Contextual note: Palm Coast government’s contract with the Flagler Humane Society this year was $156,000, subsequently increased to $190,000 due to two unforeseen very large volume animal impoundment cases that dramatically increased shelter and veterinary expenses for the city. The current contract expires on Oct. 8. The 2026-27 budget proposed by the city administration is $326,850, which would allow for the per-animal safekeeping fee to increase from $156 to $300. Other fees regarding dangerous dogs, wildlife, pocket pets and for those incarcerated and other miscellaneous causes may also be increased, according to the city, and would bring the total budget to $349,000. The City Council is requesting a cut of $140,000, which would result in a budget of either $209,000 or $186,850, depending on how the administration calculates the cut. Negotiations between the city and the society are ongoing. Rebecca Reynolds, the treasurer of the Flagler Humane Society, wrote the following in that context.–FL
By Rebecca Reynolds
When Molly first came through the door at the Flagler Humane Society in February 2026, she was trembling with fear. She is a tiny chihuahua and miniature pinscher mix, weighing just a few pounds. She had been wandering the streets as a stray. For a dog so small, the big world is a terrifying place.
Molly was not just scared. She was also in pain. Her tiny body was covered from head to toe in fleas. She had a severe skin issue from the infestation, leaving her coat patchy and red, her skin flaking from constant scratching.
Healing a neglected dog like Molly takes more than medicine. It takes patience. It takes compassion. It takes resources, funding, and a team of dedicated people who refuse to give up on the animals who arrive broken, frightened, or forgotten. This is Molly’s journey—and the journey of so many animals who find their way to our shelter.
Then came her medical and behavioral evaluation. Staff noted she was severely malnourished, flea-ridden, and losing hair. She was bathed gently, scheduled for a spay surgery, and tested for heartworms and parasites. Because she arrived with no medical records, she received vital rabies, distemper, and bordetella vaccines to protect her fragile health.
After her intake, Molly was placed in a crate lined with soft, donated blankets and a tiny dog bed. She was given fresh water, a bowl of nutritious food, safety, and warmth.
And that is where I found her.
You see, I am the treasurer on the board of the Flagler Humane Society. I am the person who reviews the financials to ensure our organization can continue to keep its doors open. On that particular day, I was at the shelter to attend a crucial financial meeting with the committee I chair, specifically tasked with evaluating our tightening budget, operational income, and rising expenses.
As I walked past the holding area, I saw Molly, a newly surrendered puppy, cowering in the back of her crate, her entire body shaking.
Like many of the animals at the society, she had been discarded, neglected, left to fend for herself. Thin. Lost. Alone. And by the grace of God, she had been found and brought to a place where people cared enough to fight for her. (Kudos to the staff: they place frightened small dogs in quieter areas so they can decompress away from the noise of larger dogs.)
In that quiet moment, the numbers on my spreadsheets suddenly took on a living, breathing form. It became profoundly clear that every dollar we account for, every budget cut we debate, and every donation we receive translates directly into the comfort and survival of animals just like her.
“Is she up for adoption?” I asked. Then, looking around at the exhausted but determined staff and volunteers, I added, “Is it always like this?”
“Oh, yes,” one replied. “Sometimes the animals arrive even more neglected.” Molly, they said, “was one of the lucky ones.”
Don’t get me wrong, I have adopted many dogs over the years, but there seemed to be a lot of little dogs recently coming to the shelter.
“How many animals did you care for last year?” I asked.
The answer amazed me: 3,053 animals in the last fiscal year — dogs, cats, pocket pets, bunnies, snakes, lizards, wildlife, and even farm animals.
As treasurer, that staggering number made me ask a hard question: What does it really cost the Flagler Humane Society to care for one dog? I went back to the ledger and did the math.
Of those 3,053 animals, 1,832 were strays. FHS holds yearly service contracts with our local cities and the county to cover a portion of the cost of stray care. Local commissioners fully recognize their legal responsibility under Florida Statutes Chapter 767 and Chapter 828 to protect both citizens and animals within their jurisdictions.
