| If Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa fails
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| | violence against people and property in
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| to honor his promise to fire Mr. Stuckey
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| | this country between 1991 and 2001,
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| and to hire a compassionate and
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| | including those related to bombings,
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| experienced General Manager who can
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| | shootings and near fatal injuries.
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| implement a no-kill plan and reform the
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| | Republicans did not become pro-choice
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| department, he may find that the animal
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| | after doctors who performed abortion
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| community is politically-speaking, more
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| | operations were killed. According to the
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| bite than bark
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| | National Abortion Federation, there have
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| The earth is starting to tremble in the
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| | been 13,256 "incidents" against abortion
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| Los Angeles animal community because
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| | clinics or doctors since 1977, including
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| Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has refused to
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| | seven murders, 17 attempted murders,
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| honor his January 2005 campaign promise
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| | three kidnappings, and 41 bombings. The
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| to fire the General Manager of Los
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| | pro-life movement remains firm in its
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| Angeles Animal Services Guerdon Stuckey,
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| | beliefs.
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| and this broken promise has drawn
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| | Despite media hype that makes it seem
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| attention to a potential scandal
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| | scary, the ALF's credo prohibits injury
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| involving a loss of $1.1 million to the
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| | to humans and animals. The ALF recently
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| city over the next three years. Even
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| | took credit for sending cabs, pizzas and
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| fiscally responsible Angelenos who don't
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| | prostitutes to the home of an
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| care about cats and dogs can be
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| | unsuspecting animal services
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| officially outraged.
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| | veterinarian. Although one may disapprove
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| Animal advocates might have let the mayor
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| | of these tactics, they resemble high
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| out of the doghouse on his pledge if
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| | school pranks more than crimes.
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| Stuckey had reformed the department,
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| | Villaraigosa's new "ALF policy" is good
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| fostered relationships with the community
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| | news for those city employees who fear
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| and saved animal lives. But according to
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| | job termination. Anyone whose porch falls
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| an October 27, 2005 L.A. CityBeat
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| | victim to a puff of smoke cannot be
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| article, a poorly negotiated contract by
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| | fired. At-risk employees who fail to
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| Stuckey for a spay-neuter van "may have
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| | command the attention of the ALF might be
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| robbed the city of half its needed
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| | tempted to place a suspicious package on
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| spay-neuter services" and will endanger
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| | their own doorstep.
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| animal lives.
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| | The City Council has become so concerned
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| Due to a shortage of van operating hours
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| | about the ALF and the L.A. protest group
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| combined with the high spay-neuter quota,
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| | called the Animal Defense League that it
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| anesthetized animals will have to be
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| | has approved a plan which provides
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| whipped on and off the operating table at
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| | taxpayer dollars for surveillance
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| great risk to their health. The District
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| | equipment at the private homes of animal
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| Attorney has been asked to investigate.
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| | services employees. With high tech
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| Many animal community moderates--such as
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| | cameras, these workers can weed out
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| the dignified and caring former L.A.
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| | door-to-door salesmen and pesky
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| Animal Commissioner Erika Brunson--who
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| | in-laws-again on the taxpayer's
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| were originally unwilling to jump on the
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| | dime--under the pretense that the big bad
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| clamorous "we want Stuckey fired"
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| | wolf, also known as the animal activist,
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| bandwagon, are now steering their own
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| | might show up with a feral cat flyer,
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| wagons through the streets picking up
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| | order them a fake cab or protest on the
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| angry passers-by, such as the fiscally
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| | sidewalk with a sign. Although city
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| responsible crowd.
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| | workers have a right to feel safe, this
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| The "Reasons to fire Stuckey Email
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| | measure amounts to another questionable
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| Series" has been circulating for months.
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| | use of limited resources for a city that
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| Reason number 61 warns the Democratic
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| | had 31,000 violent crimes last year.
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| mayor--who may hope to land in the
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| | The mayor continues to react to the "ALF
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| Governor's office someday-that animal
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| | threat." He recently removed Erika
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| advocates will begin cc'ing the
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| | Brunson from the Los Angeles Animal
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| California Republican Party with their
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| | Commission and replaced her with
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| complaints. Villaraigosa could be one
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| | surveillance expert Glenn S. Brown. The
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| misstep away from tarnishing his dapper
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| | Commission, which is endorsed by the
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| suit with controversies much like those
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| | humane community, provides a
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| that haunted the Hahn administration.
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| | compassionate and intelligent voice for
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| The mayor says he has decided not to fire
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| | the powerless victims of our public
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| Stuckey at this time because the Animal
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| | shelters: the animals The current
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| Liberation Front (ALF)-a "direct action"
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| | commissioners-except for Mr. Brown--may
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| animal rights group that has not injured
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| | not be experts on installing cameras to
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| a human or animal since its inception in
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| | detect fake pizza deliveries, but they
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| 1972-recently planted a smoke bomb at
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| | are experts on how to combat the violence
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| Stuckey's apartment building, making him
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| | perpetrated against the dogs, cats and
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| look like a victim. He says he will not
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| | other animals that we have a
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| fire an employee who is being threatened
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| | responsibility to protect.
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| or vandalized.
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| | If Mayor Villaraigosa fails to honor his
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| It is understandable that the mayor would
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| | promise to fire Mr. Stuckey and to hire a
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| want to protect city workers. But in an
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| | compassionate and experienced General
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| attempt to be tough on crime,
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| | Manager who can implement a no-kill plan
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| Villaraigosa is being weak on his
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| | and reform the department, he may find
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| convictions. If he truly believes Stuckey
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| | that the animal community is
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| should be fired, why is he allowing
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| | politically-speaking, more bite than
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| himself to be controlled by the Los
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| | bark. A decision to retain Stuckey is
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| Angeles ALF?
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| | likely to become a permanent smudge on
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| If Villaraigosa intends to be a strong
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| | Villaraigosa's finely tailored lapel.
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| leader, he must do what he feels to be
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| | The animal community expects the mayor to
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| right, despite the acts of a few on the
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| | do the right thing. But in case he
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| "fringe." Democratic leaders did not turn
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| | doesn't, they have forwarded this article
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| away from unions, in spite of the fact
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| | to the Republican Party.
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| that there were 2193 incidents of union
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