Twit in the morning
Twit in the evening
Twit all night long
I love to twit as it rhymes with teat of which I have 2
I twit about my period...I know all mt twit friends like to hear that.
I twit about issues that don't involve me.
I twit about the Middle East
I twit about how much I hate Nova Scotia.
I twit about my lovely shack.
I re-twit about shit I have no idea whats its about.
I twit about the legal system in HRM...I think everyone in HRM is a twit.
I twit about a fence.
I twit about lawyers...they all twits to.
I twit about the media and their lack of twits...or is it teats?
I twit about the SPCA....lots of teats there...oops twits.
I twit about twitters,some give me the shivers...
I twit that I want to be left alone.....but keep twittering.
Now I seriously am looking for a group like AA,but is for twits,...Ya TA....(hello my name is; Shit For Brains), I am a Twit. I need help,I can't stop being a twit,I twitted my dog away,my shack away,my money away,but still have my wits and teats.....I need help,before I lose my wits and teats,help me to stop being a twit.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Demo anyone??
Well it seems Fran is awaiting a demolition order. How long did she think she could go on without attempting to fix that shack up? She was told to do so the first time they kicked her sorry ass out of the house.
They then had to kick her sorry ass out 2 more times and I do believe she was told to fix the shack. I don't frigging care if she has a building permit or not, there is a limit as to how long you can take to even make an attempt. When she goes before them on Thursday can she even show them that she has a contractor lined up to do the work? It is not like she hasn't had time to do it. I highly doubt she could find a contractor in N.S. to work for her.
And all the complaints on Twitter, pleaseeeee, give me a break. So full of lies. Of course you were given notice. I have seen the notices.
What in hell has she done with all the money she raised on PayPal, not to mention what she got from doing 'favors' for some of her male friends. She certainly never gave it to her lawyer!
Slow learner, I guess. Hope this will be goodbye Frannie.
They then had to kick her sorry ass out 2 more times and I do believe she was told to fix the shack. I don't frigging care if she has a building permit or not, there is a limit as to how long you can take to even make an attempt. When she goes before them on Thursday can she even show them that she has a contractor lined up to do the work? It is not like she hasn't had time to do it. I highly doubt she could find a contractor in N.S. to work for her.
And all the complaints on Twitter, pleaseeeee, give me a break. So full of lies. Of course you were given notice. I have seen the notices.
What in hell has she done with all the money she raised on PayPal, not to mention what she got from doing 'favors' for some of her male friends. She certainly never gave it to her lawyer!
Slow learner, I guess. Hope this will be goodbye Frannie.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
SFB Seems to know it all.
Well I see that SFB got herself in more hot water,guess someone seen her sneeking in and out of her shack to have a shower or to use the shitter,I wonder what part of evicted she doesn't understand?
Well in case one is wondering who SFB,(SHIT FOR BRAINS) is; well its the most hated woman in Canada....yep you got it Fran.
Now it appears that she is an expert on Canadian politics,and refers to the latest winners of the election as the tea party,who in fuck does she think she is? She is a guest of this country,citizan of the USA; what business is it of hers who is in power in Canada.But of course she is an expert or so she thinks, on politics in the middle east,Africa,and I assume the Moon.Did I mention that she even is pissed that USA troops shot the lad that master mined the attack on her homeland on 9/11,I guess she would of liked it if this killer was given a metal,like I said SFB.
Now there is the case of her dog which she claims to love so much,however just uses to attract media attention to herself. After being found guilty of 3 charges of HRM bylaws,in a CANADIAN court of law and got her dog back,....(which was not good for the dog)as was proven in just 2 months.....Yep her dog attacked again injuring another dog on a lead,this time there are pictures,and several witness. The result her dog she claims to have loved so much in sure to be put down because she couldn't live by a few simple rules or should I say Canadian laws.
SFB claims to be almost a PHD,yep almost,and a former Prof,of some small 2 bit university in the USA and Germany,however she couldn't build a button for a shit house door.I can say that as she couldn't keep her dog in her house or under control.
Back to the shack.... I see she now doesn't have a key to enter her shack,and is bitching about her tools being locked up inside including her ladder,which she was using to enter the dump. SFB was warned that she was being watched,hell it was even in the media that if anyone seen her inside to call HRM....well WE did call,in fact over a dozen calls were made,reporting her, its our civic duty to report people who break the law in Canada.However SFB doesn't seem to get it or is it that she thinks about herself as being above the law in her guest country. Now her shack is boarded up,fence around it, locked so legally she has no access; dog in jail,soon to be put down. Yet its everyones fault but hers.
People who abuse the system piss me off and SFB is a classic example,and I think its high time that she moved on .....or just moved ...period.
Well in case one is wondering who SFB,(SHIT FOR BRAINS) is; well its the most hated woman in Canada....yep you got it Fran.
Now it appears that she is an expert on Canadian politics,and refers to the latest winners of the election as the tea party,who in fuck does she think she is? She is a guest of this country,citizan of the USA; what business is it of hers who is in power in Canada.But of course she is an expert or so she thinks, on politics in the middle east,Africa,and I assume the Moon.Did I mention that she even is pissed that USA troops shot the lad that master mined the attack on her homeland on 9/11,I guess she would of liked it if this killer was given a metal,like I said SFB.
Now there is the case of her dog which she claims to love so much,however just uses to attract media attention to herself. After being found guilty of 3 charges of HRM bylaws,in a CANADIAN court of law and got her dog back,....(which was not good for the dog)as was proven in just 2 months.....Yep her dog attacked again injuring another dog on a lead,this time there are pictures,and several witness. The result her dog she claims to have loved so much in sure to be put down because she couldn't live by a few simple rules or should I say Canadian laws.
SFB claims to be almost a PHD,yep almost,and a former Prof,of some small 2 bit university in the USA and Germany,however she couldn't build a button for a shit house door.I can say that as she couldn't keep her dog in her house or under control.
Back to the shack.... I see she now doesn't have a key to enter her shack,and is bitching about her tools being locked up inside including her ladder,which she was using to enter the dump. SFB was warned that she was being watched,hell it was even in the media that if anyone seen her inside to call HRM....well WE did call,in fact over a dozen calls were made,reporting her, its our civic duty to report people who break the law in Canada.However SFB doesn't seem to get it or is it that she thinks about herself as being above the law in her guest country. Now her shack is boarded up,fence around it, locked so legally she has no access; dog in jail,soon to be put down. Yet its everyones fault but hers.
People who abuse the system piss me off and SFB is a classic example,and I think its high time that she moved on .....or just moved ...period.
Monday, April 25, 2011
THE MOSTED HATED WOMAN IN N.S.CANADA, Now the WORLD.
Well ,Miss Frannie,and we all know who I mean,has pissed off most of the people in HRM,than in Nova Scotia,now it appears that since she started twittering,it looks as if she is beginning to piss off some people in the middle east. If she had a clue,which she doesn't she would be on the hunt for a contractor to rebuild her shack,though I doubt it can be saved at this point.
Than there is the matter of Brindi,which it looks as she has forgotten,and written off disgraceful.
Oh then lets not forget the matter of her owing a lawyer 20,000$ which was resolved by a court order,so now she has a judgement against her and her shack.However even with the judgement the lawyer still will lose as the shack and property is worth about 10,000$ at the most.
Now this "LADY" has provincial nomination to become a per. resident of NS. well,as A tax payer of NS and a citizen of Canada,I will do all in my power to see her sorry ass dragged across the Canadian,US border,the last thing we need in Canada is a piece of trash like Fran Rogier living here.