However, the cities and county only cover a small portion of the mandatory five-day legal stray hold. By the ordinance set by the city, FHS must hold a stray animal for five days to give owners a chance to find them, during which time we cannot put them up for adoption.
The baseline cost to intake and care for a single animal during this period is $392.64. This includes:
- Physical and emotional assessments.
- Immediate medical treatments and vaccines.
- Veterinary and animal care staff.
- Food, shelter, clean bedding, exercise, and socialization.
- Indirect overhead (facility occupancy, utilities, maintenance, and insurance).
What this baseline does not cover are any additional expenses incurred after the five-day mandatory hold ends. Through my 2026 cost analysis, I discovered a shocking truth: FHS has been subsidizing the City of Palm Coast to the tune of $226,227.84 annually. The city pays just $156.00 per animal, leaving a gaping $236.64 deficit per dog. Multiply that by Palm Coast’s 956 strays, and the shelter absorbs nearly a quarter-million dollars in municipal responsibility.
I then asked myself, how do we cover the rest of the fees? I mistakenly assumed adoption fees made up the difference. They don’t. The average adoption fee is $113. Look at the math:
$392.64 – $156.00 -$113.00= $ -123.64 deficit per animal. This net loss does not even factor in the mandatory spay/neuter surgery required before an animal can be adopted out.
If our local population is growing and stray intakes are surging, why not build a larger facility? FHS is actively looking to build a larger kennel to house more animals, but we desperately need the matching assistance of Palm Coast, Bunnell, Flagler Beach and Flagler County to do so.
For 44 years, the Flagler Humane Society has poured its heart and soul into providing invaluable community safety nets:
- Low-cost spay/neuter surgeries, microchipping, and veterinary services.
- The Furry Friend Food Bank to help struggling families keep their pets.
- Disaster sheltering partnerships with the county’s Emergency Operations Center.
- Feral cat Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs.
- Temporary crisis housing for pets whose owners are hospitalized or incarcerated.
- Cruelty and abuse investigations in tandem with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, including an established foster kitten/puppy program with the Sheriff’s Office.
We have been so fiercely dedicated to this mission that we have routinely funneled our growth capital directly into basic daily operational costs to ensure every healthy and treatable animal has the greatest opportunity for a positive outcome. Our community should be incredibly proud of our numbers: 2,265 successful adoptions and 544 lost pets reunited with their families last fiscal year. It proves Palm Coast, Bunnell, Flagler Beach and Flagler County care.
This budget year, we are asking Palm Coast, Bunnell, Flagler Beach, and Flagler County to simply meet our actual baseline costs. We are not a corporation looking for a profit. We are a non-profit trying to survive and build a larger facility that accommodates an expanding community. It took the foresight of City Commissioner Theresa Pontieri to visit our facility and formally ask if we were planning an expansion to keep pace with local growth.
City officials are now proposing to slash our funding even further to cushion other municipal departments.
Molly’s story is not an isolated case. We cannot keep absorbing local governments’ financial responsibilities at the expense of our future. If you care about the safety of our streets and the lives of our animals, please contact the Palm Coast City Council immediately before the final budget vote. Please urge them to properly fund the care of stray animals during the required stray holding period at the requested, data-backed rate of $392.64 per animal.
So, how does Molly’s journey end?
I adopted her—and she adopted me right back. Her skin healed, her coat grew back beautifully, and her vibrant spirit blossomed. She makes me laugh every single day with her silly antics. Today, she has an abundance of toys, nutritious food, a big fenced yard, and a canine sister named Daisy who absolutely adores her.
Molly is finally safe. She is deeply loved. Let’s make sure the doors stay open to give the next animal the exact same chance.
Rebecca Reynolds is the treasurer of the Flagler Humane Society.
Endless corruption says
Cruelty is the point with Rapeublicans. Taxes are strictly for terror under this pedo regime.
M f s says
What does this comment have to do with the article?
Kendall says
And there will be more cuts like this if the property tax amendment passes in November. Florida is full of low information voters who only care about themselves.
R.S. says
Animals deserve kindness, so do humans. I wish we could muster the saintliness to extend kindness to all living creatures in pain.
