices. Most of our breeders are found right here in the Midwest, where a temperate climate is best for both the dogs and puppies.

Next, I clicked on the website’s “available puppies” icon.  Ain’t no way the 70 puppies listed at the time of this writing (includes 37 different breeds along with some designer hybrids) come from the type of breeders described above. I’d bet the family farm (and my first born child) that Naperville’s “livestock” is sourced from puppy mills, same as for all the other Petland stores.

By the way Mr. Isaac, a temperate climate is one that is moderate, neither extremely hot nor cold. How in the world does this apply to the Midwest, the heartland of America’s puppy mills?

What we can do

Approval of Mike Isaac’s appointment to the Naperville Finance Committee is slated for August 11th. That means there is plenty of time for us to persuade Mayor Chirico and other city officials that Mr. Isaac’s appointment would be a mistake. You certainly don’t have to live in Naperville, or in Illinois for that matter, to speak out on this issue. The impact of puppy mills can be felt everywhere.

Here is contact information for Naperville city officials including Mayor Chirico:

Ask these folks to vote against Mike Isaac’s appointment. And, while you’re at it, encourage them to follow Chicago’s lead by banning the sale of commercially bred puppies in pet stores.

Make your voice heard and win a book

Contact me after you’ve made your voice heard in Naperville, and I will enter your name into a drawing for a signed copy of Speaking for Spot or Your Dog’s Best Health (your choice). Thanks for “speaking” for Spot’s in puppy mills everywhere.

Best wishes,

Nancy Kay, DVM

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Author of Speaking for Spot: Be the Advocate Your Dog Needs to Live a Happy, Healthy, Longer Life
Author of Your Dog’s Best Health: A Dozen Reasonable Things to Expect From Your Vet
Recipient, Leo K. Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year Award
Recipient, American Animal Hospital Association Animal Welfare and Humane Ethics Award
Recipient, Dog Writers Association of America Award for Best Blog
Recipient, Eukanuba Canine Health Award
Recipient, AKC Club Publication Excellence Award
Become a Fan of Speaking for Spot on Facebook

Please visit http://www.speakingforspot.com to read excerpts from Speaking for Spot and Your Dog’s Best Health.   There you will also find “Advocacy Aids”- helpful health forms you can download and use for your own dog, and a collection of published articles on advocating for your pet’s health. Speaking for Spot and Your Dog’s Best Health are available at www.speakingforspot.com, Amazon.com, local bookstores, and your favorite online book seller.

 

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23 Comments on “Raise Your Voice Against Puppy Mills by Saying, “No!” to Naperville

  1. I emailed the city council members and so far received a polite response from Ms. Gustin!
    Thank you Dr. Kay for bringing this to our attention and for all you do for the pups!
    -Tricia Rizzi

  2. Nancy, I emailed my comments to the Mayor and City Council. I loved the comment one of your responders used “Only a monster makes money from animal abuse.” This fits the situation perfectly!

  3. Puppy Mills are a despicable human disgrace. They need to be Banned!
    They have no redeeming value!

  4. Letter sent to everyone with some puppymill photos attached, including 2 pictures which
    were of puppies from Petland in Naperville. Asked them to please “Do The Right Thing”

  5. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Living in Indiana I hadn’t heard about this in our neighboring state, but after having read this and other articles pertaining to the business Mr. Isaac is associated with, it sure “smacks” of conflict of interests. I sent an e-mail off to Mayor Chirico expressing my view of his poor choice of candidate for his city’s finance committee. Chances are I will get officially “blown off” by him, but morally I feel better for having done so. Puppy mills are nothing more than legalized money makers run by individuals that only see dollar signs and care little if anything at all to their “product.” Apparently Naperville, Illinois’s local government seeks to remain and solidify their recognition of being the puppy mill outlet capital of America!

