The earth begins to tremble in the Los Angeles animal community because Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has refused to honor his January 2005 campaign promise to fire the general manager of Los Angeles Animal Services Stuckey reward, and this broken promise has drawn attention on a potential scandal involving a loss of $ 1,100,000 for the city for the next three years. Even fiscally responsible Angelenos who do not care for dogs and cats can be officially outraged.
Animal advocates might have let the mayor out of the kennel for his promise if Stuckey had reformed the department, fostered relationships with the community and saved animal lives. But according to an October 27, 2005 LA CityBeat article, a poorly negotiated contract by Stuckey for a spay van-neutral "may have robbed the city of half its needed spay-neutral services" and will endanger the life of animals.
Due to a shortage of van operating hours combined with the high altitude spay-neuter, and anesthetized animals must be whipped out of the operating table at great risk to their health. The District Attorney was asked to investigate.
Many animal community moderates - such as dignity and care of animals former Commissioner Erika Brunson - who were originally willing to jump on the clamorous "we want Stuckey fired" bandwagon, are now steering their own wagons through the streets collecting loops angry-by, as the fiscally responsible crowd.
The "reasons of fire Stuckey Email Series" has been around for months. Reason number 61 warns the Democratic mayor - who may hope to land in the Office of the Governor, one day that animal advocates will begin cc'ing California Republican Party with their complaints. Villaraigosa could be a misstep away from obscuring his elegant suit with controversies much like those that haunted the Hahn administration.
The mayor says he has decided not to fire Stuckey at this time because the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), a "direct action" animal "rights that did not injure a human being or animal since its birth in 1972, has recently put a smoke bomb at Stuckey's apartment building, making it appear as a victim. He says it will fire an employee who is threatened or vandalized.
It 'is understandable that the mayor would like to protect workers in the city. But trying to be tough on crime, Villaraigosa is being weak on his convictions. If one seriously believes Stuckey should be fired, because he is allowing himself to be controlled by Los Angeles ALF?
If Villaraigosa intends to be a strong leader, he must do what he feels to be right, despite the acts of a few on the "fringe". The Democratic leaders do not turn away from unions, despite the fact that there were 2,193 cases of violence against union people and property in this country between 1991 and 2001, including those related to bombings, shootings and near fatal.
Republicans did not become pro-choice after doctors who performed abortion operations were killed. According to the National Abortion Federation, there were 13,256 "incidents" against abortion clinics or doctors since 1977, including seven murders, 17 attempted murders, three kidnappings, bombings and 41. The pro-life movement remains firm in his convictions.
Despite the media hype that makes it seem scary, I think the ALF prohibits injury to humans and animals. The ALF recently credit for sending taxis, pizzas and prostitutes to the home of an unsuspecting animal services veterinarian. Although you may disapprove of these tactics, they resemble high school pranks more than crimes.
Villaraigosa new "policy ALF" is good news for those city employees who fear job termination. The person whose porch falls victim to a puff of smoke can not be fired. workers at risk who can not command the attention of the ALF might be tempted to put a suspect package on their doorstep.
The City has become so concerned about the ALF and the LA protest group called the Animal Defense League has approved a plan which provides taxpayer dollars for surveillance equipment for private homes of animal services employees. With high tech cameras, these workers can delete Doorstep sellers and annoying in-laws-again on the taxpayer's dime - under the pretext that the big bad wolf, also known as an activist animal could present a flyer cat wild, they order a taxi false or protest on the sidewalk with a sign. Although the city's workers have the right to feel safe, this measure amounts to another questionable use of limited resources for a city that had 31,000 violent crimes last year.
The mayor continues to react to the "ALF threat." He recently removed Erika Brunson from the Los Angeles Animal Commission and replaced her with surveillance expert Glenn S. Brown. The Commission, which is approved by the human community, offers a compassionate and intelligent voice for the powerless victims of our public shelters: the animals The current commissioners with the exception of Mr. Brown - can not be experts on installing cameras to detect fake pizza deliveries, but are experts on how to combat violence against dogs, cats and other animals that we have a responsibility to protect.
If Mayor Villaraigosa fails to honor his promise to fire Mr. Stuckey and to hire a compassionate and experienced General Manager who can implement a no-kill plan and reform the department, it possible that the animal community is politically-speaking, more bite bark. The decision to retain Stuckey is likely to become a permanent stain on his lapel Villaraigosa's finely tailored.
The animal community expects the mayor to do the right thing. But if it does not, you sent this article to the Republican Party.
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