Yours truly
WK CROFT.
Than there is the matter of Brindi,which it looks as she has forgotten,and written off disgraceful.
Oh then lets not forget the matter of her owing a lawyer 20,000$ which was resolved by a court order,so now she has a judgement against her and her shack.However even with the judgement the lawyer still will lose as the shack and property is worth about 10,000$ at the most.
Now this "LADY" has provincial nomination to become a per. resident of NS. well,as A tax payer of NS and a citizen of Canada,I will do all in my power to see her sorry ass dragged across the Canadian,US border,the last thing we need in Canada is a piece of trash like Fran Rogier living here.
Yours truly
WK CROFT.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Info from Fran's FB group.
Well as most of you had time to read the tapes,thought I should post this info from Fran's Facebook page,more reason that things just don't add up,than at the end note ...DRUM ROLL....pappal...to funny.
Category:
Common Interest - Pets & Animals
Description:
PLEASE READ!!!
BRINDI MUST NOT DIE AND MUST NOT BE LOCKED UP ANY LONGER ON DEATH ROW!
The city of Halifax has taken extreme retaliative action against Francesca for her success in saving her dog. After locking her up for two years illegally, it seized Brindi again on Sept. 27. This followed a minor incident in her driveway with neighbors related to those who first reported her - and also happen to work for the city. They were determined to see Brindi killed. Yet they both admit to kicking her repeatedly (both at once!) and Brindi did not try to retaliate in any way.
How can you kill a dog who will not attack when it is being harmed by strangers??
The incident was clearly an accident, but the city has a vendetta. Having lost twice to Francesca, it is now hoping to convince a court that she did not obey court conditions. They even used illegally obtained recordings to obtain the seizure warrant. And when Francesca tried to get an injunction for Brindi's release, they did all they could to obstruct it. They had her immigration status investigated, and sent building officials after her, who issued contradictory orders to secure her home - a home renovation postponed because of Brindi's prior ordeal. Then, they evicted her anyway, falsely claiming it was unsafe, and denying her the right to appeal the eviction.
Brindi has never bitten a human; she has caused very little harm to other dogs (minor cuts on 2 occasions). Yet she is being treated very unfairly, and so is her owner, Francesca Rogier. Francesca emigrated to Nova Scotia in 2006 with a simple dream of fixing up an old house and keeping a dog and two cats as family. She was ripped off by a fraudulent contractor who went bankrupt and left her home high and dry. She battled for two years to save her dog.
Her success was short-lived, tragically, as unkind neighbors directly related to the same family who first reported Brindi for a harmless scuffle. They eagerly cooperated with the animal control manager who signed the death order in 2008 after setting her up with an unfairly imposed muzzle order.
Francesca is in dire straits now, because after she met the demands of building officials, doing exactly as an engineer required, they evicted her anyway. She was given minutes to pack some belongings and forced to leave her cat behind. She returned the next night to find that Amelia was trapped in the house and the water heater was broken. It was fully functioning the day before and HRM employees admit suspiciously that they "saw" it was detached from the pipe. As she used the hot water minutes before leaving, this can only mean they did the deed. Hurricanes and winds did not do this in two years!!
HRM has lied in public about her heat and water lacking, and about her house being unsafe. Yet they are unable to lie to her about it as a reason for eviction. Instead, they are autocratically demanding she complete all construction before she can move back in. This is unheard of anywhere in North America! As is the attempt to kill a dog that has never killed or seriously harmed an animal, let alone ONCE bit or threatened a human!!!
HRM (Halifax) have tied her hands so she cannot save herself or her dog: having forced her to spend thousands on the added work in October, they evicted her without notice in November. They also chased off reputable contractors by lying to the press, and are now demanding she submit to their control. She must submit a work schedule that she cannot possibly guarantee with winter weather setting in. Their plan is to move to the next step of claiming she is not serious about finishing and will likely revoke her construction permit very soon. This is a house she loves dearly and planned her new life there with Brindi. She designed a beautiful new garage and basement as a foundation. She lost half of her budget to legal costs yet still wants to make it happen.
Francesca has a right to her dream just as she has a right to be with her dog. Brindi has a right to live in a loving home.
There is no reason on earth for such unacceptable and brutal treatment of a lone female immigrant who worked hard to become a professional and a teacher, and worked hard to train her dog well - Brindi did not bite these peop[le even when they kicked her in the head!!! The only "reason" is that these local civil servants have a chip on their shoulder and want to punish Francesca for standing up for her rights so that she could protect her dog.
They are accustomed to misusing the law to get what they want. That is how they took Brindi for two years and did it again, and that is how they evicted Francesca and are now making it impossible to finish the house, and that will be how they take the house away from her entirely.
THESE ARE UNETHICAL CIVIL SERVANTS with DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO ANIMAL SERVICES DIRECTORS
all from a small clique down at city hall, according to reliable information - people behind the scenes who get their way.
THIS GROUP IS HER ONLY LIFELINE RIGHT NOW!
Francesca is cut off from family and friends and has limited resources, nowhere to live, and a mountain of problems to tackle.
She is not allowed to see Brindi, yet again. And she has been taken to the cleaners one time too many by lawyers.
PLEASE HELP US CARVE OUT A NEW PATH TO FREEDOM FOR BRINDI AND FRANCESCA!!
WE NEED NEW IDEAS AND PEOPLE WILLING TO IMPLEMENT THEM!
CORRUPTION AND ABUSE MUST BE RESISTED WHEREVER THEY RAISE THEIR UGLY HEADS, ESPECIALLY WHERE INNOCENT LIFE AND LIBERTY IS CONCERNED!!
Francesca's liberty is at risk now as well, as she cannot leave the province for fear of Brindi being killed AND her house being taken by the city, who plan to revoke her permit, install some sort of foundation and THEN put a lien on it, until she pays an exorbitant price to get it back!
THEFT, HARASSMENT, PERSECUTION, AND VIOLENCE =- all for the sake of the petty pride of a few lowly municipal public servants!!
THE QUESTION REMAINS: IF WE CANNOT SAVE A DOG, WHAT GOOD ARE WE AS HUMAN BEINGS?
iF WE CANNOT SAVE A WOMAN WHO SAVED HER DOG, WHICH OF US IS NEXT??
DESCRIPTION
**************************************************
Our goal is to save the life of a rescue dog, a mutt named Brindi. We want to see her returned to her rightful owner and beloved human companion, Francesca Rogier.
Brindi has been locked up on death row for TWO YEARS. YET:
She never attacked or threatened a person.
She never killed or caused serious injury to a dog.
Her owner has been denied due process, even to this day.
She is a good-natured mutt, six years old, rescued from a shelter in 2007. A few run-ins with other dogs were reported, but apparently never serious enough to lead to charges. On July 24, 2008, a few days after a minor encounter, animal control officers armed with a warrant and a euthanization order seized Brindi from her home without notice. Since then she’s been on death row at a city pound. Because it is run by the SPCA, Francesca could not even gain their assistance.
Our pets mean the world to us, and vice versa. Their only legal protection is through our rights. But in Halifax, it seems even owners' rights are in peril, as there is no appeal process in place. This forced Francesca, Brindi's owner, to file a lawsuit to keep her alive; she then succeeded in quashing an unfair by-law, voiding the euthanization order. But Halifax kept Brindi locked up. In retaliation, it charged Francesca with three by-law violations in a bid to get a judge to issue a new euthanization order. These charges stem from a six-month old incident and were the first ever laid. The trial has been scheduled for October 13.