    As an individual that has welcomed puppy mill rescued dogs into our family, I know first hand the physical and psychological problems and issues these poor dogs have and are exposed to day in and day out. My very own community county council board has given favor, for lack of a better word, to individuals running puppy mill operations that are known to sell to retail puppy outlets, The vast majority of puppy mill operators are Amish or Mennonite individuals, but not exclusively. Until the day comes that individuals quit buying upon impulse alone factors and federal, state and local governments quit viewing dogs as property only and set stricter guidelines, enforce harsher penalties or ban puppy mills altogether, puppy mills will continue to profit and flourish. I do have a specific pure bred breed that I favor and do lean toward adopting those of that breed that come from puppy mills or need homes. However, I am a dog lover at heart, regardless of breed or mix. Many times I’ve made it a point to offer my two cents toward others thoughts when it comes to them considering adding a dog as a family member. Sometimes those whom I have offered my two cents to have paid attention and sometimes not. Yet I continue to do so for the love of dogs in general and the hope that, like myself whom was inspired by someone else, may inspire other individuals as well to realize that selling puppies shouldn’t be done for purposes of profiit.

  6. I sent e-mail to the officials you listed requested not to appoint Mike Isaac and to ban selling of puppies from puppy mills.

    I would like to be entered for a chance to win “Your Dog’s Best Health”. I have “Speaking for Spot” and reference it all the time.

    Thank you

  7. This is the email I sent to Naperville Mayor Chirico & to each one of the City Council members (original written by Dr. Nancy Kay):

    “Please vote NO to Mike Isaac’s appointment slated for August 11th to the Naperville Finance Committee.

    We also encourage you to follow Chicago’s lead by banning the sale of commercially bred puppies in pet stores”

    Sincerely,

  8. Many blessings to all who work to make animals’ lives better. We are their only voice! So I am using my voice to post this repeatedly, until it somehow falls into the hands of someone who has the authority and the courage to help us put an end to puppy and kitten mills forever.

    PUPPY MILLS ARE GLUTTING THE SYSTEM

    We will euthanize thousands of pets today at our animal shelters and city Animal Care & Control facilities. We will euthanize thousands of pets tomorrow too, and most every day. Unless our lawmakers put an end to the mass production in puppy and kitten mills, this pet overpopulation crisis is doomed to increase. We will never be able to “rehome.” adopt, spay/neuter or even euthanize our way out of this crisis as long as these mills are churning out pets like they were food animals. This is costing our government millions of tax dollars, which are OUR TAX DOLLARS! And they are being spent to kill pets that the mills are producing. Some even sell the dead, sick and drugged (from euthanasia and illness) animals to “rendering plants” to make pet food, making our unsuspecting pets into cannibals. This is a vicious circle that never ends and has become a wasteful sinkhole of our tax revenues, leading many shelters to fail for lack of funding. This revenue could certainly be better spent elsewhere. The USDA has neglected to regulate this mill production, to the point that we are glutting our own tax system. Our government must know that this can not continue. We The People must demand that our lawmakers vote with us, and not with the Ag Industries, to STOP THIS INSANITY!
    I will never understand how the USDA has any business having pets under the same regulations, (or lack thereof), as poultry, slaughter hogs and beef cattle….WE DO NOT EAT DOGS AND CATS IN THIS COUNTRY! They are our pets and to some, our babies! Our government must stop allowing them to be mass produced like they were food animals! And the conditions that we accept as “USDA approved” for these animals to live in, consist of a lifetime of horrific neglect and deprivation! These pets don’t even get to go to slaughter when they are old enough and fattened up. They live their entire lives in a cage, often left out in all kinds of weather, with little or no veterinary care. The female’s’ life is spent carrying, nursing, or grieving her lost babies, until she is bred yet again. Then about twice a year, the male shares her cage until mating is complete. Then he is returned to languish in his own filthy cage until it is time to breed again.
    This only ends for them when they die, or become “no longer good for breeding”. Then they auction them off or kill them or just let them loose in the woods to starve or be killed by a wild animal, or eventually get picked up as a stray, which floods our shelters. What happens to the others is unknown. I don’t know what, if any regulations exist for their “disposal,” but dead animal carcasses have been found on the property of some of these mills.
    Unfortunately, the financial influence of the Agriculture business has managed to supersede the horrific conditions of the animals, the pet overpopulation crisis, even the glutting of our own system! IF YOU SHOP AT A PET STORE THAT SELLS PETS, YOU ARE SUPPORTING THIS HORRIFIC CRUELTY!
    Can you imagine if the beef producers were churning out millions of pounds of beef in a year, and we only ate a portion of it, and the rest had to be “disposed of” at great expense to the government? You can bet the USDA would be slapping some major restrictions on beef production. So why don’t they see that we are euthanizing millions of pets every year, and the puppy and kitten mills are “producing” a majority of them?

