Taking Liberties: WI Pet Ordinance Forces Homeowners to Choose — Your Pet or Your House
- Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:03pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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In a push many see as a gross infringement on one’s personal liberties, a small Wisconsin town is forcing homeowners who keep more than the town’s “permitted” allotment of pets a choice: Give up your animals, or give up your house.
This is the dilemma currently being faced by one couple — James and Melissa Lecker — who, unbeknownst to them, moved to Wausau with four dogs.
For Melissa, there was no “choice.”
“These dogs are our family. They’re like our children,” she said.
In Wausau, homeowners are not permitted to have more than three cats, gerbils and rabbits or two dogs.
Melissa told Fox News she was in disbelief when a police officer showed up to her door to inform her that she was subject to a $100 per day fine for being over her dog “limit.”
“I had never heard of anything like that,” she said.
“They told us that the ordinance clearly states they [City council] cannot work with us… that it’s either two dogs or that you have to move, as you can’t have four dogs here.”
Meanwhile, the town’s officials said their hands are tied as the “ordinance doesn’t allow for variance.”
According to Fox, Jeff Gold, a municipal attorney from New Jersey, said the law makes sense when it comes to dogs:
“They smell. They bark. They have excrement,” said Gold.
“You’re not punishing [the Leckers], he explains. “You’re regulating society.”
No one from Wausau, including Mayor James Tipple returned reporters calls for comment.
Melissa says she has put her house on the market and is prepared to take a $15,000 loss in order to keep her dogs.
“I hope we can work something out,” she told Fox. “But they are just being so mean. My dogs didn’t bother anyone.”
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Comments (227)
Warphead
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:41pmThese abuses of government are not just isolated incidents. It is rampant from one end of the country to the other. Some areas are worse than others but as a whole there is not one place that has not been touched by some form of governmental abuse. It has become so widespread and carried upon the wings of political correctness that I do not believe there is any civil way to stop it. I truly believe that a huge percentage of the American people are tired of turning the other cheek. They are tired of being forced to be tolerant of what they know is sick perversion. They are tired of trying to get along while their rights and their dignity are yanked right out from under them. What I believe is, that being tired is going to turn to anger. Anger will turn to action. When this happens on a large scale, and it has to we’re past the point, the people responsible for such liberty stealing laws and regulations will find themselves taking a long drop on the end of a short piece of rope. There are still proud loyal Americans that know what freedom means and more importantly what it means when it is lost. These Americans have been pushed to the brink. I do not see any way that a resolution will be reached that is not reached through violence. I am not advocating violence, I am pointing out a scenario of events that I believe are in our near future.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:32pmYou said it well. I am a Marine Corps veteran and I have never committed a violent act against anyone, but even I see how vile and destructive our gov’t and its executives have become. I cannot pass a cop on the street without muttering how I really think about them and their enforcement of unconstitutional and ignorant laws. And the younger crowd who have served our military are more likely to see it this way. I have already run across alot of men my age who are not going to slip quietly into subservience to the federal gov’t so that we can pay off the debts of generations before us. To be quite truthful, Ron Paul being named President was about the last hope I had for my nation. Unlike Michelle, I have always been proud of my country, until I started to look at what people were really doing in D.C. and how they are rotting this nation from the inside out.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:42pmI cannot pass a cop on the street without muttering how I really think about them and their enforcement of unconstitutional and ignorant laws
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Homeland Defense is militarizing them complete with military uniforms for swat teams etc and the Patriot Act and a slew of other acts allows police legally to ignore the Constitution and treat all citzens like they are the enemy.
AND, do NOT forget that police beong to UNIONS. The WI police kicked out the TEA PARTY and refused to let them spend the night – made them buy permits, etc – BUT when the teachers and other public unions went on strike, THE WI POLICE – LOOKED THE OTHER WAY – and allowed their union buddies to CAMP OUT FOR MONTHS at the capital and TRASH/DAMAGE the building which taxpayers had to pay for.