Meanwhile, the city's legal basis for holding Brindi is doubtful without a valid order in place. No new warrant was issued.
Brindi was evaluated as "not dangerous" and highly trainable. During eight weeks of obedience class, which she passed with ease, she had no issues with other dogs. Trainers say her errant behavior might relate to her early days on a reserve, where dogs run in packs and guard their territory. They say it can be corrected with training. This is exactly what Francesca wants. She is willing to meet other conditions as well, if only the city return her dog - alive!
Recently, Brindi needed biopsy surgery and may have cancer because the SPCA vet found a lump near her spine. Her teeth are in bad shape as well, and it is incomprehensible that the shelter won't give her her favorite "chew", raw beef bones, that her owner and friends bring her regularly.
Please donate if you can to help with the huge legal bills! And stay tuned for requests for letters and calls!!!
FOR MORE OF THE STORY:
See under Discussion Topics.
Keeping a dog in a pound indefinitely is detrimental to its health. Killing a dog that is not dangerous goes against the principle of protection of animal welfare. Yet the SPCA is participating in this abuse. It is willing to kill this dog, while earning money for it (no less than $414,000 a year, at present). Having kept silent for six months, ignoring her owner's pleas for help, last January the Nova Scotia SPCA began repeatedly asking the city to "re-home" Brindi. Not only is this something the city cannot legally do (without a judge's order); it would be a wrong and cruel thing to do to an owner who has sacrificed so much for the sake of her beloved pet - and it would be cruel to a dog that was neglected for years and has never known any other home.
Brindi has already spent half her life behind bars. She may lose her life altogether unless somebody does something to let Brindi go home where she belongs!!!
HALIFAX DOG OWNERS: SPEAK UP FOR FRANCESCA AND BRINDI! OTHERWISE, YOUR DOG COULD BE NEXT!!
The fact is, if the city “wins”, EVERYBODY loses: an innocent dog will die, and a very dangerous precedent is set.
*************************************************************************
*************************************************************************
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ON THIS URGENT PLIGHT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW: MEDIA COVERAGE IS ESSENTIAL!
BEFORE YOU JOIN: "Save Brindi" is a CALL TO ACTION GROUP!
We need you to send letters, make calls, gather signatures, help with
fundraisers, and participate in local events and demonstrations.
************************************************************************
• For more information, and the trainer’s assessment, see http://freebrindi.blogspot.com
• See letters of support at: http://supportbrindi.blogspot.com
• Sign the Free Brindi ipetition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/FREEBRINDI/
• Care2 Alert: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-brindi-this-dog-must-not-be-euthanized
• Write to public officials – see the discussion topics
• If you're able, you may donate to help pay for legal costs. Go to http://freebrindi.blogspot.com and click on the DONATE button. or click here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9595134
• Participate in an auction at: http://www.epier.com/auctions.asp?franya
• Buy a FREE BRINDI t-shirt at http://www.cafepress.com/freebrindi
Category:
Common Interest - Pets & Animals
Description:
PLEASE READ!!!
BRINDI MUST NOT DIE AND MUST NOT BE LOCKED UP ANY LONGER ON DEATH ROW!
The city of Halifax has taken extreme retaliative action against Francesca for her success in saving her dog. After locking her up for two years illegally, it seized Brindi again on Sept. 27. This followed a minor incident in her driveway with neighbors related to those who first reported her - and also happen to work for the city. They were determined to see Brindi killed. Yet they both admit to kicking her repeatedly (both at once!) and Brindi did not try to retaliate in any way.
How can you kill a dog who will not attack when it is being harmed by strangers??
The incident was clearly an accident, but the city has a vendetta. Having lost twice to Francesca, it is now hoping to convince a court that she did not obey court conditions. They even used illegally obtained recordings to obtain the seizure warrant. And when Francesca tried to get an injunction for Brindi's release, they did all they could to obstruct it. They had her immigration status investigated, and sent building officials after her, who issued contradictory orders to secure her home - a home renovation postponed because of Brindi's prior ordeal. Then, they evicted her anyway, falsely claiming it was unsafe, and denying her the right to appeal the eviction.
Brindi has never bitten a human; she has caused very little harm to other dogs (minor cuts on 2 occasions). Yet she is being treated very unfairly, and so is her owner, Francesca Rogier. Francesca emigrated to Nova Scotia in 2006 with a simple dream of fixing up an old house and keeping a dog and two cats as family. She was ripped off by a fraudulent contractor who went bankrupt and left her home high and dry. She battled for two years to save her dog.
Her success was short-lived, tragically, as unkind neighbors directly related to the same family who first reported Brindi for a harmless scuffle. They eagerly cooperated with the animal control manager who signed the death order in 2008 after setting her up with an unfairly imposed muzzle order.
Francesca is in dire straits now, because after she met the demands of building officials, doing exactly as an engineer required, they evicted her anyway. She was given minutes to pack some belongings and forced to leave her cat behind. She returned the next night to find that Amelia was trapped in the house and the water heater was broken. It was fully functioning the day before and HRM employees admit suspiciously that they "saw" it was detached from the pipe. As she used the hot water minutes before leaving, this can only mean they did the deed. Hurricanes and winds did not do this in two years!!
HRM has lied in public about her heat and water lacking, and about her house being unsafe. Yet they are unable to lie to her about it as a reason for eviction. Instead, they are autocratically demanding she complete all construction before she can move back in. This is unheard of anywhere in North America! As is the attempt to kill a dog that has never killed or seriously harmed an animal, let alone ONCE bit or threatened a human!!!
HRM (Halifax) have tied her hands so she cannot save herself or her dog: having forced her to spend thousands on the added work in October, they evicted her without notice in November. They also chased off reputable contractors by lying to the press, and are now demanding she submit to their control. She must submit a work schedule that she cannot possibly guarantee with winter weather setting in. Their plan is to move to the next step of claiming she is not serious about finishing and will likely revoke her construction permit very soon. This is a house she loves dearly and planned her new life there with Brindi. She designed a beautiful new garage and basement as a foundation. She lost half of her budget to legal costs yet still wants to make it happen.
Francesca has a right to her dream just as she has a right to be with her dog. Brindi has a right to live in a loving home.
There is no reason on earth for such unacceptable and brutal treatment of a lone female immigrant who worked hard to become a professional and a teacher, and worked hard to train her dog well - Brindi did not bite these peop[le even when they kicked her in the head!!! The only "reason" is that these local civil servants have a chip on their shoulder and want to punish Francesca for standing up for her rights so that she could protect her dog.
They are accustomed to misusing the law to get what they want. That is how they took Brindi for two years and did it again, and that is how they evicted Francesca and are now making it impossible to finish the house, and that will be how they take the house away from her entirely.
THESE ARE UNETHICAL CIVIL SERVANTS with DIRECT CONNECTIONS TO ANIMAL SERVICES DIRECTORS
all from a small clique down at city hall, according to reliable information - people behind the scenes who get their way.
THIS GROUP IS HER ONLY LIFELINE RIGHT NOW!
Francesca is cut off from family and friends and has limited resources, nowhere to live, and a mountain of problems to tackle.
She is not allowed to see Brindi, yet again. And she has been taken to the cleaners one time too many by lawyers.
PLEASE HELP US CARVE OUT A NEW PATH TO FREEDOM FOR BRINDI AND FRANCESCA!!
WE NEED NEW IDEAS AND PEOPLE WILLING TO IMPLEMENT THEM!
