We made the front page again!

[ninjapoodles]

Here's my comment on today's article. I thought it was important to acknowledge that the paper did respond quickly to yesterday's feedback.

Thank you for presenting the other side of this story. It's sad that Kerr has apparently not bothered to educate himself on the issue in the least, and is still parroting the incredibly stupid line about the animals "winding up in the school."

Mr. Kerr feels that "kids" are inherently up to no good (How many of you can imagine, as children, climbing a fence and breaking into an enclosed porch in order to steal a caged pet and release it at school?) and cannot be trusted, and additionally that all of us are completely at their mercy. I wonder how Kerr is going to "save" the citizens of Titusville from all other possible mischief--judging from this one warped scenario he's manufactured (of "kids being kids" and breaking into Farley's home and stealing her pets and then inexplicably taking them to school), in his world-view, he must live in constant fear of anyone under the age of 20.

How sad that this is the mindset of someone representing the children and parents of Titusville. You all deserve a refund on that count.​

 

[cthrash1]

Good point ninjapoodles...It's a small mind that will categorize kids just because there may be a troubled few.

 

[silverfilly]

wow this is horrible..I live in a town of 250 people yes 250 and we cant have chickens uness it gets "approved" only certain people get aproved. Im from the wrong family but Im lucky couse my FIL live on the edge of town, part of his propert is outside city limits so Im able to keep my chickens and my horses over ther till we can get a house built on our land. Its only a block awa from me.

Good luck and Ill keep m figers crossed for you./

 

[Sonia]

There are a few comments on the second article.

 

[mangled]

Dogfood the bunny had a safe trip to our home, he drank about a 1/2 quart of water, LOL, and is munching away on some greens right now. He's very sweet. My daughter gets off the bus in about 20 minutes and will be ready to love him up. My husband, who is a serious bunny-lover, is smitten.

I saw her porch, guys, and seriously, I don't see how anyone could easily climb up and just snatch a chicken. And being *right* on the road, in front of the school, how could anyone get away with messing around with any animals on the porch?

Having never been to Titusville before, it really is a pretty little town. Too bad a bunch of nutjobs run it.

Em

 

[sred98]

I find it interesting that they did not post my comments that I made yesterday...Among them, the fact that I am a nurse, and that there are hospitals, nursing homes and schools that provide Animal Assisted Therapy and the animals do not attack or give diseases to the people they visit.

I also mentioned that it seemed that the Health Department had no business in what was obviously a zoning issue. We had to go through the process of getting a zoning variance recently (not for animals, but for building permits) and that there was no way for these two people to make an informed decision if they did not even visit the residence. The one person qualified to comment on the condition of the house and pets, said that everything looked great, but that they refused to take his report into consideration.

Anyway...glad that they gave your side of the story. I wonder how many other people's comments were ignored. It couldn't have been just mine! I was very restrained for dealing with a bunch of idiots! LOL!

Shelly

 

[Sonia]

Great to hear he made it there ok!

Heaven says that if we win the appeal he can come visit Dog food any time he wants lol

 

[Sonia]

Ok a friend on an email list I belong to emailed the newspaper and asked why the comments from yesterday had been taken down.....this is the email they got in return:

Hi ****,

If you posted to our Web site yesterday, the post is already removed. The posts only stay up as long as the article is posted (one day). We've received dozens of letters regarding the matter, so I'm afraid I don't remember which one was yours.

If you have a letter to the editor, please e-mail it to us and indicate that you want it run as a letter to the editor. Please keep it under 400 words.

Have a pleasant day,

Stella Ruggiero



If you want your comments printed in the paper as letters to the editor let them know that.

 

[BFeathered]

Any word yet from the Erie media folks? If nothing else, they ought to pick up your story for the "look what a bunch of twits these small-townies are" factor. Let me know if you'd like a slice'em n dice'm commentary from the Lone Star state (we've got more chickens, goats, horses and sheep on my street than most farms for 50 miles around here! And I'm 1/2 mi or less from 2 schools! We frequently dodge horse poo on the walk) This may be a suburb, but we're a "ritzy" suburb, and guess who keeps the chickens! Glad the bunny made the transfer well.

 

[Sonia]

I have heard nothing at all from the media.

I did however get ahold of the House Rabbit Society. They wanted a synopsis of the events and I sent links to here, the newspaper and housechickens yahoo group.

Any help in getting the TV stations to take a look at this would be great! I can't believe that there aren't more people in my town saying something! I KNOW we aren't the only ones with a pet bunny..........or chickens for that matter