Brickbat: Papers, Please

Charles Oliver | 8.15.2017 4:00 AM

Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control officers will begin going door-to-door in West Covina to make sure dog owners have paid their license fees. Officials admit the move is aimed at raising revenue.

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Telcontar the Wanderer 8 years ago

Hmmm... Licensing and extorting people in exchange for allowing them to keep their beloved pets is great and all, but I feel we can do better...

Wait. I've GOT IT. I've figured out how to raise revenue, give Planned Parenthood a long-term boost, AND stick it to the Catholics all at the same time!
1. Rat on a train 8 years ago
  
  Well it'll certainly make chartered accountancy a much more interesting job.
  1. Radioactive 8 years ago
    
    ..cause I'm the tax man woah oh...
Adans smith 8 years ago

And cats get a pass. Evil bastards. I'll bet Antifa are all cat peole too
1. John C. Randolph 8 years ago
  
  Cats are assholes, and so are the "antifa" fascists. It only makes sense.
  
  -jcr
2. Longtobefree 8 years ago
  
  Just for the record; the last two letters of 'antifa' are not for 'fascist', they are for 'free America'.
Tom Bombadil 8 years ago

What will we do if California secedes and takes all the most talented politicians?
1. Longtobefree 8 years ago
  
  We will meet that event with mixed emotions; joy and happiness!
2. loveconstitution1789 8 years ago
  
  No more TOP MEN from Taxifornia. What a shame.
Fist of Etiquette 8 years ago

How much will it cost to deploy SWAT for those not answering the doorbell?
1. Telcontar the Wanderer 8 years ago
  
  Broken Front Door: 30$
  Dead Pomeranian: 500$
  Knowing That The Law Has Been Upheld: Priceless
  1. Adans smith 8 years ago
    
    You forgot going hone safe and sound to beat the wife.
    1. Telcontar the Wanderer 8 years ago
      
      No, that's part of #3. Cops need stress relievers, you know. All that Upholding is hard work.
    2. Rat on a train 8 years ago
      
      Don't forget the children.
      1. Radioactive 8 years ago
        
        yes, always remember to beat the children...
John C. Randolph 8 years ago

Remember this phrase: "Fuck you, get a warrant."

-jcr
1. Rat on a train 8 years ago
  
  We don't need a warrant. We heard barking and there is the distinct smell of dog biscuits coming from your place.
Jerryskids 8 years ago

Jesus, this will be going down in dog history like the Rape of Nanking. How many dogs you suppose are going to get shot?
1. loveconstitution1789 8 years ago
  
  Damn. I thought you were going to have the police do something else to the dogs since you started with "Rape of ...."
  1. generalisimo14 8 years ago
    
    "We raped the horses and rode off on the women!"
Jerryskids 8 years ago

The question I have is, are these people too stupid to come up with a plausible pretext, like calling this a community outreach effort wherein animal control officers will be going door-to-door handing out informational pamphlets on legal pet ownership and if they should happen to see some illegal pet ownership along the way, oh well, or are the peasants in the People's Republic so thoroughly cowed that their masters don't even feel the need to disguise an unconstitutional warrantless search of the general population?
1. Longtobefree 8 years ago
  
  "or are the peasants in the People's Republic so thoroughly cowed that their masters don't even feel the need to disguise an unconstitutional warrantless search of the general population?"
  
  Been to an airport lately?
  Courthouse?
  Any government building?
  1. Radioactive 8 years ago
    
    yo momma's bedroom?
    1. generalisimo14 8 years ago
      
      No restrictions there, just take a number and wait in the lobby.
      1. BestUsedCarSales 8 years ago
        
        I kept getting cavity checks in the lobby. Those were official, right?
2. Jen G. 8 years ago
  
  It will probably be done the way my local county did it a couple years ago - they sent someone around to any homeowner who had ever licensed a pet to verify they still owned the pet and sold the licenses on the spot if you gave them cash or a check.
  
  The only real consequence to not paying your license is if your cat/dog/hamster gets impounded. The cost to get them out if they are unlicensed is about 5x the yearly license fee.
  
  Still against it.
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