The police are no longer the neighborhood cop. They are now thugs – you do not Trust who will arrest you if you video them, etc.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:02pmThere is an underlying hatered I have that was not there 5 years ago for the police. When a small community like mine has a frigging SWAT team, I knowthe Police State has become too big. I get pi@@ed off when I see them sitting to catch speeders instead of doing real police work. They are a tax collection arm of the Government now. Total crap!
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:45pmSGTB “To be quite truthful, Ron Paul being named President was about the last hope I had for my nation.
Report Post »I am afraid that was my last hope also..
little big man
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:46pmfreakin liberals before I move I’d burn down city hall in the dead of night.
Report Post »Santa Cruz Kid
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:11pmYou’re right but you know that is exactly what the government wants. Civil disobedience so they can declare martial law andsuspend the Constitution, “to restore order.” No matter what we do we lose!
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:11pm“They smell. They bark. They have excrement,”
So does OWS, but dogs can be trained to be useful members of society. :-/
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:13pmIs there a Limit upon Guns, there?
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:24pmMeanwhile, the town’s officials said their hands are tied as the “ordinance doesn’t allow for variance.”
That may be so, but the ordinance can be dismissed, so ther eis no need for a variance.
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:04pm“This is the dilemma currently being faced by one couple — James and Melissa Lecker — who, unbeknownst to them, moved to Wausau with four dogs.”
They didn’t know they were moving to Wausau with four dogs?
I know it is tough to write articles about ones that have already been written by someone else, but you could at least use proper English while you’re at it. No offense.
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:10pmYo Lukerw:
Report Post »Cats can have 3 guns
dogs 2
gerbels, as many as they can carry
humans can have a picture of one, and water guns are permitted on days the temperature gets to 100 degrees, but you can’t keep it loaded in the car.
Bum thrower
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:40pmEnough is enough…………….there are more of Us than all the LE guys, in the world…………….Lets see how brave they are when the know they are comming to the ‘end’……
Report Post »TruthSeeker11111
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:21pmPeople and their ‘beloved pets’ should leave Wisconsin. Relocate to a state that WILL NOT INFRINGE ON YOU or YOUR PETS RIGHTS!
You are the owners of the pets and that makes them YOUR PROPERTY. You as taxpayers should NEVER have to part with your beloved pets. Their family!
I will die for my pets! God Bless the young woman and her family of pets. May God surround her with His loving arms and protect her from pure evil!
Our pets belong to us. We the ‘tax payer’ should never have to part with our Beloved Babies. Pet’s are family too.
Report Post »Sniper342
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:26pmTo all that have posted above, don’t be to hasty to lump all cops together as thugs. Many, MANY, believe just as you do and when armed insurrection comes and I believe it will sooner rather than later you will likely find yourself fighting along side them. This I know for a fact. ……just something to think about.
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 1:46amWhat is sad is the number of Americans who don’t know what freedom is like because they have only known nothing else but this crap and each day there are fewer and fewer of us who are left alive to remember.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:45amI agree fully. If it was me and even if I was willing to give up all the dogs, I would move away from that commie town that is a disgrace to America. I don’t care what excuse they give, they do not have the right to tell people how many pets they can have just as long as they are able to keep a clean situation. I can see them doing that with people that have 30 cats or something like that when they are unable to keep up with keeping things clean.
Report Post »happ77
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:36amDB321,
Report Post »Born in NYC lived in CT most of my life, moved down south
5yrs ago. Best thing I ever did. But the libs are coming, just
read the opinion letters in the newspapers. Its like Mark Levin
says they’re like locusts they ruin a state then move to another
one
Kalish
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 12:30pmI have no problem with people having multiple pets IF they take care of them and they keep them reasonably quite, the problem is most people don’t, in my neighborhood, they leave their dogs out 24 hours a day, and never even attempt to keep them quite, the one next door barks all the time, every time someone walks by, every time a car or delivery truck go by, when people walk in the railroad tracks, (and there is a large wall in between) I have a dog, but he is inside most of the time, when he does make excessive noise, I keep him quite
Report Post »Hank Hayes
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 4:13pmQuite.
