Biting Dogs: In recent articles, Robert A reported that three women came to speak at a recent County Commissioner’s Meeting to inform the Commissioners of vicious, mean, aggressive, BIG and biting dogs running loose on and around the 800 Block of Kings Road. Numerous calls had gone out to the Shelby PD as well as the County Animal Control. Each of the women reported that of all the calls that had been made to the SPD and to the Animal Control They all had done nothing! Several of the women had actually been bitten and were worried that Animal Control had not isolated and quarantined the dogs or properly checked to determine whether or not the dogs had been properly vaccinated. One woman stated that she only had a few days before she would be required to take a series of Rabies treatments that were very painful and cost $40,000. The commissioners said they would look into it.
At the very next Commissioner’s Meeting the draft minutes of the previous meeting were on the agenda for approval. And were approved 5-0. Those approved draft minutes included a statement that the Commissioners were handling the biting dog situation, but included nothing else about just what did this “Handling” include.
Since Rabies is a deadly and 100% fatal disease and nothing had been done by the County Commissioners that was reported, Robert A signed up to speak at that next commissioners and asked about this biting dog situation. Robert A also asked the commissioners if them just saying in the minutes of the original meeting that the “situation was handled;” “Was that just another way of saying that nothing was done.” The Commissioners refused to answer to anything.
Now it is April 30, 2023 and a source reports to Robert A that the Shelby Main Post Office has sent notification to all persons living on and near that 800 block of Kings Road in Shelby stating that “due to the biting dogs in that area (that had apparently also bitten Mail Delivery personnel) Home Mail Delivery had been suspended indefinitely and all those residents that lived in that area would have to come to the Shelby Main Post Office for their mail.
So, now it is totally apparent that the Cleveland County Commissioners also had indeed NOT done anything effective to protect citizens from that deadly disease called Rabies that is spread by animal bites. And, which is the major reason Cleveland County Animal Control exists in the first place. And also, the reason Animal Control is under the Cleveland County Health Department.
Other sources indicate that problems at the CC Animal Control, an alleged “pet” department of Commissioner Deb Hardin, has been initiated by the other Commissioners because Commissioner Hardin voted NO on this year’s budget because the Commissioners continue to give Eddie Holbrook’s ALWS Baseball, Inc. so much funding ($Million$) and other groups get so little funding. From all indications, Robert A is totally convinced that this allegation is 100% likely to be true. And NOW the Commissioners have created for themselves a dangerous and deadly health concern for all of Cleveland County residents and for themselves too, at the next election in 2024.
Editor’s Note: IF Robert A files, runs and wins election to the County Commissioner’s Board in the 2024 Elections, he would immediately vote to do what was necessary to protect the health and safety of the Citizens and Residents of Cleveland County. Such game playing as this has NO part of any government agency anywhere. And vicious, aggressive and biting dogs running loose has no place anywhere in Cleveland County. Inside Shelby City Limits included or elsewhere. Shame. Shame, Shame on all you Cleveland County Commissioners who would sacrifice the lives of Cleveland County Citizens because YOU want to retaliate against fellow Commissioner Deb Hardin.
Editor’s Note II: There are a bunch of other items that will be included in this series. The Cleveland County Commissioners, often including the CCS School Board are refusing to share the truth with the citizens and taxpayers of Cleveland County. As all the years of publishing the doings of the Commissioners, the School Board as well as CCC and others; everybody should know by now that Robert A’s FIRST ORDER of doing business is to inform the public and ask for their comments and inputs. That duty will never change!!!