Waste not want not says
Palm Coast wants to be big city
Let them run their own animal shelter and related services and their own police dept. Instead of relying on the county for assistance
R.S. says
Who’s “them,” Mr./Ms. Waste etc.? I wish you would revise that non-referring pronoun “they.” The non-identifiable “they” appears to refer to anyone who is not the speaker. I wonder what will happen if one of those eventually feral creatures bites his/her heels as s/he steps out to fetch the mail. S/he’ll probably holler for the “they” to come to his/her assistance. And then the unidentifiable “they” will put the problem right back on Mr./Ms. Waste etc. ;-)
Bobby says
Take a look around they can’t even run the city correctly now let alone take on further responsibilities.
JimboXYZ says
You mean like the population of Palm Coast isn’t Flagler County ? 100+K population for Palm Coast, 3,600 in Bunnell, 15 in Marineland, 475 Beverly Beach, that leaves Flagler Beach at 5,150 (appropriate for a code, see link below) for being sozeable enough to do a head count ? Palm Coast floats Flagler County as it is. And the Police & Fire Departments serve Fglagler Beach & Bunnell for doing all the heavy lifting for crimes beyond jaywalking & speeding on A1A & US-1. All the schools are Palm Coast, all the hospitals too. The water & sewage expansion is predominantly funded by Palm Coast, then again it’s 90+% of the county population. Palm Coast funded & built the new FCSO facility in Bunnell too. Who knows how many of these abandoned pets originated from the satellite townships around Palm Coast ? A few stories are the 51–71 from the R-Section (Bunnell ?). Based upon population Palm Coast picked up the tab for those Bunnell dogs ? his area has some interesting characters for sure ? Last time I consider adoption all they had were pit bulls, very few small breed dogs. A ton of cats though. I simply can’t risk owning a pit bull breed fr the legal potential. Evidently those owners couldn’t either ? The difference is I didn’t abandon, abuse or neglect them. My recent neighbor had 2 of them, borderline neglect, thank God there was a fence, otherwise they would’ve attacked for just mowing the lawn or checking the mailbox every day.
https://police-codes.com/basic-codes/5150
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagler_County,_Florida#Communities
https://flaglerlive.com/smart-chihuahuas/
https://www.flaglercountybuzz.com/2026/05/21/palm-coast-woman-arrested-for-felony-animal-cruelty-51-dogs-removed-from-home/
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/woman-arrested-felony-animal-cruelty-palm-coast/77-edfb89a8-ce4c-46e0-b9b5-1d7ae2359334
JimboXYZ says
Since Palm Coast/Flagler County is a rental duplex center, renters are transient population. Being Nomadic by that very nature another concept of “leakage” applies as well ? That is jow many of these pit bulls are leaking in from surrounding counties, Volusia, Putnam, St Johns, Duval, not to mention those from the Orlando counties, perhaps Tampa & even Miami-Dade (S FL counties). The demographics of those that own pit bulls is pretty obvious too for folks that neglect & abuse pets that are considered more dangerous breeds ?
Disgusted says
Gutting Palm Coast Animal Control is one of the most disgusting and inhumane moves the Palm Coast City Council and City Manager have made so far.
This current Palm Coast City Council (Theresa Pontieri, a complete disaster for Palm Coast, and Ty Miller) have been disasters for the residents of Palm Coast and the City of Palm Coast as a whole.
Theresa Pontiere pushed for gutting animal control, and got what she wanted.
What’s to become of animal welfare in Palm Coast? I’ve had to call animal control many times in my years here to help with animal issues including animal abuse. What happens now?
The gutting of animal control is/was an inhumane move and the repercussions now lie at the feet of the people who pushed for this, all in the name of saving a buck . . . and that’s particularly Theresa Pontieri. If you watch the last 6 weeks of PC City Council meetings, you will see Theresa Pontieri pushing for gutting animal control and restricting code enforcement.
I am completely disgusted with what’s happened to Palm Coast over the last 4 years with the present Palm Coast City Council and as well the grossly overpaid city manager who’s a complete idiot.
