A Texas city council voted to evict the local library’s resident cat after six years in a move the mayor described as retribution for a dog-loving city worker. The White Settlement City Council voted 2-1 at a June 14 meeting to give the White Settlement Public Library 30 days to find a new home for Browser, the feline that has resided at the facility for about six years. The Councilmen Elzie Clements and Paul Moore voted to evict Browser. Clements said, “City Hall and city businesses are no place for animals.” The majority of residents addressing the council during the meeting spoke in support of Browser. A former Councilman Alan Price said, “This is not just a cat, it’s like a family pet. Supporters will petition for an election if we need to and we’ll take this to November. I don’t think that will be any problem.” Mayor Ron White, whose office makes him a non voting council moderator, described Browser’s eviction as petty retaliation for a city employee not being allowed to keep a puppy at City Hall. “We’ve had that cat five years, and there’s never been a question,” the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper quoted White as saying. “That cat doesn’t have anything to do with whether somebody can have their puppy at City Hall. That cat doesn’t hurt anybody… The council just went out and did this on their own because they don’t like cats.” White said he will call for the council to reconsider its decision at the upcoming July 12 meeting.
One mom who needed her son to take out the trash decided to get creative to get his attention. The mom, known to the web as Kerrisimo, posted an image of her full trash can to image sharing/meme supercenter imgur with a message for her 20-year-old son – “D, this is your mom. Please take out the trash!” Kerrisimo explained to imgur readers, “So my son has been lurking here and constantly has his nose in the phone reading and laughing at stuff here. He doesn’t hear me when I ask him to take the trash out. Help me get this to the front page please so maybe the trash will get taken out soon! Thank you!” She went on to explain that her son is is on the autism spectrum,” Kerrisimo posted. “He loves being online as most of his peers do. I may not be the cool mom, but I do listen to him and what is of interest and important to him. […] Sometimes just reminding (him) doesn’t work. So I thought maybe I could get his attention and interact with him here.” The photo went viral, bumping up to the front page of imgur, and did indeed get D’s attention. The trash can photo currently has more than 70,000 views.
