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LiberalNation
05-26-2010, 01:32 PM
most roosters are mean.

http://www.courier-journal.com/comments/article/20100526/PETS/5260367/Henry-the-neighborhood-rooster-has-gotta-go-council-says

ERLANGER - There will be no more cockle-doodle-doo'ing on the cul-de-sacs of Erlanger. Henry the rooster, once the king of Edgar Court, officially remains unwanted in the city's residential areas, along with all livestockNobody was crowing Tuesday evening after City Council decided against changing city ordinances to make allowances for Henry, a neighborhood pet also known as Gnarly and "Mr. Cocky-Doodle-Doo."


Yet after the city's decision, some council members let it be known that Henry isn't as sunny-side-up as his supporters make him out to be.

A city staff report makes Henry sound downright hard-boiled. His rap sheet dates to May 2007, when someone first complained about a rooster in the area. Residents later called police complaining about a rooster:

PostmodernProphet
05-26-2010, 02:07 PM
someone in our town tried to get a variance to raise chickens in the city limits...they had six and tried to argue that was the appropriate number for their weekly egg requirements.....'till someone looked at the picture and noticed four of them were roosters.....they lost their appeal.....