I’m going to make sure this story is publicized all over the country and all over the world.
Gutting animal control is extremely inhumane.
All the wealthy people living over the bridge in Hammock Dunes, how about coughing up some of your $$ and funding a decent animal control and humane situation for animals in Palm Coast? Volusia County animal resources and humane society are funded by a very wealthy family in Volusia County.
Taxpayer says
Well said and I feel the same and those that made this decision all need to be fired. They are not a benefit to this community.
Palm Coast REAL animal lover says
The decision didn’t happen in a vacuum. Meaning, the city manager doesn’t do anything without the approval of the city council.
Palm Coast Wrecking Ball, Theresa Pontieri has been pushing for this. She claims to be an animal lover.
No animal lover who’s truly an animal lover would have taken this route.
The present city council, mostly Theresa Pontieri and Ty Miller, have been 2 disasters for Palm Coast.
Ed Danko, former Vice-Mayor, PC says
It is simply unimaginable to me that our Council, pushed by Vice-Mayor Pontieri, would be willing to basically defund our Flagler Humane Society. I strongly urge everyone to voice your deep concerns to council by letter, or in person during public comment. I also urge everyone to make a financial donation if possible. The Flagler Humane Society is the beneficiary of my Family Trust, and I ask that you consider putting them in your Trust or Will if possible. Also, remember your best friend is waiting for you at the Flagler Humane Society!
Tired of it says
Hell has frozen over! Never thought I would agree with anything Mr. Danko has to say. He is absolutely right on this.
Taxpayer says
Thank you can someone explain to the citizens of PC why Pontieri has a witch hunt to destroy our services and community putting many unsafe. I hope the City of Palm Coast good insurance when something horrible happens because of their idiotic decisons.
Joe D says
And so it BEGINS….”
What to CUT, what to PRESERVE…
Everyone out there has different ( and frequently OPPOSING) opinions on VITAL SERVICES, which need to be preserved, and those that can be reduced. You can’t please EVERYONE…so you just have to take a DEEP BREATH…and COMPROMISE ( remember that word in the English dictionary which seems to have been forgotten in the last 10 years). Compromise means each side establishes PRIORITIES, then step by step, adjustments are made to come to the middle and agree.
Those days appear GONE! Now it’s an “US against THEM” winner take all fight. For someone to win, the other side needs to lose! The prior idea of a “Win/Win” agreement has pretty much gone out the window.
As the owner of 5 “rescue” pets in my life, I can tell you they brought years of companionship, humor, joy, love and FAMILY MEMORIES. However their pre-adoption care comes at a COST, like everything else…those costs are going up.
So we are soon going to hear MORE heart warming (or heartbreaking depending on your view) stories about what passage of the Homestead tax expansion amendment is going to bring to current ( and future services), in the local cities, (and the County)…these are not so called “SCARE TACTICS”….these, and future budget cuts are REALITY! You can’t spend money you DON’T HAVE!
I moved from a Government to a private job, not because I didn’t like the job, but because with the anticipation of helping 3 kids through college, I just COULDN’T AFFORD to stay on the lower government pay schedule, and the PRIVATE SECTOR job offered 50% tuition reimbursement for dependents in addition to a $4000 salary increase!! If you think Flagler city and county area salaries are too high, look at private employers in comparison…with a strong chance of a relocation out of the Flagler County area…talk about PROPERTY VALUES decreasing!?!
Voters need to take a DEFINITE LOOK, at what services and benefits they currently expect each day, and start imagining them reduced or GONE. For just a few hundred tax dollars back in your pocket ( or less if service fees are shifted from “taxes” to make up some of the difference).
So voters REALLY need to start thinking before they blindly vote “Yes”, to the Homestead exemption expansion amendment this fall. That next UNDERSTAFFED fire call or DELAYED police response call…could be to YOUR HOUSE!
Alice says
If these City Officials can’t run this town efficiently they all need to resign because the more I am reading about them the more I am losing faith in their abilities of operation.
And I am not impressed with Pontieri.
Citizens talk about the city getting their own police dept. OMG please no they can’t handle what they have now.
