Update! Keep the elephants at the Orange County Fair!

5287925803_b3286b3981, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr. Animal rights people are trying to get the elephant rides kicked out of the Orange County Fair! We need letters ASAP and people to stand up for us at the next board meeting. Most of the board of directors is fairly new so they don't know us and how much we love our elephants. They are listening to the animal rights groups. You helped us win at the at the San Diego County Fair last year but now we have to go through it all over again in Orange County. It is the same groups bringing up the same old stuff. So if you wrote a letter for the San Diego County Fair meeting you can tailor it for OC Fair using the information below. ~Kari and Gary Board Meeting - Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 10:00 a.m. 32nd District Agricultural Association, OCFEC Board of Directors OC Fair & Event Center Administration Building 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, California Please contact the board members in support of the elephant rides by letter and/or e-mail. The most effective method is to write a letter with your contact information and signature, scan, attach it to an e-mail and send to: sbeazley@ocfair.com. Be sure to express your support for keeping elephant rides in the subject line. Mailing Address: OCFEC Board of Directors % Dr. Steven Beazley, President and CEO OC Fair & Event Center 88 Fair Drive Costa Mesa, California 92626 E-mail to: sbeazley@ocfair.com and he will forward to the board members Be sure to express your support of having rides in the subject line. Board of Directors Joyce Tucker, Board Chair Douglas La Belle, Vice Chair David Ellis, Member Kristina Dodge, Member Ali Jahangiri, Member Nick Berardino, Member Gerardo Mouet, Member Ashleigh Aitken, Member Stan Tkaczyk, Member Secretary-Treasurer – Dr. Steven Beazley, President and CEO. OCFEC 32nd DAA Counsel - Dr. Roger Grable, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips