The only authority we had was to interview. Everybody made recommendations from different panels, and the city manager picked who he felt were the top three.
These kids have done all that we've asked them to do. Every year we turn over students and so they need to learn things quickly to compete in these events. This is really a group of fast learners.
This first transition year going forward will be very difficult. It's not like it's easy to cap costs for an extended period of time.
What they are doing to dogs is such a betrayal. This is an animal we have bred and selected for, for thousands of years, to become our pal, our companion.
