Library Cat Outlasts Councilman That Wanted Him Gone

[Blue_Tires]

WHITE SETTLEMENT (1080 KRLD) – A White Settlement City Councilman is out, and the beloved library cat he tried to chase off gets to stay.

Elzie Clements’ final meeting as a member of the city council was Tuesday night. Clements tried to have Browser, the city’s docile grey tabby library cat, fired this past summer. Browser got his job at the library when he was just a kitten. He was recruited from a local animal shelter as an inexpensive, effective method of pest control at the library.

In July, a city worker apparently demanded Browser’s removal after the worker was not allowed to bring a puppy to work at City Hall. Two-legged library workers were outraged, and many people who use the library often said that they were unhappy with Bowser’s dismissal.

The White Settlement City Council took up the issue of what to do with Browser, with Clements being the lone vote to get rid of the favorable feline. Browser got a reprieve following a world-wide backlash, and reports say there were still some hard feelings among council members after the cat fight. Councilman Clements eventually ran out of his 9-lives after he was defeated in a landslide in November’s election.

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/12/14/library-cat-outlasts-councilman-that-wanted-him-gone/


The real story here is that there is a place in these United States called "White Settlement"...

[Motley13]

1. Happy for the cat & the city council

I do suggest a name change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Settlement,_Texas

[Fla Dem]

6. Probably not gonna happen with a White population of 85%.

It's a pretty antebellum name and one I would cringe at every time I had to record my address. But glad the people got rid of the councilman.

[LanternWaste]

7. There was a vote about five or ten years ago to rename the town

There was a vote about five or ten years ago to rename the town (mayor and members of the chamber of commerce decided that the name might be limiting its allure to outside investors). The proposition was voted down by about nine or ten to one.

But yeah... crappy name, defended by idiots who proclaimed "stop changing history! stop denying me my heritage!" when the vote happened.

[Bayard]

2. Maybe

The town was originally settled by a family named White? Snorf!

Good for Browser, and good for the library for coming up with a non-toxic way to control mice.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. Furry purry.

[crazycatlady]

4. that is a beautiful feline

[jmowreader]

5. White Settlement is a suburb of Fort Worth

It’s called that because that’s what it was.

[NJCher]

8. A digital age cat--"Browser"

Last week I worked with a school dog named "Google."

Anyway, bravo for Browser.