Council's Split Decision: Good for Homeless Pets, Bad for Democracy

Courtesy fixaustin.org  Wed, 10/17/2007 - 9:56pm

On Thursday, October 11th, the citizens of Austin were out in full force attempting to convince our City Council to do the right thing--- to rebuild our animal shelter on the shores of Town Lake (now Lady Bird Lake).  Regrettably, the Council made the wrong decision; they decided, by a 6-1 vote, to relocate Austin's animal shelter to a difficult-to-find, out-of-sight, out-of-mind site near the intersection of Airport Boulevard and East 7th Street.

But not all was lost!&am...


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