Questions By Texas Pets Alive!

Will you oppose any city ordinance that bans any breed of dog?

Will you support an ordinance that prohibits homeowners’ associations and apartment complexes from banning specific breeds?

Are you aware that a permanent director of the City’s animal center still has not been named, that six key positions at the animal center have remained vacant and unfilled and that the City’s No Kill status has come into jeopardy as a result?

Do you support the current balanced “No Kill” approach embraced by the Council and “No Kill” advocates? Or, are you willing to risk the progress Austin has made by imposing a mandatory alteration law?

Five years from now, where do you see the City in in the No Kill movement and how would you hold the City Manager accountable when actions or inactions by the City Manager’s office jeopardize Austin’s No Kill status?

What do you propose to do about the understaffing and absence of a permanent director at the Austin Animal Center? If you are an incumbent, why have you not directed the City Manager to fill these critical positions?

Will you continue to support this decision and help facilitate permitting, design, and construction on the new facility to help the nonprofit complete this project as efficiently and cost effectively as possible.

What skills, or qualities do you have that will allow you to discern legitimate complaints that need investigating and a response from the frivolous and groundless ones?

Will you support an ordinance that prohibits the declawing of domestic cats?

Will you vote for passage of a CAPA ordinance if recommended by the Animal Advisory Commission?