Let #dogs in #restaurant patios. Have bistro owners provide #leashes to #parents of #unruly #children

Patio Lover

     New Mexican the Santa Fe newspaper, Letters to the Editor, July 22, 2011:   “Dog Diversion by Maria Huguera, Santa Fe: The new ordinance ending the ban on dogs at restaurant patios is a victory for social justice.  By giving the humorless grumps and control freaks of Santa Fe our dogs to glare at and disapprove of, we distract them from mo9re serious offenses.  Like hating gays and minorities.

     It also takes some of the heat off the uncouth parents who bring their beastly children to restaurants.  (And God forbid, to cultural  events.”

     I agree: beastly undisciplined children in public places are far worse than disciplined dogs.  The French, who allow dogs in public patios and street bistros, are completely right.  Aren’t dog kisses, even after they have licked their balls, more sanitary than our own?  

     My suggestion: restaurants should offer leashes to parents of children who are disturbing other patrons!

       "Lord, let me be the kind of person my dog thinks I am!" - Unknown