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Dog day afternoon

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I have a confession to make: I am a scofflaw.

Several days a week I take my dog to a small, lakeside park that has in recent years become an unofficial dog park. It is an oasis of sorts, where dogs and humans peacefully coexist in violation of Seattle city ordinances that threaten fines of from $50.00 to $500.00.

Throughout much of the year this small stretch of shoreline is virtually abandoned but for the occasional dog owner exercising his companion in Lake Washington’s frigid waters. But on hot Summer days like today, the beach is usually crowded with dogs and humans joyously escaping the heat together.

Except for a small designated area at Magnuson Park, the city bars dogs not just from patrolled beaches, but from all public shoreline, ostensibly for health reasons. Let’s face it, nobody wants to lay their beach blanket down by a mound of dog poop. But ironically, my secret, neighborhood beach is not only one of the dog friendliest in the city… it is also one of the cleanest.

Visit nearly any public beach in the city and you’ll likely find yourself dodging random piles of poop left by the thousands of geese that inhabit our shorelines. Hell, forget about the fines… I wouldn’t even take my dog to one of these beaches for the fear absolute knowledge that she would roll in the feces, cleverly masking her own distinct scent. (Um… she’s a dog.)

Our beaches can get pretty damn disgusting. As the Seattle Times notes today:

Beachgoers should not have to sit out the heat at home because of geese-polluted shorelines.

But this isn’t a concern at our little illicit dog beach. There is no goose poop because there are no geese. Our dogs make sure of that. Think of it as organic pest control.

As for the dog poop, well, most of us regulars are vigilant to the point of vigilanteism. The other day I witnessed a woman being angrily harangued for failing to pick up after her dog. When she claimed she didn’t have a bag, three of us quickly whipped out spares, and watched like hawks as sheepishly cleaned up the mess.

I’m also very mindful of dogless visitors, and usually ask permission to take my dog off-leash in their presence. I also never let my dog off-leash around small children unless they are also accompanied by a dog. Even a gentle dog can appear threatening to a child.

Us regulars all understand that we have a good thing going, and that it will only take a couple complaints before the city steps up enforcement and shuts us down. So we patrol the park ourselves, letting people know in no uncertain terms that it’s not a place for out of control dogs or careless owners. We try to follow the spirit of the ordinance if not its letter.

I’m sure there are some neighbors who would probably prefer that the leash laws were strictly enforced, but if we were to abandon this beach to the geese it would quickly become unusable. It’s one of those delicate balance things that makes city life both challenging and rewarding, and for me it is also a tiny microcosm of the natural tension between the rights of individuals and the needs of the community that dominates so much of politics.

Of course to my dog, it’s just a great place to chase a stick in the water.

Comments

  1. 1

    ummmm….. Someone who doesn’t like a lot of socially restictive laws because they do the right thing. Sounds very Republican!

  3. 3

    Im glad I don’t live in Seattle. And bye the way the soon the Sonics go to Oklahoma or were ever the BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. 5

    Dog park? DOG PARK?!! I avoid those places like the fucking PLAGUE!!! I don’t like dogs. They chase me.

  6. 6

    But I like dogs better than I like Republicans!! The only thing Republicans are good for is making dog food.

  8. 8

    Actually, the “health reason” for not letting dogs near shoreline is that they introduce bacteria into the water that can render a whole eco-system basically toxic to humans. Even if owners poop scoop, dogs can track bacteria into the water and the bacteria can go crazy in the warm summer months.

    There are streams I used to swim in when I was a kid, in Oregon, that are now chock full of giardia because of dog contamination. You can still swim there but if you put your head under the water you’re taking a risk and if you accidentally drink some you’re pretty much guaranteeing yourself a nasty illness.

    Every dog owner I’ve ever talked to basically poo-poos this (so to speak), but it bums me out that I have to forego enjoying those streams the way I did when I was a kid because some people need a domesticated carnivore for companionship.

