County managers and the animal shelter director are stalling and delaying. They’re not applying the shelter’s Strategic Plan. They want to throw it away and waste taxpayer money on a “new” plan, to cover up their own failure. They are turning their back on community standards.
Author Archives: Margot Boyer
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Boyer: Kennel Staff at OC Animal Care are Stretched to the Breaking Point
Animal Care Attendants at the OC shelter are compassionate and hard-working. But the county has reduced the number of attendants, making it impossible for them to provide adequate animal care.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Boyer: A Deteriorating Animal Shelter and Millions in Suspicious Contracts
Is there a problem in county management? We praise and blame County Supervisors. We ignore the top managers in county bureaucracy. One agency, OCCR, is wasting taxpayer dollars and abetting the grim disarray of the animal shelter. What’s hiding behind their disinformation?
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Boyer: The OC Animal Shelter’s Obsolete Policies Put Volunteers, Staff, and Animals at Risk. Use the Strategic Plan and Put an End to Mismanagement!
Before the hangar fire, the OC animal shelter was overcrowded and understaffed – a ticking time bomb. It was an unsafe working environment for kennel staff and volunteers and an unsafe living environment for the animals. With the emergency over, the county should fix the shelter’s broken policies to avoid another crisis.
