On 2008-07-16 14:16:29 -0400, Mary Healey said:

He's a weenie-worded weasel in a politician's smarmy suit. (What's the
deal with the pen in the yard, anyway? The other stuff is simple
overreaction, but the pen thing is inexplicable.)

That's some phrase!

Actually, I know the man and part of the problem is that he is a
lawyer, but he's not a politician. He's in way over his head. This is
something that has more to do with politics and little to do with the
issue at hand.

The pen appears to be for people who want to leave their dogs in the
back yard. You evidently put the pen inside your fenced yard.

I wonder if some of the thinking behind it had to do with the density
issues we have here... I can't explain it. It doesn't make any sense.
Lakewood had a population of 56,646 with 28,416 housing units; a land
area land area of 5.55 sq. miles; a water area of 1.15 sq. miles; and a
population density of 10,208.53 people per sq. mile for Census 2000.
We've lost some population since then, but we're still packed together.

This whole thing has an Alice-in-Wonderland feel to it.

What's even more interesting is that our animal control officers are
supposed to lose their jobs unless they can be paid by funds raised to
support the (very) local, citizen run animal shelter.