Mayor Goose and the Dog Park

Fundraising efforts for the Groveland Dog Park started this week with the GCSD announcement and subsequent article by Mike Morris of the Union Democrat, who we are please to say mentioned the Mayor's website in his article...(officially moving us out of the self published, vanity press genre!)

November 12: We received a $2500 matching funds annonymous donation. This is so exciting, Goose has never done anything like this before. Our first checks came in today and we received another paypal donation. We are 10% of the way to our matching goal!

November 9: At the GCSD Board meeting it was learned that GCSD was successful in their waiver request to Fish & Game to remove the $1993 fee for converting the idle land to a dog park. We now have a short waiting period before digging can commence.

The project has been broken down into the following steps (and in this order too!)

• Map out leach field (GCSD)
• Remove thistle plants (Community)
• Disk & Roll field (GCSD)
• Hand pickup rocks in field (Community)
• Put up fencing (Community, GCSD can auger the fence post holes)
• Dig trench for water line from restrooms (GCSD)
• Seed field (Community)
• Install poop bag stations and drinking fountain (Community, GCSD can auger the hole for the pole)
• Wait ‘til spring (everyone)

As we get closer to a work date, we will send an email seeking volunteers to meet at the designated Dog Park area, near the base ball field behind EV Free Church. We have many names already on our mailing list and welcome more. Interested in staying on top of this news? Write to Bark@MayorGoose.com.

Since we are so close to a move forward position, the group has agreed to start the fundraising efforts for the development of the park. There are two ways to donate:

Write tax deductible check to GAINS and mail it to

Hotel CharlotteC/O Friends of Groveland Dog Park

PO Box 787

Groveland, CA 95321
Folks can also PapPal their donation, but this option may not be tax deductible.

If you would like to join the Friends of the Groveland Dog Park mailing list, drop Goose an email Bark@MayorGoose.com with your name and phone number and we will get you all set up. We are looking forward to seeing you all on the team!

Hotel Dog Goose gets his 15 minutes

For such a young dog, barely out of the puppy stage, Goose has gained a level of notoriety far beyond that which should ever be common in a dog. This running for mayor has now made him famous...at least between here and Sacramento!

For those who missed the TV show, here are the clips:
http://cbs13.com/video/?id=39399@kovr.dayport.com.

When you open the page, use the search box to the right of "video library" and enter Groveland and that will bring up what we filmed today. There are three clips in total

To do this filming we sent out a last minute request for folks to join us at 6:30 am and asked that they bring their signs, cheers and dogs in support of the Candidates. We estimated 50 people, 10 dogs, a cat, a baby and our Parade Grand Marshals, (Kent and Sandy Blankenberg) and a whole lot of fun. Thank you ALL for showing up and hooting up the Festival!

Goose's team of accountants have tallied the tickets and have determined that it will be a very close race between Goose, Red and Kay. We believe that we have all "checked out" the same amount of tickets from James Nagle. Now it is a matter of who sells the most of that last thousand tickets.

Today is the final day for Goose votes and would be a good day to vote. If you can't make to Groveland, you can call in and we will process your votes over the phone. 800-961-7799 or 962-6455.

Goose REALLY wants to be Groveland's Honorary Mayor.