Today I am thankful for truth.
I learned that the City of Aurora did not do anything wrong THIS TIME when it came to the service dog getting out.
I read that the disabled gentleman was outside and the pup blew through the fence and got out.
IF they kill the dog....then..... I'll blame them for doing something wrong.
It is illegal to hold a service dog even if it is a pit bull.
This dog did not bite anyone.
This dog did not attack anyone.
There is no reason for it to be put to death.
Yes, it was wrong to force someone to register a service dog.
I know they are doing their jobs -but- the problem lies with the disinformation that people formerly on the City Council disseminated.
I found the source. It's a woman who was bit by a pit bull. She's very good with web design and marketing......
It's a shame that she's bad at statistics.
I'm very sad that one person could ruin the reputations of so many cities and be responsible for the death of so many dogs.
On the other side of the coin, one person can reverse the situation.
Could it be you?
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Someone told met that each pit bull case costs municipalities about $68,000 to prosecute.
In researching it, the City of Aurora paid more than $130,000 to defend the pit bull ban the last time they tried to kill a service dog.
$130,000 for one case!
I don't know if it's true -but- my ears perked up.
Why are we wasting money?
What else can we spend that money on?
They're angry that we fought a library tax. I got death threats over that.
How about putting that money towards the libraries?
The last time I visited the shelter, it was full with court case dogs. Only eight dogs where up for adoption.
When I sat in court, most of the dogs were pit bulls.
How much money are we spending on it?
They have my apologies. When I find a job, I'll donate 10% of the funds from my first week either to this shelter or MaxFund.
Don't kill the dog. Let the gentleman take her out of the city.
If they do that, I won't have to run at large.
They'll like me better that way.
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My distrust stems from the obnoxious behavior of former city employees and the city attorney who harassed me on their behalf. I know lawyers try to intimidate people so they win. I understand that they lie, too. My experience with is that they throw a bunch of poop at the wall and wait around to see what sticks.
Most of the poop were lies. They were insane, stupid lies (e.g. claiming that I fake heart attacks, get routinely thrown into walls and so on). Nuts, eh?
The problem with knowing that someone is lying about you is that it makes it tough to trust the organization. If city lawyers are lying about who I sleep with, how can I trust them when they say a bond issue will go to the purpose stated (but not written explicitly into the bond measure)?
I can't.
Lying employees reflect poorly on the city.
Dishonesty kills rapport.
It makes it tough to give the city the benefit of the doubt.
I hope they clean up their act.
Love ya,
S.
Edit: I'm probably going to have to run for City Council. I'm a little ticked at the city right now.
1.) They won't tell me if they killed the dog - so I have to assume they did.
2.) The new homeless coordinator refuses to return my call. I offered to volunteer (for free....). Okay, I'm not going to help her fight off the coming storm from Ward II. I can see the writing on the wall. People are going to fight the proposed shelter.
3.) I never heard back from the City Manager's office or my City Councilman about the housing code. I found the answer I needed. The code must change. It discriminates against non-traditional families and homes that help disabled folks. Most cities have laws on the books that allow unrelated people to live together if they function as a traditional household. Aurora doesn't. Weird, eh?
Three strikes.....YOU'RE OUT!
Actually, it's more like 30 strikes. These are the three most recent ones.
I have two frenemies who threw their hats in the ring for the same seat. I'll probe them for their knowledge about these issues before I barge ahead. I'd prefer they run. I can teach them how to gain rapport with people quickly and make their words memorable.
I won't waste my time if they want to make people homeless, keep charging homeless people $500 a month to share a bedroom with drug addicts, not offer real solutions to the homeless, kill dogs for inarticulate and unreasonable reasons, violate the ADA and continue to avoid the concept of transparency.
That's what the people running this city currently do. We need new blood.
The difference between these two frenemies and I is striking though - they'll RAISE TAXES.
I won't. I'm more apt to want to cut expenses because I'm cheap.
Besides - my favorite word is NO!
The city can save a crap ton of money by getting rid of stupid BSL.
The person who finds a real answer to the homeless dilemma could find FAME. Egotistical suckers go for things like that.....
Me? It's easier to run for office than bitch.
If I want to win, I'll need to raise an army.
I can do it, if I have to do it.