Comments on: Cecil County Exec Options Two Kennels, $400K each, for County Owned Animal Shelters; Council Balks at Boosts for Buddies Extended Animal Control Contract

By: Ernest Little

Ernest Little — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:21:15 +0000

Whats up with this secret closed door meeting w/council? Where are all of these animals coming from? How about doing a little enforcement of our laws and make the individuals who are creating this animal control problem responsible and prosecute them. The cost of this problem should not be borne by the taxpayers of Cecil County, it should be borne by the individuals creating the problem. Anyone who acquires a pet should take care of it. If you are not prepared to take care of a pet, do not get one. DO NOT PLACE THE BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS.

By: John Moran

John Moran — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:39:42 +0000

It is unbelievable that we have only concerns over animals and methadone clinics in this county. We have police that need more training and equipment, schools that need more supplies, sports fields that need turf so our kids can compete with other counties, roads that need major repair, and so much more. It seems the county executive has an agenda that doesn’t even recognize anything other than stray animals and drug addicts.

Has it occurred to anyone that if the county focused on improving the vacant homes in the county and improving education, improving job availability you will have less need for methadone clinics. Lack of education, lack of jobs, vacant homes, low incomes all this is starting to feel like Cecil is getting worse not better.

There are many animal lovers in this county but there are also many taxpaying animal lovers that have heard enough; an investigation should be in place to follow all the spending on “buddies for life”. How about creating jobs, pay attention to all the foreclosures still happening, pay attention to the needs of Fire and Police, pay attention to Education, and move the county into a better place to live.

By: Jonathan H

Jonathan H — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:06:32 +0000

The cost of animal control is way too big as it is and now she wants to increase that cost by purchasing not one but possibly two kennels. County Executive Tari Moore has had 3 years plus to resolve this animal control issue and she is still screwing around with it. She and her staff need to be cut off at the pass. No escalated expenses of any kind for this county as a whole but especially for animal control.

We can’t provide adequate policing of the county with trained police officers/deputies but we are going to invest more money in an area to maybe hire more county employees to do a job that could be done, obviously cheaper, by the private sector?

The real secret agenda here is giving county jobs to the Buddies people, at an even higher cost. I thought the Republicans were all for smaller government. Guess that is not the agenda of some politicians in Elkton. County Council, do your job and stop this lunacy.