CORRUPTION AND ABUSE MUST BE RESISTED WHEREVER THEY RAISE THEIR UGLY HEADS, ESPECIALLY WHERE INNOCENT LIFE AND LIBERTY IS CONCERNED!!
Francesca's liberty is at risk now as well, as she cannot leave the province for fear of Brindi being killed AND her house being taken by the city, who plan to revoke her permit, install some sort of foundation and THEN put a lien on it, until she pays an exorbitant price to get it back!
THEFT, HARASSMENT, PERSECUTION, AND VIOLENCE =- all for the sake of the petty pride of a few lowly municipal public servants!!
THE QUESTION REMAINS: IF WE CANNOT SAVE A DOG, WHAT GOOD ARE WE AS HUMAN BEINGS?
iF WE CANNOT SAVE A WOMAN WHO SAVED HER DOG, WHICH OF US IS NEXT??
DESCRIPTION
**************************************************
Our goal is to save the life of a rescue dog, a mutt named Brindi. We want to see her returned to her rightful owner and beloved human companion, Francesca Rogier.
Brindi has been locked up on death row for TWO YEARS. YET:
She never attacked or threatened a person.
She never killed or caused serious injury to a dog.
Her owner has been denied due process, even to this day.
She is a good-natured mutt, six years old, rescued from a shelter in 2007. A few run-ins with other dogs were reported, but apparently never serious enough to lead to charges. On July 24, 2008, a few days after a minor encounter, animal control officers armed with a warrant and a euthanization order seized Brindi from her home without notice. Since then she’s been on death row at a city pound. Because it is run by the SPCA, Francesca could not even gain their assistance.
Our pets mean the world to us, and vice versa. Their only legal protection is through our rights. But in Halifax, it seems even owners' rights are in peril, as there is no appeal process in place. This forced Francesca, Brindi's owner, to file a lawsuit to keep her alive; she then succeeded in quashing an unfair by-law, voiding the euthanization order. But Halifax kept Brindi locked up. In retaliation, it charged Francesca with three by-law violations in a bid to get a judge to issue a new euthanization order. These charges stem from a six-month old incident and were the first ever laid. The trial has been scheduled for October 13.
Meanwhile, the city's legal basis for holding Brindi is doubtful without a valid order in place. No new warrant was issued.
Brindi was evaluated as "not dangerous" and highly trainable. During eight weeks of obedience class, which she passed with ease, she had no issues with other dogs. Trainers say her errant behavior might relate to her early days on a reserve, where dogs run in packs and guard their territory. They say it can be corrected with training. This is exactly what Francesca wants. She is willing to meet other conditions as well, if only the city return her dog - alive!
Recently, Brindi needed biopsy surgery and may have cancer because the SPCA vet found a lump near her spine. Her teeth are in bad shape as well, and it is incomprehensible that the shelter won't give her her favorite "chew", raw beef bones, that her owner and friends bring her regularly.
Please donate if you can to help with the huge legal bills! And stay tuned for requests for letters and calls!!!
FOR MORE OF THE STORY:
See under Discussion Topics.
Keeping a dog in a pound indefinitely is detrimental to its health. Killing a dog that is not dangerous goes against the principle of protection of animal welfare. Yet the SPCA is participating in this abuse. It is willing to kill this dog, while earning money for it (no less than $414,000 a year, at present). Having kept silent for six months, ignoring her owner's pleas for help, last January the Nova Scotia SPCA began repeatedly asking the city to "re-home" Brindi. Not only is this something the city cannot legally do (without a judge's order); it would be a wrong and cruel thing to do to an owner who has sacrificed so much for the sake of her beloved pet - and it would be cruel to a dog that was neglected for years and has never known any other home.
Brindi has already spent half her life behind bars. She may lose her life altogether unless somebody does something to let Brindi go home where she belongs!!!
HALIFAX DOG OWNERS: SPEAK UP FOR FRANCESCA AND BRINDI! OTHERWISE, YOUR DOG COULD BE NEXT!!
The fact is, if the city “wins”, EVERYBODY loses: an innocent dog will die, and a very dangerous precedent is set.
*************************************************************************
*************************************************************************
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ON THIS URGENT PLIGHT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW: MEDIA COVERAGE IS ESSENTIAL!
BEFORE YOU JOIN: "Save Brindi" is a CALL TO ACTION GROUP!
We need you to send letters, make calls, gather signatures, help with
fundraisers, and participate in local events and demonstrations.
************************************************************************
• For more information, and the trainer’s assessment, see http://freebrindi.blogspot.com
• See letters of support at: http://supportbrindi.blogspot.com
• Sign the Free Brindi ipetition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/FREEBRINDI/
• Care2 Alert: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-brindi-this-dog-must-not-be-euthanized
• Write to public officials – see the discussion topics
• If you're able, you may donate to help pay for legal costs. Go to http://freebrindi.blogspot.com and click on the DONATE button. or click here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9595134
• Participate in an auction at: http://www.epier.com/auctions.asp?franya
• Buy a FREE BRINDI t-shirt at http://www.cafepress.com/freebrindi
All Fran's twitter accounts ( that we know of)
http://twitter.com/#!/BrindisMom
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23Brindi
http://twitter.com/#!/franyafranya
http://twitter.com/#!/HumaneHalifax
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23Brindi
http://twitter.com/#!/franyafranya
http://twitter.com/#!/HumaneHalifax
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Fran checking in to see if she can get her ass out of this situation.
FRANCESCA / MICHELLE – 3RD CALL - AFTER MEDIA PUBLISHED STORY
September 16, 2010 zero hours 31 minutes 44 seconds
****************************************************************************************************
Michelle: HRM dispatch
Francesca: Michelle?
Michelle: yeah?
Francesca: is that Michelle Steen?
Michelle: it is.
Francesca: hi, it's Francesca.
Michelle: hi.
Francesca: do you know what happened?
Michelle: no why?
Francesca: if you go on the Herald... you won’t believe this, okay?. Those people reported me at eight, like you know actually it happened after nine, around 9:05 but they reported it to the RCMP.
Michelle: why did they do that?
Francesca: I don't know but they put in the report before I did.
Michelle: right.
Francesca: and it got into the paper. It's in the papers. They posted an article in the Herald at 5: 40 today.
Michelle: they must have found out who you were.
Francesca: and, well, here's the thing. When I went back to my house, you know I left -- -- inaudible [1:00] -- --, when a went back to my house, I don't know if I mentioned to you there was a squad car in front of my house and the guy got out and said to this cop that he had a rock in his windshield or something.
Michelle: yes
Francesca: and it was right then, it was like, and she had her lights on and she was parked right in front of my house and I thought she was coming for me.
Michelle: right
Francesca: now if I had spoken to her before I talk to you I would have told her the whole truth, right?
Michelle: yeah.
Francesca: so anyway I left there, I kind of like snuck off to the left to get back to the car where Brindi was... but I don't understand. See they're not following protocol.
Michelle: are they coming for Brindi?
Francesca: huh?
Michelle: are they coming for Brindi?
Francesca: I don't know.
Michelle: but there's no report in the system here at all.
Francesca: there's no report because these people called the RCMP and the RCMP went out. They answered the call. They didn't refer to animal control. And they decided to come right away. And there was no urgency. There is no like, and the article in the paper implies that the dog was all injured and everything. But it doesn't say, you know, it says they took it to the vet. It says it might have wounds and they might be doing photos. They say nothing about actual injuries.
Michelle: oh my God.
