“We can thank the big egos and small minds of our local politicians for the slow to nonexistent growth in our current white elephant of a City Center. They were not big enough people to credit the brilliance of Jim Palenick in negotiating all the deals that would have had our City Center booming by now and instead got rid of him. When he went, so did those he made deals with. Now we are stuck with excuses as though this never occurred, from those who were too threatened by his brilliance and who have appointed those as mediocre as themselves to carry on.”

“Since when is it big news that a hobby breeder was denied a permit to have two litters of pups a year, despite that authorities found nothing wrong, but that a neighbor or two complained about odor. IMHO, these are baseless complaints against those who seek hobby breeder permits. I’m fed up with this mindless and insidious bias. What will happen when these same people are looking for pets of their choice in five to 10 years and can’t find them due to animal haters and mindless politicians promoting propaganda? Why doesn’t the Observer do a report on existing hobby breeder licenses in the city where there are no complaints? I know people who can smell ‘offensive’ dog poop a mile away — or so they say.”