Letter to the Editor

I am waiting to see this published in the Democrat & Chronicle - its a letter from the President of Habitat for Cats' husband who is a retired cop, and an animal lover. Its right on. Here it is:

Regarding D&C article of 9/1/10 “No Jail Time in Pet Starving”.

City Court Judge John Schwartz stated that he had never before been inundated by such a large hue and cry as he was from the public who were seeking a just sentence for Love Jackson who starved her six year old Rottweiler to death. I am outraged by Schwartz’s extremely lenient sentence and am confused about whether Judge Schwartz is merely arrogant in disregarding the public’s sentencing input or just plain ignorant and inconsiderate of how this defenseless animal suffered before its’ senseless demise. Fortunately, Judge Schwartz can only arraign and oversee preliminary hearings of felonies and not sentence felons because one must wonder if Schwartz would sentence a convicted pedophile to community service at a nursery school as he sentenced this convicted animal abuser to 100 hours of community service at an animal shelter where she may have more opportunities to abuse animals. I implore the public to remember Judge Schwartz’s lack of compassion and vote him off the bench so he can not repeat this injustice if one of their loved ones is victimized.



Walt Simoni