Report Post »May Clark
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 5:48amThere should be warnings about this law on road signs right along with the “Welcome to” signs. This law should have be printed out in the newspaper in the real estate section. This law should be printed on the real estate papers a prospective buyer signs when bidding on a house. This is a rotten law made by rotten people. The citizens should protest.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 9:50amMy town, Bakersfield, CA also has a pet ordnance. Your allowed 3 dogs. I see both sides of the issue, a free people’s right on private property vs government laws and regulations to reduce noise or whatever. I dont know. I know my neighbors allow their 2 dogs to bark all night, howl until the dogs get tired and stomp through the wood pile while I am trying to sleep… and how much that upsets me. I am glad they dont have 4. By the time the cops get there, if they get there, the dogs are quite.
The local government has the right to make the laws fit for that community and government is set up so that if you dont like the laws you can petition your grievance, elect someone who will change the law, or run for office so you yourself can try to change the law.
Laws are (supposed to be) set up for the common good, not the good of an individual. Is it good for the community? Maybe. Is it good that they cannot put in a factory next door to me? Yes. Is it good that a cattle feed lot or dairy cannot be built next door to me?. Yes. Zoning regs have their place. Is the dog limit reasonable? Maybe, maybe not.
Report Post »MistyBlueAngel
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:24amI remember reading that one of the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson, I think, said that the tree of liberty needs to be refreshed from time to time with the blood of tyrants and patriots. My apologies if I didn’t get it right word for word, and I invite anyone who does have it word for word to correct me, as I would like to keep the quote on record for myself. Anyway, I’m rambling here, what I want to say is that there’s still time to react without violence, but it will take each and every member of any town that has over-reaching laws like this to get off their collective duffs and get involved in what government is doing. Quit waiting for someone else to save you, and go down to city hall, and make your opinions known! If the sitting government won‘t respond to the community’s wishes, then they need to go. Same thing that we need to do with all of our Congress members who voted in that stupid law about not being able to protest in “restricted” areas. All but 3 of them approved it.
Report Post »Protoham
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 5:43pmAfter a recent attempt at a land grab in my county we sent all the county commissioners packing and voted in all TEA party conservatives. I feel much better now.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:41pmOne more move to control society – top down, bottom up and inside out. Community, state, town and national.
Report Post »TEIN
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:40pm“They smell. They bark. They have excrement,” …Is this about dogs or OWS????
Report Post »libtardian-refugee
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:08pmPet owners brought this on themselves. Dogs are always tearing up my garbage bags, there is always crap on my yard, but i don’t own one. Sit outside on a “quiet night and count how many dogs are in your neighborhood.
Report Post »On the other hand, the people who say“ they are just like children to us” are freaks, they are not children, they are lowly animals, nothing more
Dan_o
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:48pm“They smell. They bark. They have excrement,” said Gold.
Lawyers have excrement coming out of both ends. Does that mean only one per household?
Report Post »spirit of freedom
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:59pm“they bark they smell and there full of excrement” and thats just the demoncrats! which wisconsin is full of, not just wausau.
Report Post »Heb4Seven
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:06pm@TEIN: “They smell. They bark. They have excrement,” …Is this about dogs or OWS????
LOL!!! You get the best comment award for that one!
Report Post »Duey2000
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:03amLibtardian, I guess that I have a real beef with your comments for several reasons. Number one it sounds like you hate dogs. You say that you don‘t but it’s pretty obvious that you hate everything about them from their animal hair, to their behavior, to their smell, etc. Second, as one person commented, don’t lump everybody into the same category as your terrible neighbors. I am a pet owner and I don‘t allow my dog to go to the bathroom on ANYBODY’s lawn. I take him to a dog park or at least a dog friendly park and I always clean up after my dog. I follow leash laws, get my dog licensed, and get him annual shots. Third, it is very hateful to say that if you think of your dog as your child then you are pathetic or sad. Some people cannot have children whether it be for physical reasons or whatever. An animal is a great companion and has been proven to help people out who are recovering from addictions or great loss.