Francesca: and it's just the worst. It's the fucking worst. And I get a call... so here's the thing. I am talking to you, I talked to Susan Jordan, I talked to the trainer this morning and I didn't tell her I had already reported it. I told her I was thinking about it and the whole thing. I just didn't want her, you know, we were trying to work it out. Come on, Brindi. Get in the car. And you know and then I saw everything. And Susan's going just don't report it, just wait a day. If they haven't reported so far maybe they won't do it, they will think better of it, blah blah blah. And then...
Michelle: instead they went through the...
Francesca: they had already reported it and see your reasoning was great. I just wish I had run, I should have run right away and reported it.
Michelle: yes.
Francesca: I'm working on getting two friends of mine to get me the dates of the other times I've told about Brindi being attacked this summer because I know the locations and
Michelle: so you don't know what they're going to do now at all?
Francesca: I don't know anything. So I stayed at a friends house last night, and I didn't find out, here's the problem is this, I was at my house, back at my house today without Brindi and I went in and I spent like this call might run out actually because I'm on a paid cell but anyway, I'll try to make it quick, Anyway, I went back to my house and I left my house at quarter to four. I checked my voicemail and my landline area nothing. Okay? Nothing from the cops. Nothing from anybody. Nothing from you. Okay? So I leave and I left my cell phone in my car while I was walking Brindi for an hour or so and I get back and it's like five o'clock and I see a couple messages but I don't see that it's Hendsbee. Hendsbee called me. I just got the message off my phone now. Called me at five o'clock saying he's getting calls from the media. At five o'clock. Okay, the RCMP never phoned my house.
Michelle: no.
Francesca: animal control never called my house. But they called the media.
Michelle: animal control did?
Francesca: somebody did because Andrea MacDonald was quoted in this article. It's on Herald.ca right now.
Michelle: yeah I see that now. I just put it on.
Francesca: all right you read it and figure out what the hell is going on here. It's very strange.
Michelle: Constable who ? Bracken spokeswoman for the Mounties would not say that the dog alleged to have attacked the other is Brindi but sources said it was indeed the well-known animal. Brindi was released to Rogier in mid-July after a lengthy and expensive fight with the Halifax region in two separate courts. The municipality had wanted Brindi, seized in... okay... Brindi was also to be muzzled...
Francesca: they had wanted Brindi seized. This is one of their worst writers, by the way. And here's the thing like so like him between four o'clock or something and 5:40, they published this article online. They actually published it. They called Hendsbee at five and it's online at five and I didn't find out until after nine.
Michelle: it says it wasn't clear what happened between the two dogs, but it's believed the alleged attack occurred after Brindi left a vehicle driven into Rogier's driveway. The beagle was being taken for a walk at the time by the complainants.
Francesca: they don't name them but they put my home address.
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: okay? They say...
Michelle: we were called regarding an animal complaint.
Michelle: "we were called regarding an animal complaint." But there's nothing in our system. I looked as soon as I got to work and there's nothing. Of course that doesn't mean that it couldn't be in their system.
Francesca: because the RCMP is doing it. That's the thing. Somehow something's going on.
Michelle: "we were called regarding an animal complaint. RCMP officers did do an investigation; as a result the file has been turned over to animal services. Andrea McDonald a manager with Animal Services for HRM confirmed a probe is underwaybut also would not release the identities of those involved. We are in the initial stages of an investigation..."
Francesca: it's going to be in the papers tomorrow when people, you know, when they get up, they're going to see this in the paper.
Michelle: yes but you did say that Animal Aervices had previously been to one of the E. Chezzetcook Rd. addresses before.
Francesca: and that doesn't make any, I don't know what that means. And it was in front of my house and they're saying, I don't think there is 722...
Michelle: "sources said Wednesday that neither dog appeared to be badly hurt in the scuffle. The beagle was taken to veterinary Wednesday, to the veterinarian Wednesday." Oh, it's on here. The sources, they have it, the sources also said Rogier contacted Animal Services at about 1:00 AM to file a complaint against the beagle.
Francesca: yeah. So they went into your records.
Michelle: yes they did.
Francesca: how did they get that?
Michelle: well as soon as you file a complaint it goes to Animal Services for them to investigate it anyway right?
Francesca: yeah but how did they get that and it's not showing up on your record about the other one and, you know. How is that working?
Michelle: that I don't know.
Francesca: you know, and... and... like why would the RCMP be investigating...
Michelle: "McDonald said a bylaw officer was collecting evidence and interviewing the parties involved and possibly obtaining photos." What bylaw?
Francesca: by law officers are cops. They're not animal control officers. By law officers are cops who enforce the bylaws and Bill Moore is one of them. And that, and then there are bylaw officers who are not cops and don't work for animal control. Doesn't make sense unless they are talking about animal control officers. They're separate from the other bylaw officers. But none of this follows the routine. The RCMP, if they got a call, like a 911 call or something, I don't know why she called 911 but if they called they should have directed her to you. Right?
Michelle: yeah
Francesca: they should have said that's not our job. You call 490-4000 and they will dispatch somebody or whatever. They'll take the report. They didn't do that. They sent out a car. They sent out a squad car immediately to my house.
Michelle: they are even quoting you. On an August 12th Facebook posting on Save Brindi from the city of Halifax, Rogier said Brindi had been attacked by seven other, attacked by other dogs at least seven times. No injuries, maybe soreness, but she's starting to get really freaked out, Rogier wrote. I want her to be able to get along with dogs like she used to but they see the muzzle and it makes them get aggressive.
Francesca: good that's good they quoted that.
Michelle: they did.
Francesca: good. That's why I wanted you to put in the report that I had had those other attacks. Remember that and use it to keep it simple. Is there anyway... now here's the thing, I'm wondering if I should send out a press release. I'm not in HRM right now.
Michelle: I don't blame you and I wouldn't be.
Francesca: and Bob Riley, I can't trust him because he starts drinking. Last night he started drinking and he was driving me crazy. But tonight he was even worse and he was getting out of hand. And I'm telling my friends that, I'm telling like, I'm trying to restrict the number of people who really know what happened, and I'm telling them the muzzle was on, the muzzle was on and... they didn't, did they say anything about the muzzle on there?
Michelle: I'm trying to read it. Let me look at the beginning again. It doesn't say whether the muzzle is on or not.
Francesca: good, good good. But I, you know,
Michelle: it just says that Brindi the dog might be in trouble again. But it doesn't say whether the muzzle was on or off it doesn't say any details.
Francesca: why do they spin the headline like that? Nobody reads to the end of a newspaper article. Very few people read to the end...
Michelle: but they say in the beginning like all my gosh she attacked again, oh my gosh.
Francesca: when you read it all the way through, it sounds like it's possible Brindi was attacked.
Michelle: yes.
Francesca: and they don't say that it was in front of my house...
Michelle: no because it says it right here that you called at 1:00 AM to file a complaint about the other dog.
Francesca: but it doesn't say it was in front of my house or anything and it's... very strange. So like yeah they went to, in fact I don't even know if I posted that on a group thing or on my wall. And only my friends my Facebook friends can see my wall.
Michelle: it says on an August 12th Facebook on save Brindi from the City of Halifax...
Francesca: okay, all right. And I get a call from Hendsbee like tell me what's going on and I'm... but none of the media called me because they have my cell number.
Michelle: it says a call to Rogier was not immediately returned Wednesday.
Francesca: well they must've called after 3:30 or after quarter of four, I'm telling you like I was there for an hour today, checked all the messages. I didn't get a call and that article was being written then. Because they were calling, you know, they were calling Hendsbee and doing all this stuff and like what the hell. What the hell?
