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Yes on 13 gearing up

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Dusty making a call to action for Yes on 13 ---------- Michelle and I drove into Fort Lauderdale a couple of nights ago to hear from Grey2K USA , spearheading the drive to end greyhound racing in Florida. As you probably know, November's ballot will include a proposal to add an amendment to the state constitution that would make greyhound racing illegal. If it passes, track owners in the state would be required to shut down racing operations by the end of 2020. Sonia of  Elite Greyhound Adoptions  and two Grey2K leaders gave the presentation at the Humane Society of Broward County  -- one stop on a state tour over the next few weeks. Basically, it was a rally to fire up grassroots support and explain their strategy for reaching voters. They hope to raise funds to air as many TV ads as possible over the next several months and focus on their basic message that racing is barbaric and cruel to the dogs. Opposition to the measure, obviously, is coming from dog owne...