The issue with this ordinance is that there is no leniency. There is no permit that you can get like in some cities or states that allows the couple to keep their dog. And honestly this law just shouldn’t exist. If I own my home, I should be allowed to paint it whatever color I want to, build a shed or a fence wherever I want to, install an electrical outlet, or own whatever kind and whatever number of animals I want to because it is my home.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 4:49pmlibtardian-refugee… “On the other hand, the people who say“ they are just like children to us” are freaks, they are not children, they are lowly animals, nothing more”.
Obviously, you have never owned a great dog. My dog, Lady Samantha of the Valley (Sammy) is my personal protector, home and business security, companion, and most of all, she is my best friend. I would kill you over my dog,.. thats how much she means to me. I actually feel sorry for you friend. Your own “self description” as being a “tard” seems to fit you well. Have a nice day.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:36pmThey smell, they bark, they have excrement—Good GOD, it’s the WHITE HOUSE!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:29pmNow THAT’S funny.
Report Post »Livia
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 4:58pmAnd they SMELL better, SOUND better, even their DOOKY smells better than most humans I know. If my dog can’t live there, I WON’T live there. Who needs soemthing like that anyhow.
Report Post »Protoham
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 5:48pmLol
Report Post »Fourthhorseman
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:35pmThis is a common practice in every city I‘ved lived in and is there to stop the folks that don’t even clean up after their first dog from getting more. It also protects against the nuts with 175 cats. Animal feces attracts rats and other undesireables that affect your neighbors as well. I don’t care what anyone says; no one picks up the poop everyday! Before anyone jumps on me, I’m the proud owner of 3 very well-cared for Irish Setters . 3 dogs is my cities limit. If people want more move to a rural area.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:40pmWe have similar rules in our HOA contract. They are clearly stated, and people are advised to carefully read all rules before signing to buy a home here. If a person doesn’t want to abide by the rules, they are not forced to buy the home since there are many other areas without such rules. In our subdivision, 4 pets dogs, cats, or any combination is the limit.
Report Post »libtardian-refugee
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:14pmHey Bikerr, People are not responbible, so instead of 10 piles o’ crap, they only leave four. And as far as farm manure goes, your head is in your darkside if you think there are not tons of regulations on that. Ask a farmer when you thank them for your food
Report Post »Dan_o
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:54pmI’m with you, Bikerr. There are enough laws to take care of the issues caused by having too many pets. Some people should not be allowed to have any. Some can handle many more than 2. It‘s a stupid law that only restricts the freedoms of responsible people and does nothing to deter those who can’t handle the responsibility of one.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:37pmNext thing they will do is limit the number of kids you can have because a few octomoms are out there. One idiot changes the laws for everyone. Just one law would cover the problem. Ban liberals.
Report Post »Wigidy
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:51pmAgreed, it is a common practice among cities in this nation including the conservative area that I live in and for the most part, I understand the need for it. Around here, a kennel license is easily available as long as the owner has no felony, animal citation, and the immediate neighbors are fine with the extra dog(s). A kennel license must not be available to this family. What a shame.
Report Post »May Clark
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 5:50amCHIPS1:
Agree!
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 4:55pmchips1… “Next thing they will do is limit the number of kids you can have because a few octomoms are out there. One idiot changes the laws for everyone. Just one law would cover the problem. Ban liberals.”
I like the way you think, but there is a place for zoning laws. Would you like a cattle feed lot next to your house? Im sure you would not. Trust me on this.
Report Post »InfiniteSolutions
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:35pmShe had the dogs in advance and should have checked. I can understand the ordinance but if an owner can prove there are no concerns of excessive noise, smell, and well taken care of, there should be some waivers or variance. It‘s the owners in the past that have abused animals and didn’t take care or allowed for the excessive noise when close to neighbors. Upfront the story sounds kind strict on regulations but in this case she had the dogs before moving and should of checked to be sure the ordinance wasn’t a problem. I say the owner has to take some responsibility too.