Michelle: people. I don't trust those people really at all because why did they report to the media right away.
Francesca: yeah like who would have leaked it to the media? The RCMP?
Michelle: no because they're not allowed to.
Francesca: but they did. And if they didn't do it then it was Andrea McDonald?
Michelle: someone did.
Francesca: you know I don't think it was the people that reported it. Oh shit, I'm going to get stuck here.
Francesca: it's a good thing that I have all-wheel drive on this car that I just bought. Hold on. Actually I have to make a U-turn. I left Brindi, I was like worried all the time, and I really can't talk too long now but if you just check out, you know, I don't even know what you can do. Bob's sitting there going just wait and call Michelle. I said Michelle can't do anything about this. Don't you get it? They went around this. They circumvented the whole system.
Michelle: I know.
Francesca: and I wonder if they know that I know you. Do they know that?
Michelle: no.
Francesca: they don't, do they?
Michelle: nobody knows, not even my coworkers, nobody knows.
Francesca: they don't know because you never came to court or anything right? So they never, they don't know.
Michelle: right. No they don't.
Francesca: and there's nobody you know in there, right? You don't have anybody inside animal control? When Tim was talking to me he was suggesting that maybe, I said maybe I could talk to Brad because he said Brad was thinking of quitting and I said can I talk to him?
Michelle: out of all of them I would say Brad is the best.
Francesca: but Tim says he's a very shy guy, he doesn't get out, he's not outspoken and he doesn't get involved in stuff. Then I went yeah, I understand.
Michelle: if you needed to talk to any animal control officer at all I would say either Brad or -- -Leah Parsons
Francesca: do you think that I should call the animal control people tomorrow morning? Or what?
Michelle: I don't know how far they're going to take this. That's the point.
Francesca: well obviously they're saying they're investigating so that would imply that they need to speak to me.
Michelle: right. And obviously, so you filed a complaint but they filed it first I suppose, but even so there's two complaints in there now and the point is they can't ignore yours. They can't, they can't ignore either complaint. That's the thing. Because it’s .,. a complaint is there. They know it.
Francesca: do I take the next step and be proactive and contact them at this juncture or do I wait because I'm not home. And I don't know, do they have caller ID there and stuff? What do they do?
Michelle: well if you have a prepaid cell phone I would use that because yeah they do have caller ID but yours is not showing up on my number.
Francesca: it's blocked, I blocked it.
Michelle: yeah I know.
Francesca: so that's cool but then you know they're going to want to come and talk to me. Here's the thing I have plenty of reasons to leave the city and I can say to them the newspaper published my address, I've been stalked by people for the last year and a half, I don't feel safe and they've been threatening to shoot my dog so I took her out.
Michelle: Yep.
Francesca: all right?
Michelle: and don't even let them no where.
Francesca: no
Michelle: because if it's that bad, yeah, I would get out of the city.
Francesca: because this is the truth. People were saying somebody was going to shoot her and blah blah blah and now that they're doing this.
Michelle: but this is going to cause a whole mob of people, people already threatening to shoot her.
Francesca: and that's why I'm wondering if I should issue a press release that says that. Identical to what I say to the city. I say here's my report, here's what's going on and I don't feel safe here and I don't feel this is going to be fair treatment and whatever. I don't need to say fair treatment.
Michelle: if there's any way you could leave before they seize her, I would go. I'm not saying they are going to seize her but I wouldn't even let them get...
Francesca: I don't even want to let them touch, see her. I don't want her to be anywhere around.
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: and Bob sitting there arguing with me. I should stay with him the night and he won't let the cops in and he's like drinking. And I'm like will you shut up and stuff. And I'm making a hotel booking, motel booking and he is in the background, he's going Brindi come here Brindi. I'm like shut up.
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: I really should be getting out of the province because everybody in this fucking province knows my name, my face and her face.
Michelle: that's the problem. And they made it the first page too. Because as soon as I put it on the page it's there.
Francesca: what I'm doing, I'm not going to stay very long. I'm trying to get out of the province after tonight. Like I'm going to stay here in the province tonight but out of HRM and I'm going to go...
Michelle: if you want my honest opinion,
Francesca: what?
Michelle: I wouldn't call anyone. I would go.
Francesca: you wouldn't, do what?
Michelle: I wouldn't call anyone. I would just go.
Francesca: well, I'm gone, you know, I'm gone.
Michelle: I wouldn't call and make a press release. I would just -- -- inaudible [16:05] -- -- to go.
Francesca: and not report back ever?
Michelle: no.
Francesca: but I can't do that, Michelle. What about my house?
Michelle: I know.
Francesca: I can't even sell it because it's up on stilts still.
Michelle: I know. At least until things calm down. That's the thing.
Francesca: what things are going to have to calm down with me being part of it, right?
Michelle: yeah, I know.
Francesca: I have to be in touch somehow and what I can do is I can either wait to see if they leave a message on my home phone and reply or I can be a little bit more upfront because this is in the paper now and take the step of calling them in the press release would just simply state this is what, I reported this, this is what's been happening, this is happened...
Michelle: don't let anyone know you are thinking of leaving though because then they might rush around and... no I would just... if you want to make a press release, make it...
Francesca: but don't say that I took her away?
Michelle: no.
Francesca: if it comes out that I took her away then that's the whole thing. I feared for her safety and I feared for mine...
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: blame it on the Herald because of that article.
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: I'll blame it on the Herald calls I'll say I didn't leave until I found out about that article and I was terrified and you know...
Michelle: everybody knows where you live, and you're getting death threats.
Francesca: so I don't trust, you know, I don't feel safe and nobody's protecting me so
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: that's what I would do I guess. Maybe you're right, I won't put in the press release but I would have to put something in a press release. And they don't even talk about what their name is.
Michel: no, they don't.
Francesca: and they don't have anything in your system so you can't even give me their names?
Michel: no.
Francesca: what if I called, would the RCMP give it to me? Probably not?
Michelle: probably not. No.
Francesca: you know what I'm going to say? I'm not going to give them any information until they give me the names of those people.
Michelle: it's right there, 772 E. Chezzetcook. Wrote at 8:54 PM. Is that your address?
Francesca: Michelle, I'm running out of money now.
Michelle: okay.
Francesca: so I'm going to let you go, okay? But I just wanted you to know.
Michelle: Yep.
Francesca: and anything, any other thoughts you have, call me in the morning or something, after work.
Michelle: I will.
Francesca: all right. Thank you so much.
Michelle: no problem.
Francesca: okay bye bye.
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Michelle: HRM dispatch
Francesca: Michelle?
Michelle: yeah?
Francesca: is that Michelle Steen?
Michelle: it is.
Francesca: hi, it's Francesca.
Michelle: hi.
Francesca: do you know what happened?
Michelle: no why?
Francesca: if you go on the Herald... you won’t believe this, okay?. Those people reported me at eight, like you know actually it happened after nine, around 9:05 but they reported it to the RCMP.
Michelle: why did they do that?
Francesca: I don't know but they put in the report before I did.
Michelle: right.
Francesca: and it got into the paper. It's in the papers. They posted an article in the Herald at 5: 40 today.
Michelle: they must have found out who you were.
Francesca: and, well, here's the thing. When I went back to my house, you know I left -- -- inaudible [1:00] -- --, when a went back to my house, I don't know if I mentioned to you there was a squad car in front of my house and the guy got out and said to this cop that he had a rock in his windshield or something.
Michelle: yes
Francesca: and it was right then, it was like, and she had her lights on and she was parked right in front of my house and I thought she was coming for me.