    IS OUR GOVERNMENT REALLY SO “OWNED” BY THE PUPPY MILL/AG INDUSTRY, THAT THEY BETRAY THEIR CONSTITUENTS, PROPAGATE CRUELTY, WASTE OUR TAX DOLLARS AND GLUT THEIR OWN SYSTEMS? We must find a way to get rid of this horrific business of abuse and neglect! OUR GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TAKE ACTION TODAY!

    PAMELA M. BECK

  9. Please shut down these hurtful places called Puppy Mills!!!!!!!

  10. Here is the email I sent to the Mayor and his council members

    To Mayor Chirico and members of the Naperville City Council

    I have just learned of your intention to appoint one of the co-owners of Naperville’s Petland store to the city’s Financial Advisory Board. As a supporter of the The Puppy Mill Project and as an American concerned with animal cruelty and actively working to abolish puppy mills and the sale of companion animals in retail stores and on the Internet, I was shocked to hear this news. Petland is a known customer of large scale pet breeding operations, aka puppy mills, and has a documented history of selling overpriced sickly animals to unsuspecting families. Petland does NOT operate in the best interests of the animals it sells, nor the best interests of its customer base.

    This appointment demonstrates support for unethical and exploitive business practices. Please reconsider; do not approve this appointment. This appointment does not reflect the principals of the Naperville community, or those of the residents of northern Illinois.

    Thank you for your consideration.

  11. I sent a brief letter to mayor and city council and signed as organizer of the Boycott The Family Puppy Store Puppy Mill Awareness campaign. (11,000 followers)
    Facebook.com/tfpboycott

  12. Perhaps the mayor should live in a very crowded cage, with feces all over him, and cuts on his paws, and given a morsel of food to eat daily, and weathering all kinds of temperatures and conditions from Mother Nature. And having close to no hope of ever escaping that cage/life. Let’s see how much he likes it. No animal should ever have to live like that.

  13. I left my e-mails regarding the Puppy Mills like you requsted – Mine were to put these “leaders” in the dog(s) spot, by putting them in the cage(s) day in & day out just to make puppies for profit.

  14. Dear Naperville Mayor Chirico & City Council members,

    I strongly urge you to vote NO on Mike Isaac’s nomination to your city’s finance committee. His alliance with the Petland franchise ought to call his integrity and ethics into question.

    For the past 8 years our organization has been conducting research into Iowa’s commercial dog-breeding industry. Our state is home to the second largest number of these USDA-licensees nationally. They are the source for puppies sold through the pet trade, including through Petland stores. The Naperville Petland is among the largest distributors of puppies coming out of Iowa mills as evidenced by documents on record with our Dept of Agriculture.

    Research into Iowa mills shows that at least 47% of Iowa’s USDA-licensed dog-breeders have been cited for violations to the federal Animal Welfare Act in any given year. Please see attached just a few of the hundreds of photos showing conditions found by the USDA in Iowa mills. Yet the Naperville Petland website paints an inaccurate and deceitful picture with its comments such as, “We support all efforts to eliminate the existence of puppy mills.”

    Please review our website for further information – http://www.iafriends.org. I’d be happy to discuss any of the data with you and to share more information.