Report Post »DividedWeFail
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:38pmWho the heck would have thought to check how many dogs you could have?
I can see it IF someone was BREEDING dogs or cats and selling them from their home – using their pets for income – and they had numerous dogs and cats just to increase the number of litters to sell –
OR Kept all their dogs and cats OUTSIDE where they are bored and bark – because they are not considered a part of the family
but these people kept their 4 dogs INSIDE with them and love them like family and I am guessing that all 4 dogs are neutered spayed so she is not using them as income.
I would move also.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:58pmAnyone with common sense. If you check out the area for schools, shopping and other amenities, why wouldn’t you check on any pet laws, especially since you have 4 pets. Personally, I think this is too many pets and I bet she is going to have a hard time selling that dog smelly home. They might not smell the stink, but people who plan to buy will. I am pretty sure they don’t bathe their dogs either.
If you want more than two dogs, buy a house out in the country.
Report Post »Dan_o
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:08pm@Cofemale, nice to hear the liberal voice telling people what to do. Try minding your own business. What do you care if their house smells or if they bathe their dogs (neither of which do you have a clue about)? Maybe you smell…oh, forgot. You are “enlightened” and your poop doesn’t stink.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:35pmits up to u people…take that crap and get rid of your frnd fido..or tell them to kiss off…fluke em all
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:34pmBuy bullets……..
Report Post »libtardian-refugee
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:18pmI have a lot of bullets, and have no problem using them on dogs crapping on my lawn. You don’t let your two legged kids crap on my yard, keep your stinky four legged kids off my yard too.
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:18pmAnd when your four legged little piece of excrement tries to bite me when I bring your mail, it isn’t cute, it isn’t funny, and yes your stupid-ass dog WILL bite, don’t bitch when I give him a mouth and eye full of mace, then kick his ass across the lawn into the next yard.
The reason laws like this are around is there are neighbors who have the right to not put up with your “family.”
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:34pmThis is more common that you think. My old county in California did the same thing. They also allowed neighbors to legally hunt pets if someone’s dog or cat manages to get outside. Government sucks. Get ready.
Report Post »alrunner58
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:33pmWow, these libs are just pi$$ing us all off little by little. We will fight back at the polls.
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:38pmAh, Fluke em all.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:39pmIf BO gets back in, we all will be eating dog/cat food with our pets! “They” will put”shock-collars” on us and an ankle-brace and your “radius” will be monitored. For “us rebels” our-molded-to-our-foot- shoe-will-be-nailed-to-the-floor..LOL(of course they will have to catch me first or shoot me)LOL
Report Post »I AM NOT AFRAID…I AM A FREE WOMAN..HEAR ME ROAR!
SOUNDTHETRUMPET
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:33pmIt’s simple. Abolish the ordnance
Report Post »libtardian-refugee
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:26pmI wonder what all you “pet freaks” will do when the store shelves are empty of dog food as well as the real food. You will beg the government to intervene to help feed your worthless animals.
Report Post »Don’t get me wrong, I do not hate dogs and cats, I just don’t understand all you idiots that think that I should treat them the way you do. When you visit, leave your stinky animal at home. I don’t mind sawdust, or dirt on my garage floor, but keep your gross pet hair outside, where animals belong
Virginia Rebel
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:59pmThis ordinance does nothing to help people. Obviously, it is causing trouble for people. And it makes it all the harder to find places for all the homeless animals to go. I have more animals in my home than that ordinance would allow. All but one of them were either taken off the streets or out of places where they were not being cared for properly. They are better companions than almost anyone else that I know. If you’ve never been loved by a cat or dog, then I feel sorry for you. BTW, for those of you who think I’ll be out there begging for food for my animals when things get tough, I stockpile food for them, too. I’m doing my part to keep the economy going, and buying for my animals plays a big role in that.
