Each of the personalities at this weblog sends his sincere thanks to Judges Sam Sparks and Lee Yeakel of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, for cracking down on irresponsible dog owners who “failed to live up to their representations and legal obligation to remove their pets’ deposits.” (law.com, “Judges fed up with dogs that violate courthouse lawn,” 04-17-04, and AP/Houston Chronicle, 04-16-04). And, we don’t care if “the courthouse grounds has one of the few patches of grass anywhere in the downtown area.” (Fox7, Austin, TX)
Just yesterday, haikuEsq was sitting in his backyard along the Mohawk River waiting for an inspiration (while ethicalEsq was taking a break from worrying about ghost-writers), when a serial-offending neighbor brought her dachshund to said lawn, let it relieve itself, and walked away without scooping — totally aware that she was being observed from just a few feet away by someone who actually had the right to be in that yard. Prof. Yabut, who often finds himself “stepping in it”, is outraged. None of “us” has had a haiku moment since then.