Michelle: right
Francesca: now if I had spoken to her before I talk to you I would have told her the whole truth, right?
Michelle: yeah.
Francesca: so anyway I left there, I kind of like snuck off to the left to get back to the car where Brindi was... but I don't understand. See they're not following protocol.
Michelle: are they coming for Brindi?
Francesca: huh?
Michelle: are they coming for Brindi?
Francesca: I don't know.
Michelle: but there's no report in the system here at all.
Francesca: there's no report because these people called the RCMP and the RCMP went out. They answered the call. They didn't refer to animal control. And they decided to come right away. And there was no urgency. There is no like, and the article in the paper implies that the dog was all injured and everything. But it doesn't say, you know, it says they took it to the vet. It says it might have wounds and they might be doing photos. They say nothing about actual injuries.
Michelle: oh my God.
Francesca: and it's just the worst. It's the fucking worst. And I get a call... so here's the thing. I am talking to you, I talked to Susan Jordan, I talked to the trainer this morning and I didn't tell her I had already reported it. I told her I was thinking about it and the whole thing. I just didn't want her, you know, we were trying to work it out. Come on, Brindi. Get in the car. And you know and then I saw everything. And Susan's going just don't report it, just wait a day. If they haven't reported so far maybe they won't do it, they will think better of it, blah blah blah. And then...
Michelle: instead they went through the...
Francesca: they had already reported it and see your reasoning was great. I just wish I had run, I should have run right away and reported it.
Michelle: yes.
Francesca: I'm working on getting two friends of mine to get me the dates of the other times I've told about Brindi being attacked this summer because I know the locations and
Michelle: so you don't know what they're going to do now at all?
Francesca: I don't know anything. So I stayed at a friends house last night, and I didn't find out, here's the problem is this, I was at my house, back at my house today without Brindi and I went in and I spent like this call might run out actually because I'm on a paid cell but anyway, I'll try to make it quick, Anyway, I went back to my house and I left my house at quarter to four. I checked my voicemail and my landline area nothing. Okay? Nothing from the cops. Nothing from anybody. Nothing from you. Okay? So I leave and I left my cell phone in my car while I was walking Brindi for an hour or so and I get back and it's like five o'clock and I see a couple messages but I don't see that it's Hendsbee. Hendsbee called me. I just got the message off my phone now. Called me at five o'clock saying he's getting calls from the media. At five o'clock. Okay, the RCMP never phoned my house.
Michelle: no.
Francesca: animal control never called my house. But they called the media.
Michelle: animal control did?
Francesca: somebody did because Andrea MacDonald was quoted in this article. It's on Herald.ca right now.
Michelle: yeah I see that now. I just put it on.
Francesca: all right you read it and figure out what the hell is going on here. It's very strange.
Michelle: Constable who ? Bracken spokeswoman for the Mounties would not say that the dog alleged to have attacked the other is Brindi but sources said it was indeed the well-known animal. Brindi was released to Rogier in mid-July after a lengthy and expensive fight with the Halifax region in two separate courts. The municipality had wanted Brindi, seized in... okay... Brindi was also to be muzzled...
Francesca: they had wanted Brindi seized. This is one of their worst writers, by the way. And here's the thing like so like him between four o'clock or something and 5:40, they published this article online. They actually published it. They called Hendsbee at five and it's online at five and I didn't find out until after nine.
Michelle: it says it wasn't clear what happened between the two dogs, but it's believed the alleged attack occurred after Brindi left a vehicle driven into Rogier's driveway. The beagle was being taken for a walk at the time by the complainants.
Francesca: they don't name them but they put my home address.
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: okay? They say...
Michelle: we were called regarding an animal complaint.
Michelle: "we were called regarding an animal complaint." But there's nothing in our system. I looked as soon as I got to work and there's nothing. Of course that doesn't mean that it couldn't be in their system.
Francesca: because the RCMP is doing it. That's the thing. Somehow something's going on.
Michelle: "we were called regarding an animal complaint. RCMP officers did do an investigation; as a result the file has been turned over to animal services. Andrea McDonald a manager with Animal Services for HRM confirmed a probe is underwaybut also would not release the identities of those involved. We are in the initial stages of an investigation..."
Francesca: it's going to be in the papers tomorrow when people, you know, when they get up, they're going to see this in the paper.
Michelle: yes but you did say that Animal Aervices had previously been to one of the E. Chezzetcook Rd. addresses before.
Francesca: and that doesn't make any, I don't know what that means. And it was in front of my house and they're saying, I don't think there is 722...
Michelle: "sources said Wednesday that neither dog appeared to be badly hurt in the scuffle. The beagle was taken to veterinary Wednesday, to the veterinarian Wednesday." Oh, it's on here. The sources, they have it, the sources also said Rogier contacted Animal Services at about 1:00 AM to file a complaint against the beagle.
Francesca: yeah. So they went into your records.
Michelle: yes they did.
Francesca: how did they get that?
Michelle: well as soon as you file a complaint it goes to Animal Services for them to investigate it anyway right?
Francesca: yeah but how did they get that and it's not showing up on your record about the other one and, you know. How is that working?
Michelle: that I don't know.
Francesca: you know, and... and... like why would the RCMP be investigating...
Michelle: "McDonald said a bylaw officer was collecting evidence and interviewing the parties involved and possibly obtaining photos." What bylaw?
Francesca: by law officers are cops. They're not animal control officers. By law officers are cops who enforce the bylaws and Bill Moore is one of them. And that, and then there are bylaw officers who are not cops and don't work for animal control. Doesn't make sense unless they are talking about animal control officers. They're separate from the other bylaw officers. But none of this follows the routine. The RCMP, if they got a call, like a 911 call or something, I don't know why she called 911 but if they called they should have directed her to you. Right?
Michelle: yeah
Francesca: they should have said that's not our job. You call 490-4000 and they will dispatch somebody or whatever. They'll take the report. They didn't do that. They sent out a car. They sent out a squad car immediately to my house.
Michelle: they are even quoting you. On an August 12th Facebook posting on Save Brindi from the city of Halifax, Rogier said Brindi had been attacked by seven other, attacked by other dogs at least seven times. No injuries, maybe soreness, but she's starting to get really freaked out, Rogier wrote. I want her to be able to get along with dogs like she used to but they see the muzzle and it makes them get aggressive.
Francesca: good that's good they quoted that.
Michelle: they did.
Francesca: good. That's why I wanted you to put in the report that I had had those other attacks. Remember that and use it to keep it simple. Is there anyway... now here's the thing, I'm wondering if I should send out a press release. I'm not in HRM right now.
Michelle: I don't blame you and I wouldn't be.
Francesca: and Bob Riley, I can't trust him because he starts drinking. Last night he started drinking and he was driving me crazy. But tonight he was even worse and he was getting out of hand. And I'm telling my friends that, I'm telling like, I'm trying to restrict the number of people who really know what happened, and I'm telling them the muzzle was on, the muzzle was on and... they didn't, did they say anything about the muzzle on there?
Michelle: I'm trying to read it. Let me look at the beginning again. It doesn't say whether the muzzle is on or not.
Francesca: good, good good. But I, you know,
Michelle: it just says that Brindi the dog might be in trouble again. But it doesn't say whether the muzzle was on or off it doesn't say any details.
Francesca: why do they spin the headline like that? Nobody reads to the end of a newspaper article. Very few people read to the end...
Michelle: but they say in the beginning like all my gosh she attacked again, oh my gosh.
