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Shelter law keeps dog, cat cages full Conditions will worsen, animal workers say, as more of the 1999 legislation takes effect. By John Welsh The Press-Enterprise A rambunctious brown dog barked her hellos from kennel No. 90 at the San Bernardino City Animal Control shelter. Kim Patterson, a licensed veterinary technician at the shelter, put her on a leash and took her for a stroll. Ah, some freedom. A reprieve from her tight, noisy confines. "Get your tail, get it, get your tail," Patterson encouraged the happy 2-year-old hunting dog. The dog circled and circled and circled before tiring of ...

George Bush for President Time for me to get off the fence. If anyone had told me back in February that I would be endorsing George W. Bush for president in November, I wouldn't have believed it. I was a McCainiac back then, and a Gore sympathizer. You can check my columns to see that I'm not making this up. I wrote several zingers on Bush, especially after Bob Jones and the refusal to meet with Log Cabin Republicans. I'm not a Republican. I'm a small government independent: fiscally conservative, socially pretty liberal, with libertarian leanings. I supported Clinton in ...

Making my day as a liberal, middle-class gun owner By Robert Lee Mahon UNION, Mo. -- I'm 53, white, male, middle-class and an English teacher with a doctorate. I'm married (twice) and come complete with kids, stepkids and an attitude so liberal I almost carry the cards: I vote left, think Gore Vidal and the ACLU are fine American institutions and get junk mail from Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Federation. If I were a couple of years younger and a lot more affluent, I'd be a yuppie. And I'm a member of the National Rifle Association. I joined ...