WORKING DOG
WONDERS October edition 1999
NEW CONTROVERSY TO COMPLICATE COMING ELECTION
. Our Local 559 of Tulare-Kings County ,
California, reports that requests are coming in from various small
breed canines asking admittance to the union on the basis
that being a watch dog, even in a small apartment or mobile home park,
should qualify them as working dogs. This would seem to the finance
committees a very sound notion, as many of these little fellows are well
heeled and could always keep their dues paid up, However, there is
a flea in the mange salve, so to speak, as the ulterior motive for these
petitions is to embroil the union in a concerted protest against managements
that tend to evict for noisy night-time barking. In fact one of these
requests enclosed a management bulletin with the following
words "PLEASE do not let your dog bark and bother your neighbors....."
So it would seem that the union must decide
whether or not to rake in extra revenue at the risk of battling property
owners. This could even develop into a duel between freedom-of-bark
canines and freedom-to-sleep humanoids. Well, well, let's see what
develops.
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PLANS PROCEED
FOR HIDEBOUND RALLY IN CEDAR RAPIDS:
A date of October 8 has been set for the festive rally sponsored by the
Hairy Hidebound campaign for president of the union. Most hyped feature
will be the Pretty Puppy Parade, a sort of juvenile beauty contest in which
all entrants will get to pose for pictures with Hairy and all will
receive prizes. Major pet food companies will supply goodies and
Hairy will address potential voters.
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