No desire to see Auburn pitbull posse
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In reference to the article on Kevin Hanley (Journal, Oct. 26): I’m very unclear on this pitbull thing. Help me out if you can. The city of Auburn is fixing up Downtown to the tune of $12 million or so. The city wants to bring in shoppers, right? The city wants me to shop Auburn. My question is, how can I shop locally, perhaps with my grandchildren, with the possibility that I/we, might be greeted with a pitbull instead of a friendly shopkeeper? I do not know what the right answer is. However, the way I see it, the very least and responsible thing for the city to do if they allow pitbulls in the Downtown area is to “post,” have signs warning shoppers that there are pitbulls in the area: “Shop at your own risk.” Clinton Bresett, Auburn
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The pitbull attack occured in old town not downtown. You could get hit by a car, have a plane fall out of the sky on you, even be mauled by a bear or mountain lion. So please stay home where it is safe. We are not posting signs for every possible injury. Clinton you are exactly what is wrong with America. You cant take responsibility for your own actions. You are responsible for your own safety. There already laws in place against dogs off the leash. We need less governing not more.
Less governing, not more! Amen brother, amen!
Just picture this. A pole in the corner with signs warning those coming into the city of all possible dangers, this pole blocks the view at the intersection and two cars collide, Is there any more room on the pole to put a sign up warning that the signs block the view and car accidents may occur. Come on, we must cover every possibility, let's leave nothing to chance.
The pitbull incident was probably once-in-a-decade incident, if that. However, with all this focus on same, out-of-towners will have a false perception of Downtown where the incident occured and it will take more than millions spent on Streetscape to change the image being created by constantly focusing on this incident. Let's hope the big pumpkin squash shifts the focus.
Maybe they should post sings around town that say warning Yosemite_Sam is on the loose, he is very short, has a big cowboy hat, has a big bushy beard, big cowboy boots, has a big mouth, packs 2 six shooters, and you don't know what he might do. ''Shop at your own risk.''
glenn: I saw a sign in Meadow Vista that said "Enjoy the glen... the peace, the quiet". You should live up to that. :)
Glenn is finally on to something...the sign should read "All Firearms Permitted for Personal Protection".. problem solved and YS still allowed.