    This disreputable industry has been allowed to flourish but the tide is turning. I hope Naperville will chose to take the enlightened course on this decision re: the appointment of Mr. Issac to its finance committee. Naperville can do better.

    Thank you for your time and attention.

    Respectfully,

    Mary LaHay, President
    1321 41st Street
    Des Moines, IA 50311
    Phone: (515) 556-5949

  15. I have just BCC’d the entire list of people in hopes that they vote against Mike Isaac’s appointment. IMHO, it is just crazy, that they are even considering him for the position.
    There are more than enough loving animals in shelters, awaiting their forever homes and there is no need to solicit places that sell animals for profit. Plain and simple.
    Let’s try to work together to stop puppy mills completely, once and for all.

  16. Okay, here is the missive I sent (feel free to use any or all of it in letters to these people:

    As an annual visitor to see family, I sincerely urge you to vote against the appointment of Mike Isaac to the Naperville Finance Committee. What in the world was the mayor of Naperville thinking when he appointed Mike Isaac to serve on his city’s finance committee? Mr. Isaac may be a financial whiz kid, but his addition to city politics will surely perpetuate Naperville’s reputation as “the puppy mill outlet capital of America.” Is this how you want your city perceived by the legions of animal lovers throughout the United States and the world, for that matter?

    ONLY A MONSTER MAKES MONEY FROM ANIMAL ABUSE.

    In addition to voting against Mr. Isaac’s appointment, I also urge you to follow Chicago’s lead by banning the sale of commercially bred puppies and other commercially bred animals in pet stores. Chicago and Cook County have joined dozens of municipalities across the United States in taking a strong stand against puppy mills and their inhumane breeding practices. I hope to see Naperville do the same.

    If Naperville supports puppy mills by appointing perpetrators to local government positions, I will avoid Naperville as a place for family reunions…or even as a stop in my travels.

    I have many friends who breed dogs; responsible breeders of outstanding and HEALTHY show dogs. NO reputable or responsible breeder would EVER sell their puppies in a pet store or any other venue where they cannot screen potential pet parents.

    “When he’s not minding the store, Mike Isaac works at another business he owns called Canine Registrations, a company that works directly with the American Kennel Club (AKC) to assist with AKC registration development projects. He also spent a year serving as the AKC’s Director of Registration Development. It makes sense that Mike Isaac’s professional life is so entwined with the AKC. There is much to be gained financially. The AKC generates tens of millions of dollars annually from puppy registrations. Sadly, it is estimated that more than 80% of this profit comes from puppy mill “merchandise”.

    The AKC has a lengthy and consistent track record for speaking out against puppy mill reform legislation. This makes sense- eradication of puppy mills might just catapult the AKC into a state of financial ruin. I believe that Mike Isaac shares the AKC’s vested interest in the survival of puppy mills. I also believe that he has no place in public office anywhere within the United States.
    The Naperville Petland Store: I visited the Naperville Petland Store website and found the following quote: Our breeders are the foundation of our business. We work with both USDA licensed commercial breeders or hobby breeders who have 5 or fewer breeding mothers, and whom we have personally screened for reputable breeding practices. Most of our breeders are found right here in the Midwest, where a temperate climate is best for both the dogs and puppies.’
    Every word is a lie.
    ONLY A MONSTER MAKES MONEY FROM ANIMAL ABUSE.
    see below for more info.

    Jane Eagle

    ~^..^~ Denali’s Legacy ~^..^~
    Arctic Dog Rescue

    I personally know many breeders, and I guarantee you that NO responsible breeder would ever allow their puppies to be sold in a store. It is possible that the puppies are treated well; but the parents, or “breeder dogs” live in a nightmare of hell, with little to no vet care, frequent cruelty, and in their own filth, in small cages for as long as they last. And virtually every puppy mill has a USDA license:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWVkV6mZ3rw
    at 10:00 discussion of USDA

