PET INSURANCE IDEA A REAL DOG?Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer Has the love of pets gone to Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich's head? His fellow Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County supervisors think so. When Antonovich's proposal to ask for a report on a discounted pet insurance program for county employees came up for a vote Tuesday, fellow Supervisors Gloria Molina Gloria Molina is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the current chairwoman of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.[1] Molina grew up as one of ten children in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera, California, U.S. and Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. blasted it, saying it ``spelled foolishness,'' and that the report alone would cost thousands of dollars. The Democrats also used the opportunity to criticize Antonovich, a Republican and avowed a·vow tr.v. a·vowed, a·vow·ing, a·vows 1. To acknowledge openly, boldly, and unashamedly; confess: avow guilt. See Synonyms at acknowledge. 2. To state positively. animal lover, for his past votes against proposals to expand the living-wage ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been to more county contractors and provide health benefits to domestic partners of county employees. ``The foolishness of this speaks for itself,'' Molina said. ``It's unbelievable, at a time like this, with all the crises we have.'' Yaroslavsky said if the contract had to go out to bid, it would cost even more money than just generating the report, which requires ``vetting, editing and making sure it says things the right way so we don't offend anybody.'' ``The problem, I think, is that our priorities are screwed up,'' Yaroslavsky said. ``There are a lot more important things to be doing now than this.'' Kathryn Barger-Leibrich, Antonovich's chief of staff, said the supervisor brought the motion to encourage county employees to adopt pets from the county's animal shelters "Dog Pound" redirects here. For the rap group, see Tha Dogg Pound. An animal shelter is a facility that houses homeless, lost or abandoned animals; primarily a large variety of dogs and cats. , including those in Agoura Hills, Castaic and Lancaster. Since 1995, county employees have adopted many of the 400 pets featured on the ``Pet Adoption Pet adoption usually refers to the process of taking guardianship of and responsibility for a pet that a previous owner has abandoned or otherwise abdicated responsibility for. Program'' that airs weekly on the county television station, KLCS (Channel 58), with Antonovich as its host. Barger-Leibrich, who had to pay a $2,000 veterinary bill after her adopted animal shelter cat, Miss Kitty, was hit by a car recently, said the insurance program would not cost taxpayer money and would help county employees pay for the high cost of medical care for their pets. ``Oftentimes of·ten·times also oft·times adv. Frequently; repeatedly. Adv. 1. oftentimes - many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee" frequently, oft, often, ofttimes , the costs of treating a pet can surpass that of their human companions,'' Antonovich said. After debating the proposal, the supervisors decided to refer the motion back to Antonovich's office for further study. Barger-Leibrich said her office would try to convince other supervisors to support the proposal and would decide soon whether to bring it back for a vote. Troy Anderson, (213) 974-8985 troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion