Rescue business gave
the runaround
I tried to adopt a Chihuahua from the Chihuahua Rescue in Burbank
for over a year without success.
I went to the Chihuahua Rescue in Burbank half a dozen times and
filled out several applications to adopt starting over a year ago,
nothing happened.
Apparently, it was just about impossible to get a dog from
Chihuahua Rescue.
I filled the applications and never heard from them. I went back
and again only to hear that my application was "lost."
Once, I was very angry because after trying to get a set of
sisters for over eight months I filled out my application again only
to see it at the end of the day with a note saying "not suitable for
adoption".
These people had not even come to my house nor spoken to me before
they had already dumped me. I hope that Kimi Peck gets forced out
there. She is not a good animal lover.
I'd still like to adopt one or two Chihuahuas. Please note I have
a home with a fenced yard.
CLAUDIA PRADA
Reseda
City should reconsider fence provisions
In my opinion, the proposed revision of the city ordinances
regarding fencing is not well considered ("Changes to city's fence
ordinance in the works," Saturday-Sunday).
Many homes in Burbank, including ours, have trees or shrubbery
along the property lines, separating their front yards from the
neighbors'. Our arborvitae can be cut down to four feet, but that
drastic a trimming would very likely kill the plants. Removing and
replacing them would be costly, and it will take several years for
them to grow to the designated 4-foot height.
Just down the street is a lovely growth of mature trees dividing
the two front yards. In my neighborhood, at least one family has 10-
to 12-foot tall cypress-type trees along their back fence to maintain
privacy for their swimming pool. So far as I can tell, none of these
dividers restricts traffic along the streets nor in any other way
affects anyone except the two houses involved.
One side of our house runs along an alley. Part of the wall is
pierced block, at around four feet tall, with bougainvillea growing
over it. The rest, about 90-feet long, is plain cinder block at 6
feet in height, with bamboo, ivy and an old black walnut tree running
along the inside.
I'm not clear whether this wall would have to be stuccoed under
the new ordinance. Would we be required to remove the bougainvillea,
the bamboo and the tree?
These are all over 4-feet tall. As plain cinder block, any
graffiti on the outside of the wall is easily removed. That would not
