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7 responses so far ↓
1 casey // Oct 25, 2012 at 10:17 am
so a dog being put into a plastic bag and thrown on the street is the fault of LMAS? i dont see the connection.sorry……what happened is the dumb sob who did it knew he would be charged with cruelty if he took the animal to MAS for turn in …..
2 jake // Oct 25, 2012 at 11:08 am
Who said it was the fault of LMAS?
You Great Northern Manufacturing teabaggers need to learn some reading comprehension skills.
Here’s what the round-up writer said this morning:
See that? “Less likely” to happen. If there wasn’t a culture of dog killing. A culture of killing, in fact, fostered by Greg Fischer.
3 jack // Oct 25, 2012 at 11:31 am
Bridge to nowhere? Go up, turn around, come back. Indiana needs to speed up work on the other side.
4 G'town Reader // Oct 25, 2012 at 11:50 am
I have an early conceptual map of Waterfront Park – complete with “spiral” access to the pedestrian Big Four Bridge, which sadly had to be reconfigured. This map was distributed at one of the festival events on the Belvedere — in the very early 1990′s. Meaning Fischer dare not try to “take credit.” But, we can expect him in the photos.
5 casey // Oct 25, 2012 at 12:03 pm
i really take offense to being called a teabagger, unless you have a diff meaning than what is going on politically… as for the mas thing, i see your point and probably did over-react… sorry about that sir…… have you seen the crazy bastard and the cat abuse yet?? more crazy ass people out there than we can handle…..
6 jake // Oct 25, 2012 at 12:25 pm
G’town: Thank goodness that exists. Otherwise, he’d be claiming credit some how. Another ice machine all over.
casey: It’s a sad state this region is in when it comes to animal (and human, honestly) welfare. We can’t expect any better, though, because our elected officials are disinterested and incapable of comprehending what really works for those – both domesticated animal and human – need to happily exist.
7 Steve // Oct 26, 2012 at 1:44 pm
There is a TV program called Undercover Boss and it is interesting to watch the wake up call some of these folks get when they go out into the real world of the business they are in.
For most of us when we lay our heads on the pillow each night, we forget about the almost 10,000 homeless kids in the Jefferson County School System. We forget about the seniors that struggle each month to make ends meet. We forget that spouse abuse is happening across the city. We forget that there are people that will neglect and abuse animals.
I guess my point to all this is, for those who are in a position that can do something about it, maybe it is time they spend a week in a homeless shelter. Or a week at women and families. Or a week at LMAS. Or a week in an apartment that is full of mole.
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