Report Post »Landfill
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:32pmThe longer I live around people, the more I prefer dogs. I’d prefer to see an ordinance prohibiting a single obnoxious a-hole human being from living in any house within town limits. The choices for such a violation should be limited to “leave town or be put down.”
Report Post »mycomet123
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:18pmThanks for the laugh!
Report Post »Gamaliel
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:30pmI don’t think the commies like dogs and better than guns.
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:28pmImagine telling Davy Crockett the dog must go. No wait imagine telling Ulysses S. Grant the dog must go. No, no wait, imagine telling John Glenn the dog must go. Okay, how ’bout telling the Bush Bean dog to go.
Report Post »PEOPLE… WHAT SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION IS BEHIND THIS INSANITY?
SOMEBODY TELL ME PLEASE!
db321
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:39pmI imagine there are a few dog owners that support Obama – hows Obama big government working out for you – you want big Government – you’re about to get it in your face – over 10,000 new regulations just passed – All American’s will be effected one way or another – I just can’t wait for the regulation that comes out that eliminates those that can work but wont. Welfare does not exist in other Dictatorship Country. The OBAMA Cash will stop the day after he wins.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:49pmLooks like if you act like the OWS…regulations are off the table. Of course after BO is done with these useful-idiots the paper will come out of the desk-drawer & check that off & can’t imagine what Bo will do next with these takers…Hummmm
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:25pmDog owners for obama ? … hmmmmmmm
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:23pmve are vatching you. your papers.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:30pmI will not comply!!
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:23pm…
Report Post »I would much rather live next door to a decent family, with four nice dogs, than live next door to a low-life, with one big mean dog.
Jenny Lind
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:58pmThank you. We have always been a decent family and since 2002 have had four schnauzers. Two died this last year from old age and illness, so I am down to two. I clean my yard constantley, and immediately go outside to investigate barking and bring them in if they are being silly. Our whole family is the same way, we want to be good dog neighbors, big or little dogs. Owners should be judged if they take care of their animals and are good neighbors. It is not about numbers, it’s about care and good neighborship.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:21pm“They smell, they make noise, …they make excrement”
> Dogs are unique –from humans.
Report Post »vehoae
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:35pmWell put, SPIRITED ! Those of us who have pets that are like family, tend to them the same way we do to ourselves. Including flushing the toilet — using a sandwich bag turned inside out, we pick up our pets’ feces, then flush it down the toilet. Tell me the difference between that and taking care of your child’s dirty behind and dirty diaper?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:52pmRemember the story about shopping carts at grocery stores? Seems they have human crap deposits on them from babies. Very filthy. Ban kids under 18 from the stores. That’s what government does best.
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:18pmWhen they said they had a pet ordinance I said “Now wait a minute. If Ellie Mae hears that, she‘ll be wantin’ one too.”
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:16pmHmmmm…….who was it who said…….if you make enough rules, eventually even good, law-abiding citizens will break one of them?
Report Post »TheBurningTruth
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:17pmYup. As Wesley Mooch in Atlas Shrugged said (paraphrase), “We don’t make all these laws expecting you to follow them! We WANT you to break the law. We can’t control law abiding citizens, so we must MAKE criminals out of them so we CAN control them!”
Report Post »lisa2994
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:16pmRegulating society? I hope the homeowners fight this with everything they have! This is getting ridiculous! As long as they take care of them and don’t bother anyone why do they care? They don’t just government trying to be in people business even more!
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:15pm…
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Ailene Wright
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:12pmLooks like the city council members need to be neutered or euthanized.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:18pmThey tried this in my old home town .. don’t think it worked out .. people stood up to them.
Report Post »barnsy
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:19pmI can see this to prevent animal hoarders, but the law should be grandfathered for the current pet owners.
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:11pmAnother “subtle but ruff” prelude to Communism.
Report Post »spirit of freedom
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:07pmanyone have the e-mail add. of the city counsel in wausau? everyone should write them a “respectful” little message. just saying.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:08pmTalk abt gov’t run amok! This is just plain stupid overreach of that city.
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