I can not believe that this is not considered animal cruelty under either local or state law. This cretin should be fired and should have to pay restitution of some sort. The slap on the wrist is an insult to decent people everywhere.
The cost of the actual euthanization is around $5 or 6. The cost of keeping a dog the required length of time in the shelter can run around $100. Obviously the public works supervisor was trying to save the town some money.
/SARC
Jourdanton should hang it's head in shame until it takes more action than a required class. I cannot even imagine this horrific scene.