AN UPDATE FROM LOUISVILLE

Reprinted with permission.  

While many have celebrated the announced resignation of Louisville's
disgraced shelter director, Dr. Gilles Meloche, others are worried that this
will bring a stop to the news cycle regarding him and the failed animal
ordinance he vehemently supported.

Not to worry!

To begin with, Meloche is not gone yet. Seems he's waiting for a new epoch
to dawn on the Mayan Calendar or some other heavenly signal before he takes
his leave at the end of this year. As we in Louisville know all too well,
two months is more than sufficient time to wreak havoc on our community and
our critters.

Besides, the current plan will hand authority over to a current
supervisor: Wayne Zelinski. This is far from an improvement as Mr.
Zelinski has been a disciple of Dr. Meloche for several years and is
well-schooled in his policies and procedures. This, despite having a
Masters of Public Administration degree and having been a former canine
officer in Florida.

There also remain some issues that have bee allowed to fester to the point
where the entire community is now demanding someone be held accountable for
how a man with no experience, a failed job history and guilty plea to 27
counts of dispensing anabolic steroids without proper recordkeeping made it
into the pool of candidates to be considered for the job to begin with.

Then, of course, there are other niggling problems: as being a US citizen
was a requirement for the job (Meloche is Canadian) and also a
requirement under Kentucky state law, how did that get overlooked? And,
when it was repeatedly brought to the attention of Mayor Abramson over the
past four years, why was it ignored? And, after Meloche went before a judge
and falsely swore under oath he was eligible to be a peace officer, why was
he not charged with perjury when he later "unswore" himself?

Then, of course, there's Meloche not telling the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth in explaining his Canadian malpractice and steroid
cases when he applied for his veterinary license in Kentucky. That's going
to become an issue now that one of his announced possible new careers might
be....wait for it!....private practice veterinarian. This is the man who
did heart-sticks on kittens with no anaesthetic, sold FIP-infected cats and
parvo-infected dogs to an unsuspecting public and now wants to care for your
pet?

Following on the heels of that will be the civil suits being filed against
him by former contract veterinarian Dr. Kendall Clay and kennel manager Dawn
Simpson, both of whom he sexually harassed while under his employ.

And last (but certainly not least) this Friday there will be an announcement
of yet another Federal lawsuit being filed against Metro Louisville over the
Meloche-inspired failed animal ordinance. It promises to put this whole
issue right back where it belongs: center stage!

There's a lot of road left yet before we can all sing the words of that
great country song, "Thank God and Greyhound you're gone!"

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