"Today, Tennessee Walking Horses are known throughout the industry
as the breed that shows abused and tortured horses."

~ Jim Heird, Ph.D., Do Right By The Horse, February 2010

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity,
you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."

~ St. Francis of Assisi

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

UPDATE - TWHBEA's Sound EC Members and Pat Stout Need Support; Additions to the Sound State Reps List

*** Updated to correct the MN candidate

As was expected, the Lickers are up in arms that Pat Stout sent out the postcards to ask for our vote.  They are claiming that TWHBEA did not give permission for Pat to use the TWHBEA logo or name, and of course they are threatening to sue her.  The Executive Committee is going to have a meeting on Saturday, and there will be an attempt to force her to step down from her position.

Let's remember, though: if this had been the Lickers who had sent out this survey, they would have had no problem with someone using the logo!

So we need your help!  Email the EC at execcomm@twhbea.com and let them know you SUPPORT Pat and the efforts by TWHBEA to support the sound horse once and for all.  This is extremely important.  TWHBEA needs to hear from everyone!

Next, the list of candidates for state reps that are for the sound horse and the PAST Act is growing!  Below is the most updated list.  If the candidate is not on the ballot, please write him/her in!  Don't forget about the tips I included on our previous blog post with the list.

Also, I know that a lot of trail riders, endurance riders, and people who do other things with their TWHs besides show don't always pay much attention to their membership, or they shun TWHBEA altogether because of the Big Lick and soring.  So, please seek them out and ask them to take the time to vote this time around.  Show them this list and explain that even though we know they don't show, we need their support to help end the abuse.  All it takes is a checkmark or a write-in and sending the mail back!

I must say that I am very excited to see TWHBEA growing this way.  I'm glad I turned in a membership, and I am very hopeful and positive that we'll see REAL change within the next year!  Keep up your letters and hard work--IT IS making a difference!

State (seats available)
Declared Candidate
Write In Candidate
Sound Candidate
Alabama (1)
Ford Gates
Roger Hand
Roger Hand
Arizona (1)
Curt Rosemann
Pam Reband
Pam Reband
Colorado (1)
Rick Evans
Polly Jean Blanchard
Nicole Tolle

Rick Evans
Georgia (2)
Donald Godbee
Loyd Black
Susan Paul
Jo Ellen Finerfock
Donald Godbee
Jo Ellen Finerfock
Indiana (1)

Linda Wray
Linda Wray
Kansas (1)

Julie Keller
Julie Keller
Kentucky (3)
Linda Starnes
Carrie Benedict
Spencer Benedict
Kim Bennett
Lloyd Cassidy
Gene Carswell
Melanie Lawrence
Paul Rosevear

Linda Starnes
Minnesota (1)
Cynthia Endres
Paulette Nuetzel
Paulette Nuetzel
Mississippi (1)
Karla Nichols Massey
Ashley Wadsworth

Karla Nichols Massey
Missouri (1)
Caroline Hoffman
Debbie Hennemann

Caroline Hoffman
Ohio (1)
Joyce Moyer
Jack Kwok

Joyce Moyer
Tennessee (2)
David Pruett
Dee Dee Miller
John Allred
Rollie Beard
Larry Lowman
Nathanael Jackson
Carol Seares
Stephen B Smith
David W Williams

David Pruett
Dee Dee Miller
Texas (1)
Everett Butch Allen
Jerri Sue Arrighi
Sharon Redwine
Sharon Redwine
Utah (1)

Gordon Hirschi
Gordon Hirschi
Virginia (1)
Pam McKinney
Margaret Hershberger
Margaret Hershberger
West Virginia (1)
Angela Cook-Huffman
Charles Wright
Jeff Tanner

NONE
Washington (1)
Linda Arnold
Kimberly J Widner

Linda Arnold
Wisconsin (1)
Mick Salm

Mick Salm
Region 1 - Netherlands (1)

Sandra van den Hof
Sandra van den Hof
Region 2 - NE, NM, ND, SD, NV (1)



Region 4 (1)
Julie Dillon
Loren Stevens

Julie Dillon
Region 5 - AK, BC, HI (1)



Region 6 - Eastern Provinces of Canada (1)



Alberta

Bill Adams
Bill Adams
Israel



Germany
Denise Bader-Keyser
Gerrit Band

NONE


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