Administrative Hearing Today

An administrative hearing was scheduled today. We were told it would simply be to review revoking Noah's Ark/Alex's business license. This is something of a kangaroo court since it is simply held in the basement of City Hall and presided over by an attorney and not a judge.

Alex chose to attend this hearing (although the outcome was a foregone conclusion) because she wanted to ensure that key elements did not end up in public record unchallenged -- such as the lie that LBAC/LBPD were given permission to enter the location (they were not, they entered without a search warrant.)

Apparently, LBAC and the Deputy City Attorney had planned to "try" the whole case to be presented by the city at this administrative hearing! This was not what Alex or Noah's Ark were notified that this hearing would review.

However, Alex was given the opportunity to question Lt. Quigley under oath. The transcripts of this hearing will clearly show ON THE RECORD that LBAC has been untruthful, that they have been inside the facility, that Officer Estrada was there just 10 days before and saw nothing that needed to be cited, and that Lt. Quigley knew that Alex had stepped down as Executive Director.

Since Alex was representing herself at this hearing (she didn't think she'd need an attorney to hear a case on revoking her business license), the Deputy City Attorney was required to give her much of the paperwork that Noah's Ark Justice Committee, Councilman De Long and the Mayor's office have been requesting. Ms. Meyers was not thrilled.

Currently, we are reviewing the "inventory" list and can already see that animals are missing or crossed out. We'll be getting answers as to what this means, but we are pretty sure we know already.

Please take a moment to send thoughts and love to Apple, the 3 year old Maltese who was incontinent but was just fine in a diaper. Apple has been lined out. Our adorable pocket pit bull is also lined out. There are many more in the list. There are also animals no one has seen in their visits -- Old Man aka Johnny Walker, the 10-ish Tick Hound...no one has seen him since the raid. It was a heartbreaking day on this front.

On a happier note, we were contacted by two happy new pet parents. Two of our older pets now have homes! No one has seen the cats. But we hope we are wrong and that we'll begin getting reports that they have been adopted too.

Conditions at the shelter are abyssmal for these pets. If you can afford the time and have the space in your home and heart, please help us retrieve these sweet animals from the shelter and get them to new homes.