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Lodi Cat Controversy Brews-Neighbor Posts Sign: Hit A Cat I'll Hit Your Kid
kcra ^ | May 24, 2009

Posted on 05/24/2009 2:34:10 PM PDT by JoeProBono

LODI, Calif. -- A community controversy is brewing in Lodi.

A neighbor posted a sign with the words, "Hit a cat, I'll hit your kid." Some neighbors said they are concerned their children's lives are being threatened.

"Basically what this is saying is: Hit a cat and I'll hit your kid," said Tina Teixeira.

Teixeira got a lot of attention after she put the sign up in front of her West Elm Street home in Lodi.

"You don't want me to hit your kid so don't hit mine. You hurt mine, that is just like if I went over and ran over your kid. Basically, that is what I was intending," said Teixeira.

Teixeira said she decided to take action after a driver ran over and killed her cat on the bike lane on Friday.

Some parents were outraged over her cardboard note.

"Basically she is threatening to hit people's kids," said concerned neighbor Joann Larsen.

"One parent said that I was psychotic," said Teixeira.

Teixeira said she wanted to shock drivers, not harm their kids.

Teixeira said she knows her sign would upset people but she put it up because she is tired of people driving 65 mph on a 35 mph zone.

She said she noticed some cars slowing down and reading her sign so she wrote a new sign.

"After burying the cat and calming down a little bit ... (I realized) that it was a little shock value. It got attention for people, so I thought that I would put it in more understanding terms," said Teixeira.

The revised sign reads: I watch for your kids, so please watch out for mine.

"That is the whole point here is to stop hurting animals," said Teixeira.

Teixeira said she isn't shy about yelling at drivers and even her neighbors. She said she even mentioned she spit on someone to protect her cats.

Only one neighbor wanted to talk about her sign on camera. Others said they wanted to avoid any problems.

"I do like that she changed it," Larsen said.

The animal lover said she can only hope she can keep her cats from losing another life.

Teixeira said some of her feral cats don't like to stay indoors.

She said she hopes her sign will get city leaders to install speed bumps in her neighborhood, which is right near a school.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalsarepeopletoo; cat; crazycatlady; teixeira
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1 posted on 05/24/2009 2:34:11 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 05/24/2009 2:36:49 PM PDT by mylife (The Big Tent Is A Big Mistake)
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I’m sure she just had a problem with the translation! (sarc)


3 posted on 05/24/2009 2:38:12 PM PDT by WellyP
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To: JoeProBono
A person that does not keep their animals under personal
control 24/7 is a bad animal owner and a worse neighbor.
4 posted on 05/24/2009 2:38:26 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: JoeProBono

Ban felines and the problem is solved. /s


5 posted on 05/24/2009 2:39:21 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: JoeProBono
some of her feral cats

A blast from the past! I grew up near Lodi... haven't seen the town in over 20 years.

Oh yeah... back to the article... since the cats are feral... sorry lady... they are NOT your cats. I think the Animal control officer need to take a look at this because it sounds like the neighbors are a little wary of the "cat lady."

6 posted on 05/24/2009 2:40:11 PM PDT by John123 (The US may be going down the drain, but everyone else will drown first...)
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Teixeira said she decided to take action after a driver ran over and killed her cat on the bike lane on Friday.

Keep the effin cat out of the bike lane and these sort of things won't happen.
7 posted on 05/24/2009 2:41:19 PM PDT by mkjessup (Yeah, I'm praying for 0bama. Praying for God to light his ass up with a major lightning bolt.)
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I’m betting that she has a worshipful 0bama sticker on her car.


9 posted on 05/24/2009 2:42:38 PM PDT by Mogollon (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

It was only a matter of time!


10 posted on 05/24/2009 2:42:44 PM PDT by mylife (The Big Tent Is A Big Mistake)
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To: JoeProBono

Ping this over to Sling and Arrows.


11 posted on 05/24/2009 2:43:38 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Live Long And Prosper!"-Mr. Spock:)=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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“One parent said that I was psychotic,” said Teixeira.

-She should listen.

This area CLEARLY needs a Chinese restaurant.


12 posted on 05/24/2009 2:45:09 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (doubleplusungood)
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I hate myself cause I love all animals, but I couldn’t help myself.


13 posted on 05/24/2009 2:45:14 PM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (This tagline has been shutdown due to lack of funds.)
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We all like critters and kids but Puhleeze! this woman is a wacka doodle


14 posted on 05/24/2009 2:46:57 PM PDT by mylife (The Big Tent Is A Big Mistake)
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To: JoeProBono

Yeesh.

I love animals (no, not in THAT way you sickos! ;) ) and would hate it if my dog or cat was run over. But that first sign was WAYYYY over the line. Upset or not, that was not the correct response for a supposed adult.


15 posted on 05/24/2009 2:48:04 PM PDT by DemforBush (Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
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16 posted on 05/24/2009 2:48:33 PM PDT by mylife (The Big Tent Is A Big Mistake)
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Did you ever think, when you eat Chinese It ain't pork or chicken but a fat Siamese? Yet the food tastes great, so you don’t complain. But that’s not chicken in your chicken chow mein. Seems to me I ordered sweet-and-sour pork But Garfield’s on my fork. He’s purrin’ here on my fork.

CHORUS There’s a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon The place that I eat every day at noon. They can feed you cat and you’ll never know Once they wrap it up in dough, boy. They fry it real crisp in dough.

Chou Lin asked if I wanted more As he was dialin’ up his buddy at the old pet store. I said "Not today. I lost my appetite. There’s two cats in my belly and they want to fight." I was suckin’ on a Rolaid and a Tums or two When I swear I heard it mew, boys. And that is when I knew.

CHORUS There’s a cat in the kettle at the Peking Moon I think I gotta stop eatin’ there at noon. They say that it’s beef or fish or pork But it’s purrin’ there on my fork. There’s a hair-ball on my fork.

17 posted on 05/24/2009 2:49:34 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: JoeProBono

I seriously doubt her cat was run down intentionally. She needs to take responsibility, tend to the animals in her care, and keep them out of the road. Parents should take responsibility as well, and not allow their children to play in the road, either.


18 posted on 05/24/2009 2:49:54 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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We all like critters and kids but Puhleeze! this woman is a wacka doodle

I agree. I live out in the country on a dirt road, and just had a dog killed by a car. It was my own fault for letting her run loose.

19 posted on 05/24/2009 2:50:35 PM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (This tagline has been shutdown due to lack of funds.)
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To: JoeProBono

What about my birds?

Poor lil Mr. Sparrow didn’t show up for his birdseed this morning and Tabitha a big grin on her face.


20 posted on 05/24/2009 2:50:41 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (AGWT is very robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it at the 100% confidence level.)
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