Burleson Star (Burleson, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 77, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 11, 1990 Page: 3 of 16
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BmrtesoB Star Wxfawaday, April 11, >880 - 3
Editorials, Opinions
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Letters to the editor
Citizen upset with local animal control officer
First, thank you tor printing the
courageous letter trom Charles
E Marsh in your March 28th
paper regarding the Burleson
Police Department and their
cavalier attitude towards the
citizens of Burleson. I concur
completely with Mr. Marsh's
comments, but would like to ad-
vise you of yet another depart-
ment in our city which ap-
parently shares the police
department’s arrogant attitude
The toeai dogeateher, or so-
called animal control officer.
Linda Porto, came to my door on
Saturday at 9:02 in the morning
and said she had been trying lor
three days to reach me. During
the previous week I had arrived
at home every evening by 5:30
p.m., always finding the dog in
our yard, and finding no notifica-
tion of any kind. She claimed out
family pci dog had been out mu-
tt ing around the neighborhood
tearing up gat Ixtgc bags. t in*, is
difficult to believe since trash was
collected on Thursday, and the
dog wasn't out on Thuisdav
I told her l would get the 3Lg,
but she immediately drove to rite
next block and picked the Jog ftfS,
not giving me an opportunity to
do so. She then returned to the
dog pound and called me, asking
il I was going to come get the
dog I told her I would arrange to
get the dog and asked my parents
to handle this, since it was cold
attel rainy and my three children
had |ust recovered trout colds.
When my parents arrived at the
dog pound. Ms. Porto refused to
allow them to take custody ot the
eiog, and told them she wanted
me personally to retrieve the dog
Officers should have helped stranded girl
It has been nice to receive the
Star way out here in Charleston
Keeping up with the local news
has been a way of not getting too
home sick And then, l read the
letter written to you bv Heather
Dawn Buntin. Bless her heart. I
followed her instructions and
pictured mv daughter, Hillary,
out there on
parking lot.
that lonesome old
It worked I’m
upset
What really got me upset was
the editors note Not the fact that
the editor chose to "note ", but the
two reasons noted by the depart-
Do onto otherSj leave mailbox alone
As a youngster I was always
taught Do unto others as you
would have them do unto you. ” l
feel that if society as a whole
would follow this golden rule,
many of the crimes committed
these days would not have
been performed.
The crimes that l speak of are
not the ones that make the
headlines. These criminals are
larelv prosecuted. Many of these
criminals do not even feel that
they are breaking any taws. These
offenders may even brag about
the infraction.
Two such crimes which l
would like to address in this letter
are usually perpetrated on those
of us living in the country Both
the senseless destruction ol rural
mailboxes and the dumping ot
unwanted furniture and applian-
ces are uncalled for.
If the youngsters who have
nothing better to do on a Satur-
day night, would only think twice
Think about how they would feel
if their possessions were need-
lessly destroyed tor the sake ol
someone else's enjoy ment. And it
the “Golden Rule" doesn’t work
think about this. Destroying rural
mailboxes is a federal offense,
Where are the planes?
Mr. Price, where did you get
the information about Spinks
Airport?
I have never seen 95 planes out
here or 300 planes use the run-
ways. We go by Spinks Airport
three or four days a week and
,*,onlv see three or four planes
parked at the airport. We haven't'
seen that many planes fly out
here in the past five years. I hope
we never see that many out
here.
I live next lo the Old Oak Grove
Airport (28 years). Students fly
around here from Meacham
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punishable by a line of not mote
than 52.000 or imprisonment ot
not more than 5 years. Is the next
5 years of your life wort h a hall
hour ot fun?
Those of you with a few broken
appliances and unwanted fWnujj
lure, who think nothing of dump*?'
ing it off on the roadside some
late night, think twice. How
would vou like it it those of us in
the country decided to dump out
unwanted pesticides, animal by-
products, and broken i im-
plements on your manicured
front lawns? First thing vou
would do is call the police and
complain, right? Why should we
have to deaf with your garbage?
Why should it be our expense
and problem to get rid of vow
garbage?
It you are caught dumping, you
will be fined or you will go to jail.
Both ot these indiscretions arc
against the law. If you don’t think
you will be caught, think again!' 1/
the law doesn't get you now you
wilt haw ft* answer fo«*fr ktten
< '.Miubitiin^ teat
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incut lor not going out there to
"serve and protect” or at least,
aid and assist”.
The first reason they did not go
was a business reason. Not to
compete with locksmiths. The se-
cond' reason was to avoid any
liability for damaging property.
So, we have finally come to the
point that we place business and
a possibility ol liability ol damage
to property above the comfort
and safety of a human being.
And, not just some human being,
although all human beings are
important, but someone’s teen-
age daughter. It is truly amazing
ftovv far civilization has NOT
some in the past 2,000 years.
Not many locksmiths would
object to the police taking care of
that lytic chore described by Ms.
Buntin. They could have, with her
permission, dispatched a lock-
smith themselves. And if my
alarm was damaged by an officer
assisting my daughter, I doubt
that l could fault hint for it. What
probably happened was there
was no one to take the call and a
dispatcher, as young and inex-
perienced as Heather, made the
wrong judgement call. At least
that is what this honorably dis-
charged military policeman and
tan of law and order will accept.
It helps me keep my fond
memories ot Burleson, Texas,
home of the “Good Life*.”
•W.,. ■ *-■ JOHN HART
oft* bavtowui aswd a*.'
and she would void the that
citation.
I then bundled up the* children
and went to get the dog. Ms.
Pot to had said the tee was >30.
but when l got the dog (within
the hour) she added >2 50 for 24
hours boarding.”
On Tuesday. I received a cita-
tion via certified mail despite the
animal control officer’s e*arlie*r
promises lo void it. The citation is
to appear before the* Burleson
Municipal Court for allowing my
dog to run loose.
My patents called the* super-
visor of the animal control
department and explained the
situation to him. He* told them
’Ms. Porto did not tell any-
one that she would void the*
citation — and if she* did say that,
it was just to get rid ol (vou)
They also spent a great deal ot
time talking with the city
manager and the clerk to deter-
mine what the fine for the of-
fense is. After several hours, thev
were told by the* city manage*!
that "it just depends. The* citv
clerk told them the fine is 57?
It would appear that Burleson
police officers aren’t the oniv
public officials who arc arrogant
It seems the animal control
department is not only arrogant
but deceitful.
JULIE M FORT
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