Talk of The Villages Florida - Coyote Horse Sense

I lean a little left of center in my politics, but I still love this story:

The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail.
A coyote jumps out and attacks the Governor's dog, then bites the Governor.

1. The Governor starts to intervene, but recalls the movie
"Bambi" and then realizes he should stop because the coyote is only
doing what is natural.

2. Then he calls animal control. Animal control captures the coyote
and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it.

3. Then he calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and
bills the State $200 testing it for diseases.

4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked
for diseases from the coyote and getting his bite wound treated and dressed.

5. The running trail gets shut down for six months while Fish & Game
conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous animals.

6. The Governor appropriates $50,000 in state funds implementing a
"coyote awareness program" for residents of the area.

7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better
treat rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world.

8. The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack.
The State spends $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with additional special training re: the behavior patterns of coyotes.

9. The dismissed security agent files suit for wrongful termination and eventually agrees to a $1 million settlement.

10. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit
against the State.

By sheer coincidence, a month later, the Governor of Montana is jogging
with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out and attacks his dog.

1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol and
keeps jogging. He has spent $0.75 on a .45 ACP hollow point cartridge.

2. The buzzards eat the dead coyote.

And this is why California is broke and Montana is not.