in article , Charles M at
wrote on 8/6/03 3:53 PM:

In article , Karen Chuplis wrote:
in article , Charles M at
wrote on 8/6/03 8:23 AM:

In article , Karen Chuplis wrote:
http://www.journalstar.com/local.php?story_id=69553

They pulled their heads out and DID it. I really wasn't sure if they would
because these small town people are rather afraid (as you can tell as most
wouldn't say how they voted or are reluctant to say what they think) to go
against "the popular kid" (IMO). But they did it. It's a start.

Karen


I hate when a post doesn't say what its talking about. You have to click
the link to get any idea of what you're referring to.

That said, its not clear he's totally at fault. Sounds like she (the
neighbor) knew her animals were eating his feed and did nothing about it. If
he laid traps, he had some reason for doing so, i.e this wasn't the first
time
her animals had gotten in to his stuff. Did he try to resolve this
beforehand?
Did animal control try to do anything? The article doesn't say, and strike
me
as somewhat one sided for not doing so. He may have tried other alternatives
first for all we know. Yes, his actions were extreme, but were other options
available, or had he tried them to no avail? Again, the article doesn't say,
but it should.

There were earlier posts on the subject. This was an update for those
following the story. He did NOT try to resolve anything. He used steel
traps. When asked what if a child got into the trap he said he'd feel bad
but he wasn't a baby sitter. He refused to say how he killed that cats but
admitted he did. He then said "no one ever saw me throw If you are truly
interested read:

http://www.journalstar.com/local.php?story_id=56863

The highlights a

"I'm not worried about this recall election at all,"Schroder said in an
interview at his home last week. "I've got more relatives in this town than
she's got friends."

Schroder wouldn't say what he does with the cats he traps or how he kills
them.

"You just get rid of it, that's all I'll say,"he said. "Nobody ever saw me
throwing anything into the street."

Schroder said the trap doesn't hurt much, and that he has had his own hand
caught in it without pain. If a child got stuck, he said, he would feel
terrible. On the other hand, "I'm not the babysitter."

I would print it here but the article belongs to the Journal Star. From his
uncaring attitude about WHAT he caught, it's clear that at the very least,
he shouldn't be a leader in the town. He might have squirreled out a lot of
his problems if he hadn't shouted his mouth off in such a cocky indifferent
way. One has to wonder if his food business was attracting such animal
attention if he was even following good or legal procedures in storing it.
There's a big difference in trapping an animal and turning it in and
trapping and killing them himself. You are entitled to your opinion, but if
you can read the above article and think this man should continue in a
leadership role, I question your ideas of leadership.

Karen




Ah, a bit more detail. It looks now like he is indeed a cad. Sorry Karen, I
didn't mean to pick on you, but as I said in another post, the bit of showing
a link without any synopsis or explanation is a common tool of spammers, so
its a pet peeve of mine.

No, I did not know these other things. As far as I knew, the other article was
the only thing you based all this on and, personally, it seemed long on
opinion and short on facts to me. I had no knowlege of the other posts.

Sorry too if I sounded snippy. It was a while back that the first posts were
done. It just makes me soooooo mad when I think of this guy being so cocky
with his "importance" in a small town that he thinks he can do anything with
impunity. Grrrr. I just hope the charges stick now too.

Karen