  11. 11

    I’m sure there are some neighbors who would probably prefer that the leash laws were strictly enforced, but if we were to abandon this beach to the geese it would quickly become unusable. -by Goldy, 07/23/2006, 11:05 AM

    Relativism is just so darn convenient, isn’t it?

  12. 12

    We quickly cleared our private lake and our pond of geese… and we didn’t even have to break leash laws or enviro-laws to do it!

    How you might ask?

    DEAD GEESE DECOYS.

  14. 14

    Float those suckers out on the water and gesse looking for a new toilet fly on by…

  15. 15

    IS SEATTLE WEEKLY DONE FOR?

    The Seattle Times reports today that its alternative (and editorially better) competition is bleeding editors and writers like a stuck alligator after its arch-nemesis, New Times, acquired the Weekly’s parent company and, along with it, the Weekly. Among other casualties: Long-time SW editor Knute Berger announced he’s quitting — the latest in a string of SW staff departures.

    SW has enjoyed editorial autonomy forever. New Times, the goliath of alternative-weekly publishing, is a top-down organization that isn’t interested in maintaining SW’s focus on politics. Seattle is about to lose a liberal voice and gain a weekly shopper. Nuff said.

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.c.....kly23.html

  18. 18

    10 (continued)

    … probably that fucking idiot JCH in another of his stolen identities.

    Naw, on second thought, “Socialist” is too good a speller to be JCH.

  19. 19

    The question is, with mass corruption and governmental incompetence IS SEATTLE DONE FOR…

  21. 21

    I thought Neo boobs didn’t care about the environment Sound’s like your going soft on us mark . You will be drinking Latties and hugging evergreens probably next :-(

  22. 22

    I’ll bet Spokane would have fewer Republicans within a week if they leave Jim West out in the sun for a few days.

  23. 23

    Socialist is leftturn is bushawolblahblahblah is killatroll is frank and is most probably Roger Rabbit.

  24. 24

    19

    Seattle is fine, but speaking of mass corruption and governmental incompetence, why is the GOP still extant?

    Are there really that many stupid people in this country, or have all the voting machines been hacked?

  25. 25

    Hey ProudAss, how’s it feel to be a mercenary for the most corrupt and incompetent party in American history? Makes ya feel kinda like a Redcoat, doesn’t it? You know — a fucking traitor to your country.

  26. 26

    The dirty little secret about the tree huggers is that they PAY not-so-dummies to chain themselves to trees… but when my son was in college and needed a job, even he didn’t need one that badly…. or should I say want one that was so blatantly hyopocritical.

    “Here’s $10 an hour… protest for me”
    “Here’s $8000 a month… don’t compete against me”

    Gee, do we see a theme there?

  27. 27

    The modern version of Paul Revere’s ride is, “The Yellowbellies are coming! The Yellowbellies are coming!”

    Buk-uhk-cluk! Buk-uhk-cluk!
    Buk-uhk-cluk! Buk-uhk-cluk!
    Buk-uhk-cluk! Buk-uhk-cluk!

    George W. Bush – went AWOL from National Guard
    Dick Cheney – 5 deferments, never served
    Phil Gramm – 4 deferments, never served
    John Ashcroft – deferment, never served
    Karl Rove – never served
    Newt Gingrich – never served
    Dick Armey – never served
    Tom DeLay – never served
    Dennis Hastert – never served
    Trent Lott – never served
    Bob Dornan – never served
    Don Nickles – never served
    Richard Shelby – never served
    Elliott Abrams – never served
    Vin Weber – never served
    Richard Perle – never served
    Rudy Guiliani – never served
    George Will – never served
    Chris Matthews – never served
    Bill O’Reilly – never served
    Paul Gigot – never served
    Bill Bennett – never served
    Pat Buchanan – never served
    Rush Limbaugh – never served
    Pat Robertson – never served
    Bill Kristol – never served
    Ann Coulter – never served

  28. 28

    Ty for the proof roger/left/awal/troll… God yo0u dummies are so easy to catch!

