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Sunday, June 22, 2003 Dateline: Anchorage, 6/2003    There was a big hubbub recently in Anchorage over dogs off leash. Even in The Last Frontier we have to deal with crap like this. Seems the volume of complaints had risen abruptly, so city managers said to expect beefed up enforcement. They contract animal control out to a private firm, which Master says has a staff of about three people. One of them is the guy who tootles around town in a little white truck putting the fear of god (that's dog backwards) into my homeless friends. The warning appeared in the Anchorage Daily News. Well, talk about complaints. Master and gobs of other people sent a massive number of missives to the new mayor's city-in-transition suggestion box. Evidently this got their attention because yesterday in the newspaper Master read that they're suspending increased enforcement, basically because the city is broke, so they said, but they also mentioned they were shocked at how much e-mail this generated from outraged uprights. It was rumored that the consensus of those writing in favored putting teenagers on leashes first. So, I'm happy, and the rest of my friends and their Masters too, as we relax back into our former behavior, enjoying an hour or so of anarchic lawlessness at the de-facto dog park at University Lake. 5:10:03 PM    Comments disabled © Copyright 2008 Rufus. Nonsense, distribute widely and freely! Last update: 7/26/2008; 10:18:11 AM.			Readers Amused       Home About Me Airedale Philosophy How this all got started       FAQ What's an Upright? Upright: noun : a by and large bipedal companion, also referred to as a human being. What's a Cheechako? Cheechako: noun : a person new to Alaska who has come with the intention to live here. Who's Master? Master: pronoun : just the finest upright on the face of the earth, that's who! To read him is to love him. What's Dogdom? Dogdom: noun : Life's venue from a dog's point of view. What's a Sourdough? Sourdough: noun : A long time Alaskan who has an automatic suspicion of cheechakos. What does Outside mean? Outside: noun : A provincial reference to somplace other than Alaska; usually the lower 48. What's Breakup? Breakup: noun : A uniquely Alaskan season between winter and spring when the snow and ice begins to melt for good. Where is SquareBanks? SquareBanks: slang : A self-evident euphemism for a place widely known as Fairbanks, AK. Where can I read the Houston Trip? Houston Trip: vignette : Here What digital camera do you use? Camera: hardware : Canon Powershot A80 (4.0 MP) Who's Mom? Mom: Hottie : Have A Look What's a Squeakamunka? Squeakamunka: noun : your ordinary gray squirrel which can be seen everywhere in our Cleveland neighborhood! « Alaska Blogs »  Stories Fiction Boy Wonder Bat Girl Objects in Mirror Are Larger Than They Appear Used To Be Fish Skin Deep Essay Life Is Good Desert Nostalgia A Voice of Reason Fictional Four Realms of Darkness Poetry Lucky Chain  The Cycling Pages 1999 Canadian Tour 2000 Tour of Alaska "Yooper" : 2001 Tour of WI/Michigan UP 2001 Spine of Italy Tour 2002 Tour of New England 2004 Tour of New Zealand (coming soon!) 2005 Tour Of Nova Scotia Conways Game of Life (needs java plugin) Sometimes Interesting Billy Greg (Hiatus) Virginia Postrel Wendy McElroy Samizdata Atlantic Monthly Reason No Treason Slashdot Derke Lowe Heather Champ (Photo blog) T.C. Boyle Liquid Generation Improved Clinch Exquisite Corpse, A. Codrescu Fred On Everything Assymetrical Information The Daily Ablution (Hibernation) Lileks Frank Kelly (Hiatus) Up In Alaska