Francesca: when you read it all the way through, it sounds like it's possible Brindi was attacked.
Michelle: yes.
Francesca: and they don't say that it was in front of my house...
Michelle: no because it says it right here that you called at 1:00 AM to file a complaint about the other dog.
Francesca: but it doesn't say it was in front of my house or anything and it's... very strange. So like yeah they went to, in fact I don't even know if I posted that on a group thing or on my wall. And only my friends my Facebook friends can see my wall.
Michelle: it says on an August 12th Facebook on save Brindi from the City of Halifax...
Francesca: okay, all right. And I get a call from Hendsbee like tell me what's going on and I'm... but none of the media called me because they have my cell number.
Michelle: it says a call to Rogier was not immediately returned Wednesday.
Francesca: well they must've called after 3:30 or after quarter of four, I'm telling you like I was there for an hour today, checked all the messages. I didn't get a call and that article was being written then. Because they were calling, you know, they were calling Hendsbee and doing all this stuff and like what the hell. What the hell?
Michelle: people. I don't trust those people really at all because why did they report to the media right away.
Francesca: yeah like who would have leaked it to the media? The RCMP?
Michelle: no because they're not allowed to.
Francesca: but they did. And if they didn't do it then it was Andrea McDonald?
Michelle: someone did.
Francesca: you know I don't think it was the people that reported it. Oh shit, I'm going to get stuck here.
Francesca: it's a good thing that I have all-wheel drive on this car that I just bought. Hold on. Actually I have to make a U-turn. I left Brindi, I was like worried all the time, and I really can't talk too long now but if you just check out, you know, I don't even know what you can do. Bob's sitting there going just wait and call Michelle. I said Michelle can't do anything about this. Don't you get it? They went around this. They circumvented the whole system.
Michelle: I know.
Francesca: and I wonder if they know that I know you. Do they know that?
Michelle: no.
Francesca: they don't, do they?
Michelle: nobody knows, not even my coworkers, nobody knows.
Francesca: they don't know because you never came to court or anything right? So they never, they don't know.
Michelle: right. No they don't.
Francesca: and there's nobody you know in there, right? You don't have anybody inside animal control? When Tim was talking to me he was suggesting that maybe, I said maybe I could talk to Brad because he said Brad was thinking of quitting and I said can I talk to him?
Michelle: out of all of them I would say Brad is the best.
Francesca: but Tim says he's a very shy guy, he doesn't get out, he's not outspoken and he doesn't get involved in stuff. Then I went yeah, I understand.
Michelle: if you needed to talk to any animal control officer at all I would say either Brad or -- -Leah Parsons
Francesca: do you think that I should call the animal control people tomorrow morning? Or what?
Michelle: I don't know how far they're going to take this. That's the point.
Francesca: well obviously they're saying they're investigating so that would imply that they need to speak to me.
Michelle: right. And obviously, so you filed a complaint but they filed it first I suppose, but even so there's two complaints in there now and the point is they can't ignore yours. They can't, they can't ignore either complaint. That's the thing. Because it’s .,. a complaint is there. They know it.
Francesca: do I take the next step and be proactive and contact them at this juncture or do I wait because I'm not home. And I don't know, do they have caller ID there and stuff? What do they do?
Michelle: well if you have a prepaid cell phone I would use that because yeah they do have caller ID but yours is not showing up on my number.
Francesca: it's blocked, I blocked it.
Michelle: yeah I know.
Francesca: so that's cool but then you know they're going to want to come and talk to me. Here's the thing I have plenty of reasons to leave the city and I can say to them the newspaper published my address, I've been stalked by people for the last year and a half, I don't feel safe and they've been threatening to shoot my dog so I took her out.
Michelle: Yep.
Francesca: all right?
Michelle: and don't even let them no where.
Francesca: no
Michelle: because if it's that bad, yeah, I would get out of the city.
Francesca: because this is the truth. People were saying somebody was going to shoot her and blah blah blah and now that they're doing this.
Michelle: but this is going to cause a whole mob of people, people already threatening to shoot her.
Francesca: and that's why I'm wondering if I should issue a press release that says that. Identical to what I say to the city. I say here's my report, here's what's going on and I don't feel safe here and I don't feel this is going to be fair treatment and whatever. I don't need to say fair treatment.
Michelle: if there's any way you could leave before they seize her, I would go. I'm not saying they are going to seize her but I wouldn't even let them get...
Francesca: I don't even want to let them touch, see her. I don't want her to be anywhere around.
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: and Bob sitting there arguing with me. I should stay with him the night and he won't let the cops in and he's like drinking. And I'm like will you shut up and stuff. And I'm making a hotel booking, motel booking and he is in the background, he's going Brindi come here Brindi. I'm like shut up.
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: I really should be getting out of the province because everybody in this fucking province knows my name, my face and her face.
Michelle: that's the problem. And they made it the first page too. Because as soon as I put it on the page it's there.
Francesca: what I'm doing, I'm not going to stay very long. I'm trying to get out of the province after tonight. Like I'm going to stay here in the province tonight but out of HRM and I'm going to go...
Michelle: if you want my honest opinion,
Francesca: what?
Michelle: I wouldn't call anyone. I would go.
Francesca: you wouldn't, do what?
Michelle: I wouldn't call anyone. I would just go.
Francesca: well, I'm gone, you know, I'm gone.
Michelle: I wouldn't call and make a press release. I would just -- -- inaudible [16:05] -- -- to go.
Francesca: and not report back ever?
Michelle: no.
Francesca: but I can't do that, Michelle. What about my house?
Michelle: I know.
Francesca: I can't even sell it because it's up on stilts still.
Michelle: I know. At least until things calm down. That's the thing.
Francesca: what things are going to have to calm down with me being part of it, right?
Michelle: yeah, I know.
Francesca: I have to be in touch somehow and what I can do is I can either wait to see if they leave a message on my home phone and reply or I can be a little bit more upfront because this is in the paper now and take the step of calling them in the press release would just simply state this is what, I reported this, this is what's been happening, this is happened...
Michelle: don't let anyone know you are thinking of leaving though because then they might rush around and... no I would just... if you want to make a press release, make it...
Francesca: but don't say that I took her away?
Michelle: no.
Francesca: if it comes out that I took her away then that's the whole thing. I feared for her safety and I feared for mine...
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: blame it on the Herald because of that article.
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: I'll blame it on the Herald calls I'll say I didn't leave until I found out about that article and I was terrified and you know...
Michelle: everybody knows where you live, and you're getting death threats.
Francesca: so I don't trust, you know, I don't feel safe and nobody's protecting me so
Michelle: exactly.
Francesca: that's what I would do I guess. Maybe you're right, I won't put in the press release but I would have to put something in a press release. And they don't even talk about what their name is.
Michel: no, they don't.
Francesca: and they don't have anything in your system so you can't even give me their names?
Michel: no.
Francesca: what if I called, would the RCMP give it to me? Probably not?
Michelle: probably not. No.
Francesca: you know what I'm going to say? I'm not going to give them any information until they give me the names of those people.
Michelle: it's right there, 772 E. Chezzetcook. Wrote at 8:54 PM. Is that your address?
Francesca: Michelle, I'm running out of money now.
Michelle: okay.
Francesca: so I'm going to let you go, okay? But I just wanted you to know.
Michelle: Yep.
Francesca: and anything, any other thoughts you have, call me in the morning or something, after work.
Michelle: I will.
Francesca: all right. Thank you so much.
Michelle: no problem.
Francesca: okay bye bye.
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