Perhaps You Should Make A Pair Of Boots?
A Tualatin, Oregon man is looking for a new home for himself and his family. It seems the city is, in his words, discriminating and he just won't live there. A neighbor had complained about his family members it seems.
Brown has lived in the city for 26 years and his oldest alligator has been with him since 1985. But recent concerns from a neighbor prompted the City of Tualatin to push Brown to say "see ya later" to his pets.
The neighbor runs a daycare out of her home and called the city with safety concerns about having the alligators next door. However, she says she didn't intend for Brown to lose his pets.
The city considered a law banning alligators and other exotic pets but has set the exotic pet ordinance aside after enormous community response. Instead, they are fining Brown for violating city code.
Brown could have to pay up to $1500 each day his alligators stay there. But a municipal judge will make the final decision on how much Brown is fined.
We aren't sure this is discrimination as much as it is rampant sanity breaking out finally.
Weird Stuff | Gaius Sunday, 11 June , 2006
By Blackhawk, Sunday, 11 June , 2006 @ 11:20 pm
Does this mean I can’t keep my pet Black Mamba next to the school? It doesn’t bite much…
Let’s remember how many years it took to domesticate dogs and cats…maybe in a couple of thousand years, we’ll have domesticated gaters (and penguins…still don’t trust them).
There is a reason why gaters (and penguins) are still considered wild (or stupid in the case of penguins…seen hanging around with Gore).