    Want to spew your twins rant now or are you saving that one?

  30. 30

    26

    What have we here??? A Republican complaining about someone else hiring mercenaries to do their dirty work?

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  33. 33

    Hey, Roger…if you think the tribulations at the Seattle Weekly are something, you should check out some of the stories of what a mess Craig McCaw’s widow is making of the daily paper in Santa Barbara.

  34. 34

    Roger @ 15:

    I must admit that I haven’t paid much attention to the Weekly since Brewster sold it. Since I don’t live in Seattle I mainly read that paper for state political coverage, which seemed to decline after the Voice took over. Or maybe I just stopped paying adequate attention (was out of state for a number of years).

    At any rate, I wouldn’t completely write off the New Times just yet. Sure, they have a more centralized and corporate approach to publishing, and so you can assume that the Weekly will adopt a format similar to the other New Times papers. Those I have seen haven’t been terribly compelling, but they also appeared to invest in Actual Reporting, which isn’t a bad thing when done well. Anti-Bush opinion pieces do get a little old after you’ve read them for the nth time.

    So I’m inclined to withhold judgment for a year and see what the New Times conquestadors do with the Weekly. Meanwhile, I do enjoy reading The Stranger, mainly because its decidedly uncorporate attitude can be quite amusing.

  36. 36

    In other news, people are wondering where a CEO being prosecuted for fraud gets the money to pay his $7,900 monthly gardening bill at his mansion.

    Why would anyone spend $7,900 a month on his lawn? Hell, that’s almost as much as an interest-only mortgage on a Ballard studio condo!

    Because he can.

    The whole point of conspicuous consumption is to send a message that says: I’ve got more money than you.

    And in our money-obsessed American culture, that’s all that matters. Nobody cares where the money came from, or how he got it, or even whether it’s his … and most status-hungry Americans never stop to think maybe it could be better used to feed the hungry.

    By making the son-of-a-bitch pay taxes.

    And we think our culture is SUPERIOR?!!!

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  37. 37

    Joshua @8,

    Hmm. I hadn’t heard the giardia argument before, but as far as I know, while concerns have previously been raised about the potential for giardia in geese feces, there has been no evidence of giardia contamination in Lake Washington.

    That said, my dog receives the giardia vaccine, so she’s unlikely to be a carrier herself.

  38. 38

    “TORONTO — When disgruntled Hollinger International Inc. shareholders first pushed for a company probe into the pay and perquisites of Chief Executive Conrad Black, they were incensed by his lavish lifestyle ….

    “Mr. Black, who is facing federal fraud and racketeering charges in the U.S. for allegedly diverting cash from Hollinger … hasn’t lost his taste for the high life — or his knack for getting into tight spots by spending a lot.

    “The former press baron … is paying $95,000 a month in mortgage and property-tax payments for his Toronto estate, where he is living while out on bail. It is costing him $7,900 a month in gardening bills to maintain his 6½-acre property ….

    Now, Judge Amy St. Eve of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is demanding that Mr. Black explain his spending. … After receiving a revised financial affidavit from Mr. Black last week, Judge St. Eve asked him the question that has been circulating on the cocktail-party circuit among Toronto’s upper crust for months: ‘Where’s the money coming from?’

    ” … people familiar with past probes into his dealings say they don’t believe it’s likely that (Mr. Black) … stashed away secret hoards of cash …. ‘he was always in need of cash’ to pay his bills, even when his closely held holding company, Ravelston Corp., was being paid tens of millions to run Hollinger, according to a person familiar with the matter. ‘Ravelston was his bank,’ says one person with knowledge about the matter. ‘He was a frequent and heavy borrower.’ …”

    This article is quoted under the Fair Use Doctrine; for complete story and/or copyright info, see http://articles.news.aol.com/b.....1?cid=1712

  39. 39

    … which brings us to Mark the Welshing Redneck’s theory of social virtue …

  40. 40

    … First of all, I won’t say much about the irony of a Republican who married a crack whore and won’t even pay a $100 gambling debt lecturing the rest of us about morality.

