LA Animal Services Commission Meeting Threats

We received a disturbing report from one avid reader on the developments at the last Animal Services Commission meeting on November 14. A portion of the report is copied below:

It all boiled over Monday, when Butcher, clearly in league with Stuckey, led a cadre of department staffers (many in uniform) to the Commission meeting in City Hall. Their mission was to express public support for Stuckey before commissioners who, they had been told (by Stuckey & Co.) demeaned department staff during policy discussions and were unhappy with Stuckey’s job performance. They also felt the commissioners were “in the pocket” of the extreme activists.

Problem is, few of these department staffers had been to Commission meetings during the Stuckey era, so their only knowledge of what was happening at them came from department management. Another problem, and perhaps a more serious one: their participation in the meeting quickly deteriorated into an unruly display of rudeness, catcalling, muttered profanity and the recitation of party line, pro-Stuckey talking points during public comment period. Worse, a number of the department staffers were there on orders from their supervisors, on duty, wasting taxpayer money even though they had no other business with the Commission other than to glorify the boss and, it turned out, embarrass the Commission and themselves.

This is only one side to the story, but now we know why they are actively picketing the Mayor now with increased intensity...

The entire report can be found on MS2