Boks claimed LAAS was the number one pet adoption agency in the country, and Villaraigosa repeated and affirmed his claim at a press conference.
A couple of days later, Marcia Mayeda put out a press release that said the Mayor was wrong and that LA County was the number one adoption agency.
Ed shot back in his blog that LAAS had done their homework and that County gave him four different sets of adoption numbers, and in each, the adoption numbers increased. Then, he said, they received a fourth set from the County after Villaraigosa announced the City was number one. He said in that last set, 6,000 additional animals "mysteriously" appeared, which he dismissed as a lie. Actually, he "quickly dismissed them."
Brad Jensen and I were both interested in those emails and numbers and made identical requests for public records to Boks and Mayeda:
Information Requested:
Copies of any and all correspondence between LA City and LA County regarding this issue, including the four sets of increasing adoption numbers provided by County. Date and time should be provided for each correspondence item provided.
MAYEDA’s RESPONSE:
Dear Mr. Muzika:
This email is in response to your public records request of
There was no correspondence between LA City and LA County regarding this issue. Therefore, we have no records responsive to this request.
Sincerely,
Marcia Mayeda, CAWA
Director Animal Services,
Before Boks changes his blog, here is what he wrote:
ReplyDelete"Orlov goes on to cite a "snit" with LA county animal control as a further demonstration of "discontent". The "snit" was the result of LA County animal control providing the City four sets of ever increasing adoption numbers while we conducted our due diligence. Their latest number mysteriously claimed an increase in their adoption numbers by over 6,000. This number was not released until the day after the City’s announcement that LA Animal Services is the number one pet adoption agency in the nation. Lacking any credible documentation to substantiate the County's claim, it was quickly dismissed."
Boks is just making enemies right and left. He attacks rescue partner Actors and Others for Animals, he attacks Daily News writer Dana Bartholemew, he attacks journalist Annette Stark calling her "stark raving mad," he attacks his commissioners, he attacks his employees, he attacks the union, he attacks the activists... The only people he hasn't attacked are current ass kissers.
regarding the last post...
ReplyDeleteThere are two who have their heads so far up Boks ass, that I can not believe they can still breathe.
Just smile..everything is fine, we're handling it , looking into it, etc... The employees are ready to revolt due to the conditions of the animals. THIS IS NOT A JOKE.