    (pause)
    (snicker)

    F I V E H U N D R E D T H O U S A N D D O L L A R S

    ($500,000.000)

    (raucous rabbit laughter in background)

    But I digress … anyway, according to the crack whore’s ex-husband, if you can’t afford a $95,000 mortgage payment and $7,900 gardening bill, it’s because you’re LAZY, IMMORAL, and made POOR CHOICES:

    “Cheap-labor conservatives constantly bray about ‘morality’, ‘virtue’, ‘respect for authority’, ‘hard work’ and other ‘values’ … (s)o they can blame your being ‘over a barrel’ on your own ‘immorality’, lack of ‘values’ and ‘poor choices’.” http://www.conceptualguerilla......php?id=103

  41. 41

    40 (continued)

    So what does that make a guy who stole millions from his shareholders?

    Why, a virtuous Republican, of course. And a CHEAP LABOR CONSERVATIVE.

  42. 42

    40 (continued)

    If Redneck can’t even afford to pay a $100 gambling debt, he must be LAZY, IMMORAL, and a guy who made POOR CHOICES.

  43. 43

    Hey, listen, I’ll mow that guy’s grass for a lot less than $7,900 a month — all 6 1/2 acres of it! Just pay me 5 grand a month and I’ll go up there with my grandkids — all 1,137,642 of ’em — and we’ll keep that grass looking like a putting green!

  44. 44

    The funny — no, downright hilarious — thing about Conrad Black is that he had to renounce his Canadian citizenship in order to accept a life peerage in the British House of Lords; and now, if he’s convicted of racketeering in the U.S., he’ll be kicked out of Canada for good, because that country doesn’t allow entry to non-citizen felons.

    But he’ll still be able to look at picture postcards of his $95,000-a-month estate in his cell at Lompoc!

    HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR

  45. 45

    Hey Conrad, for 5K a month, I’ll keep your grass mowed while you’re doing your time! HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR

  46. 46

    I’ve never understand why Republican sycophants and wannabes lower themselves to worshipping people like that.

  49. 49

    They should get out now and move somewhere else so they can be appreciated and live an easy comfortable life……….

  50. 50

    Here’s another example of the kind of upstanding, moral, multi-millionaire “producer” worshipped by Mark the Welshing Redneck:

    Remember William Agee, and his protege Mary Cunningham? Let’s briefly recap Agee’s business career:

    When Agee was CEO of Bendix, an affair with his executive assistant, Mary Cunningham, torpedoed Bendix’s attempt to acquire Martin Marietta and destroyed Bendix. However, Agee managed to leave Bendix with a rich “golden parachute.”

    Agee and Cunningham then went to Seagram (as a husband-and-wife executive team), which soon experienced serious financial difficulties. The Agees left with another lucrative “golden parachutes.”

    Agee then was hired as CEO of Morris-Knudsen, which soon after experienced serious financial difficulties. Agee was fired by the MK — but left the third major company he wrecked with yet another “golden parachute.”

    William Agee is what Mark the Welshing Redneck calls a “producer.” To Redneck, the workers who actually produce whatever those companies sell are not “producers,” they’re “parasites” (because they want to be paid more than $5.15 an hour).

    Seems to me Redneck has gotten it ass-backwards! Seems to me the “producers” are the workers who actually do the work, while the “parasites” are the CHEAP LABOR CONSERVATIVES who steal from their shareholders, employees, and customers.

    But then, Redneck is wrong about a lot of things. He’s not too good at picking women, either.

    (pause)
    (snicker)

    F I V E H U N D R E D T H O U S A N D D O L L A R S

    ($500,000.000)

    HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR

    (raucous rabbit laughter in background)

  51. 51

    47

    Yeah, we have a few, in case you haven’t noticed in these comment threads.

  53. 53

    Where’s redneck? Haven’t seen him today … is he in the drunk tank again?

