Re: Another disaster

[Lernermichelle]

I totally understand how you are feeling and I completely agree with you, but you can not let that feeling dictate how you act right now.  The point right now is not to show them what jerks they are, but to protect your cats.  Your decisions about what to do need to be based on what is least risky for your cats and yourself, not what has the most chance to show the city that they are wrong. If you make decisions based on what is least risky, you may still be able to get everything you want, by getting rid of the city's claims against you and then getting the city council to get rid of the limit law, which would mean no permits necessary and no inspections. You do not want to let your anger make you do something that has a bigger risk of losing, like going to court.  If you can resolve something outside of court, you should do it because the result is more certain. You never know what will happen in court. As angry as you are now, I think you will feel worse if you go through a court case when you do not have to and the judge says everything the city is doing is fine. Michelle   In a message dated 2/3/2006 2:19:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From the very beginning to now, the city has this very attitude about “we are doing you a favor” – “we are making things easy for you” – or “we are bending our rules for you’ type of attitude – therefore I should be so grateful … and tell you the truth, they are NOT – they are not doing anything to help my situation personally – if they are not seizing my cats, it’s because they can’t do so legally based on what the laws currently allows or don’t allow (the law allows to take a custody of animals only when their safety and welfare is at risk), but not because they are trying to be nice to me.. but they are claiming so, and it makes me sick!  If they are going to put 10% monitraum on the ordinance, it’s because they just realized how stupid it is and it does not make sense to anyone who has a bit piece of brain, and not because they are trying to do me a favor.  I had asked so many different people in the city to help me out to bend the rule before it came to this far, and none of them went beyond of anything to help my situation out --- they all basically said.. well – that’s the law, sorry, there’s nothing we can do  --- so I guess I am feeling a bit rebellious against them, because they keep telling me that I should be grateful – for what??? Not for killing my healthy, well loved and taken care of cats??  - the word “permit’ itself makes me feel sick --- I just don’t feel like I need their permission – I know this might not be the most politically smart way of thinking.. I am just so mad and bitter with them for twisting everything -