[vannrox]

Welcome to Massachusetts. Coming to a town near YOU!

[EggsAckley]

These homeowners associations and housing authority people are Nazis. There are times they do things that I think may even be unconstitutional. My ex-neighbor was told she couldn't put up her flag on 9-11. Thankfully, that has now been fixed by a new law allowing the flag, but the problem still exists.

[Budge]

And welcome to Amerika.

[jimtorr]

"""Three years ago, Ed and Sandy Muzarol received the authority's permission to adopt a German shepherd.

But two months ago, they were notified that they would have to get rid of Sheena or face eviction.

On the day before they took the dog to the pound, their 4-year-old daughter packed her bag and asked, ``Are you going to get rid of me too?''""

They had permission, but now it has been revoked. Nice. If I were running that agency, I wouldn't respond to qestions, either.

Got to love the daughter, though. She's a natural born freeper.

[SMW]

If they own it, its a private property issue and probably unconstitutional; If they rent it they are at the mercy of the landlord.

[HairOfTheDog]

"Honey - they said the cat can't weigh more than ten pounds!"

[TheDon]

...state-subsidized family units...

If you accept the gov'ts money, you accept their rules. I think this is a case where they should have grandfathered in the existing pets, rather than take the cruel steps they are taking.

[Jonathon Spectre]

Living in state-provided housing means you jump when the man says jump. Even if it's stupid.

People who join homeowners' associations are born socialists who can't get enough government in their lives. "Please, tell me what kind of fence I can and can't have! And what I can and can't paint my house! Take the burden of decision off my wretched shoulders, oh God-kings, that I might not make a wrong choice!"

Blech.

[Bowana]

Sorry, but if you are on the public dole for housing then you shouldn't be spending money on any pets!

They should be saving their money to get OFF PUBLIC HOUSING and OUT OF MY POCKET!

I worked for a cable company for a while and we were upgrading the system for Digital phone, Digital TV, and broadband. There were special filters for digital TV, and I couldn't believe how many were in these Public Housing buildings!

They need public support to pay their rent, but they can have cable, digital TV, and high speed internet?

[Great Dane]

Stop the world I wanna get off...... this is absolute insanity.

[adversarial]

cats and dogs must weigh no more than 10 and 20 pounds, respectively.

The MSPCA understands the reason for the policy change: a series of high-profile attacks across the nation that have resulted in serious injuries, and opened owners and landlords up to potential lawsuits.

Everyone knows how dangerous those Fat Cats can be

[blackbart1]

Three years ago, Ed and Sandy Muzarol received the authority's permission to adopt a German shepherd.

How can they recind permission once it has been given? This is a stoopid law/rule but if it can't be taken off the books the least that could be done is to grandfather it in.

I'd like to see someone/thing get me to give up my Bart, standard poodle, 62 pounds or make me leave my home because of him. He is just like our child. The kids are grown but he is now our baby of 5 years.

[supercat]

Why the 10lb weight limit for cats? While some cats are naturally very small and light, most mature cats weigh more than that (not necessarily much more, but even a 15lb cat is hardly uncommon).

Larger cats do not from my experience tend to be more agressive--at least with people--than smaller cats. If anything, the reverse is true. A friend of mine has a cat he says is about 35lbs; I don't know if I'd go that far, but could certainly believe 25. That cat is very tolerant and gentle, probably because he knows that he doesn't have to worry about too much. [BTW, I don't think he's overweight--he's just big. Not quite as big as the hoax photo above, but he's a well-proportioned big kitty who is about half again as large in each dimension as a 12lb cat I used to have].

[henderson field]

We don't have to worry about the communists in China. They're here.