From Deseret News archives:
2 foes agree at FIDOS debate
More than 50 county residents attended a debate on the issue Monday night sponsored by Millcreek Friends Interested in Dogs and Open Space (FIDOS), Republican Mayor Nancy Workman did not attend the debate.
The audience grilled independent Cook and Democrat Corroon on their plans regarding leash laws and open space for walking dogs.
Dogs "are part of your families," Corroon said. "I wouldn't want someone coming to me and saying, 'You can't bring your kids into the park today. It's an odd day no kids today.' " He was referring to a county ordinance that allows dogs to run leash-free in Millcreek Canyon only on odd-numbered days.
Cook agreed, saying, "I think one of the wonderful things about open space, and especially our canyons, is that we can unleash our pets. . . . I think there are some dogs that need to stay on their leash," but he said county ordinances on pets tend to be arbitrary and should be more common sense-oriented.
But neither candidate would commit to increasing funding for animal services or ordinance enforcement.
Neither candidate currently owns dogs, though Cook's family has had three cocker spaniels, and Corroon said he grew up with dogs and wants to get a dog when his children, ages 1, 2 and 3, are old enough. He said he lived with his godmother for a year, and she had 15 dogs.
Millcreek FIDOS is online at www.millcreekfidos.org.
E-mail: dsmeath@desnews.com
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