    http://madonnaofthemills.com/puppy-mills/

    10 Things To Know About Puppy Mills | Facts and Statistics
    99% of puppies sold in pet stores come from puppy mills.
    Nearly 100% of all puppies in pet stores have parasites when they are purchased.
    48% of puppies being sold in pet stores were ill or incubating an illness at the time of purchase, according to a recent California study.
    2,000,000 puppies are born in puppy mills and sold in pet stores every
    year in the United States.
    There are 35,000 pet stores in America
    Puppy millers can make more than $300,000 growing puppies every year.
    Puppy mills have been around since the early 1960s.
    Almost every Puppy sold in a pet store has a mother who will spend her entire life in a tiny cage, never being petted, never being walked, never being treated like a dog.
    Female dogs are usually bred 2x a year. At that rate, they usually burn out by age 5, at which time they are put to death.
    About 1 million breeder dogs are confined in puppy mills throughout the country.
    – See more at: http://madonnaofthemills.com/puppy-mills/#sthash.Gv0I86oR.dpuf
    A quick search on you tube shows the reality of puppy mills:
    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=puppy+mill+video

    ke Tompkins and UE Boom.
    2:58
    The Reality of Puppy Mills
    by hsus
    3 years ago 242,256 views
    Puppy mills are large breeding facilities where dogs live in deplorable conditions, often without necessary food, water, …
    HD
    0:18
    Puppy Mill Dog experiences a bed for the first time in her life – National Mill Dog Rescue
    by National Mill Dog Rescue
    2 months ago 1,523,385 views
    Delilah spent 9 years living in a wire cage in a puppy mill until she was saved by National Mill Dog Rescue. This video shows her …
    43:02
    Animal Cops Philadelphia 11: Puppy Mills Exposed
    by AnimalRescueCops
    2 years ago 1,050,608 views
    Ok, so this video is really hard to watch, I could hardly get through it. Put down what you think these monsters deserve for the …
    7:28
    More Than 100 Animals Rescued from Arkansas Puppy Mill
    by hsus
    5 years ago 422,116 views
    http://www.humanesociety.org/puppymills Johnson County Sheriff’s Department and the HSUS Animal Rescue Team worked …
    HD
    2:14
    180+ Animals Rescued from Arkansas Puppy Mill
    by hsus
    9 months ago 70,671 views
    3/20/14: Read update: http://bit.ly/1nKyu7Y In February 2014 one hundred twenty one dogs and more than 60 other animals were …
    HD
    4:01
    Stop Puppy Mills
    by ravennrs
    7 years ago 77,738 views
    If you want to use this video for presentations, etc, you may. Just remember the credit. Music: No Bravery – James Blunt Puppy …
    3:59
    South Carolina Puppy Mill Rescue
    by hsus
    2 years ago 255,886 views
    The HSUS’s Animal Rescue Team came to the aid of more than 200 dogs and puppies, along with dozens of birds and nine …
    HD
    45:50
    S05E15 Inside Puppy Mills
    by Alen Mare?i?
    9 months ago 155,240 views
    The Dog Whisperer Season 5.
    30:00
    “I’m Alive” puppy mill documentary FULL VERSION
    by DiscoScottie
    6 years ago 227,576 views
    NEVER BUY A PUPPY FROM A PET STORE!!! All three parts combined into one! Created in 2002, “I’m Alive For The Very First …
    3:19
    Meet Billy, Rescued From a Puppy Mill – 2013 CINE Award Winner
    by hsus
    2 years ago 2,614,010 views
    Meet Billy, rescued from a North Carolina puppy mill, and his adopter, Adam. UPDATE: With heavy hearts, we report that Billy …
    HD
    7:34
    Undercover Look at Puppy Mills: Investigation in Virginia
    by hsus
    7 years ago 116,503 views
    The HSUS goes undercover to investigate hundreds of unlicensed puppy mills in Virginia. Is your state watching out for man’s best …
    7:10
    Nightline – Puppy Mill Capital, USA?
    by Chris Smith
    5 years ago 30,145 views
    Nightline investigation into the puppy mills of Lancaster County, PA. Somewhat disappointing – not nearly as thorough and …
    4:31
    What Is a Puppy Mill?
    by TeachingHumane
    1 year ago 2,603 views
    In this educational video experts from the ASPCA’s puppy mill campaign discusspuppy mills, pet store puppies and why adopting …
    HD
    58:41
    I Breathe: Lily’s Legacy
    by jenesisproductions
    2 years ago 258,301 views
    Order the full version of I Breathe at the following link:https://tsw.createspace.com/title/314592 *** I Breathe: Lily’s Legacy is a …
    6:35
    Undercover Puppy Mill Investigation
    by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
    6 years ago 139,615 views
    Charlize Theron narrates PETA’s undercover investigation of a puppy mill.
    CC
    0:22
    Puppy Mill Dog – Walks On Grass For The First Time
    by National Mill Dog Rescue
    1 year ago 329,943 views
    Lizzy spent 12 long years living in a small cage in a puppy mill. She never once touched the ground. National Mill Dog Rescue …
    4:04
    North Carolina Puppy Mill Raid 09
    by hsus
    5 years ago 64,631 views
    Nearly 300 Dogs Rescued The Humane Society of the United States partners with Wayne County Animal Control to bring an end …
    1:13
    ASPCA Video: Puppy Mill Survivor’s Amazing Transformation
    by ASPCA
    1 year ago 47,986 views
    Zack was one of about 150 dogs rescued from a Michigan puppy mill. When Zack arrived at the ASPCA Rehab Center, was …
    HD
    3:20
    Mississippi Puppy Mill a Living Horror
    by hsus
    1 year ago 109,658 views
    Rescuers removed more than 100 dogs from horrible conditions on a Tylertown, Miss., property in a joint effort by the Walthall
    HD
    4:40
    Traumatized Puppy Mill Dog Makes an Amazing Recovery
    by ASPCA
    2 weeks ago 29,291 views
    Trapped in a puppy mill, Coconut the dog had never known love—until she was rescued by the ASPCA. Watch a video of her …
    HD

