"Concord proposal could result in cats on leashes" April 25, 2012|By Billy Baker
CONCORD
- It is a town closely associated with history, with the environment,
and with civil liberties. And Wednesday, as part of its annual town
meeting, the citizens of Concord will vote on two proposals that touch
on many of those ideals and would, if passed, make history.
One is
an environmental measure to ban the sale of water in plastic bottles -
the first such action by a municipality in this country - that some hope
will be the symbolic start to a global movement.
The other is
about cats. On leashes. And the story behind it involves dead songbirds,
“terrorist cats,’’ property rights, and the nagging question: What
would Thoreau do?
I know what I'm going to do: stop reading this piece right now
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Related: Cats in Concord: If you like it, put a bell on it
So who is going to hang it on 'em, Globe?
Crackdown on roaming cats defeated
Also see: Cat's Paw
Did you know that Al-CIA-Duh hates cats?