  54. 54

    Come to think of it, I haven’t seen Mr. Cynical here for a loooooong time.

    I wonder if Mrs. C. finally killed him, chopped him up in the bath tub, and fed him to the sand sharks — like Mrs. Neslund did to Captain Rolf, to whom West Seattleites will forever owe a debt of gratitude for hitting the old West Seattle bridge with his ship.

  55. 55

    If Tim Lieman and the other righty troglodytes had their way, West Seattleites would still be taking the foot ferry to Seattle because these freeloaders are ideologically opposed to anything that (a) costs public money, and (b) does public good.

  56. 56

    Come to think of it, I haven’t seen Mr. Cynical here for a loooooong time.

    Not missing that for a second. Unfortunately the other trolls more than take up the slack.

    I think he pops his ugly head up at (un)SP once in a while.

  58. 58

    nice pic, Roger! Doesn’t look like Republicans to me though, they are missing the suits, the liquor and the dancing girls!

  59. 59

    ROGER RABBIT POLL

    Cheap labor conservatives claim some people don’t have money because they’re “immoral” and made “poor choices,” and want us to believe people with money are “producers.”

    Who is more likely to be a “producer”?

    [ ] 1. A worker who actually makes something, belongs to a union, and votes Democratic; or

    [ ] 2. A boss who comes in at 10:30, talks on the phone with his stockbroker until noon, then takes a 2-hour lunch to b.s. with business buddies, spends Monday afternoons playing racquetball at the gym, Wednesday afternoons at the club drinking margueritas, and all day Friday on the golf course?

  60. 60

    oops, forgot something; should read:

    [ ] 2. A boss who comes in at 10:30, talks on the phone with his stockbroker until noon, then takes a 2-hour lunch to b.s. with business buddies, spends Monday afternoons playing racquetball at the gym, Wednesday afternoons at the club drinking margueritas, all day Friday on the golf course, and votes Republican?

  65. 65

    You assholes and your fucking dogs piss me off. You take public lands and convert them into open sewers just so you and fido can feel good about yourself. There is no place in an urban area for a goddamfucking dog. None.

    I’ll bet Goldy and the rest of you moonbats leave your fucking dogs out all day and let them bark constantly. One of the advantages of living in an expensive neighborhood like mine is that assholes like Goldy can’t afford to live here.

    Here’s a clue: The rest of us do NOT think your dog is cute. We do not appreciate having dog shit everywhere. We resent the fucking noise your fucking dog makes. When you get hassled, it’s because you are being an asshole.

  67. 67

    Police ourselves, influence others to be good, never let my dog off around kids with no dog, blah, blah, blah.

    Goldy, what a bunch of crap. What you are doing is encouraging every dog owning asshole in the city to ignore the law and agressively berate you if you tell them your child is afraid of dogs or tell them its a baseball field not a dog park.

    Of course, I’ve given up. There is no one out there to enforce the laws. I’ve tried. You won. At least my child isn’t afraid of dogs anymore. For five years I had to put up with “What’s your problem?” talk from dog owners breaking the law with their dogs at parks and play fields when I asked them to leash their dog because my child wouldn’t come in to the park otherwise.

    On this issue dog owners are self-satisfied assholes. But your asshole won and it stinks.

    Other than this, I think you are cool.

  68. 68

    I think we should limit dog owner ship to for big dogs you can’t own one unless you have 5 acre’s or more,mid sized dog 3 acre’s or more, small bog 1 acre or more. And No dogs allowed of there owners property.

    I think that would fix things up nicely

  70. 70

    Christine Gregoire let her dog run around outside without a leash, and look what happened to him.

    Get a cat. They are much more independent. And besides, the state’s acting chief executive is allergic to them.

  71. 71

    Goldy, The wowan without a dog bag was a liberal Democrat. Note she didn’t bring a bag with her and was shocked that she was held responsible for her actions. Yup….a Democrat.

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