    and that is just the first page!
    If you have the stomach for the whole story, watch: http://madonnaofthemills.com/
    BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, PLEASE OUTLAW THE PRODUCTS OF THIS EXTREME CRUELTY IN Naperville. And protect your citizen consumers from parallel abuses of spending thousands of dollars in vet bills from the purchase of ill and ill-bred puppies.

  17. Following email sent to the Naperville officials: No to Mike Isaac. Please do not give Mike Isaac any credence, respect, position or taxpayer-supported salary — say no to his appointment and take a stand against puppy mills. Please consider following Chicago’s lead by shutting down puppy mills and banning the sale of commercially bred puppies in pet stores.

  18. Lori,
    I’m plagiarizing your letter. Hope you don’t mind.
    Shelley

  19. Writing as soon as I post this. You might mention that you will avoid Naperville as a place for family reunions or tourism…or even as a stop in your travels.Money votes!
    And I’m sure I don’t have to repeat: NO reputable or responsible breeder would EVER sell their puppies in a pet store (or online, or any other venue where they cannot screen potential pet parents).

  20. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Although I live in PA, I’ve sent an email to each of the people listed. Hope that it helps?

  21. I sent the following email to all of the Naperville city officials you listed. Let’s inundate them with emails!

    To all city officials,

    I sincerely urge you to vote against the appointment of Mike Isaac to the Naperville Finance Committee. Appointing Mr. Isaac will surely perpetuate Naperville’s reputation as “the puppy mill outlet capital of America.” This is not how you want your city perceived by the legions of animal lovers throughout the United States and the world, for that matter.

    In addition to voting against Mr. Isaac’s appointment, I also urge you to follow Chicago’s lead by banning the sale of commercially bred puppies and other commercially bred animals in pet stores. Chicago and Cook County have joined dozens of municipalities across the United States in taking a strong stand against puppy mills and their inhumane breeding practices. I would be proud to see Naperville do the same.

    Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
    Sincerely,
    Lori Basher