Beth says
As treasurer, Can I ask what is your directors raise? The program you had with the Sheriffs Dept to bring Puppies, You have a social media post that reported pulling a dog from a neighboring county and Puppies, which were the result of Parvo virus being within Flagler Humane Society. This program and pulling Dogs from a neighboring shelter, seems to have cost quite a bit of money to fix that medical illness. Where did these funds come from?
It doesn’t appear the City is cutting your budget, moreso not giving the amount t you are requesting for an increase. My belief is this article is very misleading packed with inaccurate details. Can we request a response for an article with City Officials for more information?
Rebecca Reynolds says
Beth this article was not packed with inaccurate details. I am currently the treasurer of the Humane Society and wanted to truly find out what it costs to take in animals. For the first 5 day hold a dog, puppy, cat or kitten come into the shelter the costs are as follows. (Kittens and Puppies are even more expensive because of their specialty food) Vaccines $69.91, Food shelter bedding and kennel staff is $129.00, and a portion of shelter overhead costs for operations is $193.73. For a total of $392.64. The city pays the Humane society $156.00 and the average adoption fee is 113.00. This also does not include spay and neuter costs that are required for adoption. We took in 956 strays from just Palm Coast. The city is aware of these fees now. The Humane Society is asking for our costs back (not a profit) so we can try to build a larger facility to handle more animals that are projected for the county. We can’t do that if we are subsidizing the city. As for the other animals that come into the facility from the other cities, they are charged as well. We rely on our Thrift Store, fundraisers, donations and grants to cover costs.
Gina Weiss says
Just when you thought it can’t get any worst it does!
The City of Palm Coast officials and upper management : trim the top salaries and
leave some breadcrumbs for our weakest! You all have reached a NEW LOW in
your attempt to destroy the very fabric of our beautiful idyllic city. Rather then trimming
the salaries of your highest paid city employees some of whom collect exorbitant salaries
you have chosen to cut the jobs of those who provide essential services to our taxpaying
citizens. In your short – sighted indifference you also cut funding that was slated for the
Flagler Humane Society where many volunteers who have turned their lives around by
working tirelessly at jobs that are dangerous which you guys view as unnecessary and useless.
This is the same misguided city council that supports and encourages excessive new home
building , supports secretive data center growth ( you did not have to go with the 2 year
nondisclosure agreement and could have informed your citizens ). All Palm Coast residents
are aware of what you are doing and need to attend the Western Expansion meeting. Things
ONLY CHANGE IF WE AS A UNITED COMMUNITY MAKE THE CHANGE SO VOTE ACCORDINGLY!
Koyote says
I’m a pet owner…I GET IT. But wasting money on endless programs for the sake of animals is dumb. Animals are treated around the world as such. Only in the US is this a problem..as is many things.
Palm Coast REAL animal lover says
Koyote,
Your comment shows your stupidity and lack of travel and intelligence.
Many, many countries all over the world revere (get out a dictionary) their animals.
The British have a love affair with their dogs, as do most Europeans.
In the continent of India, the sacred cow is revered.
In Japan, cats get a paw print as a way of identification just before they’re adopted.
Show me a country that takes care of its animals, and I’ll show you a civil society.
The above speaks measures about how low the United States has sunk. MAGA destroys everything in its way and leaves misery and disruption behind.
Before you sound off, I’m a highly educated professional woman (doctoral level), world traveller Republican and I’m sickened at what’s going on in the MAGA community. Loud, obnoxious, know-it-all and “all about me and my rights”. Where did the term, “Ugly American” come from? Americans are disliked and laughed at all over the world.
How many countries have you travelled to? Have you lived in any other civilized countries to post such a stupid comment?
celia says
Cuts should not be made to our services much less to animals welfare but instead to the real generated bureaucratic waste.
Please city council rethink your cuts to the Humane Society each in take animal given growth.
Charles. says
Excellent article and so informative. The Flagler Humane Society way back when I first moved here was in charge of animal control and then the city took over. Personally, I felt it was a better fit for the Flagler Humane Society doing animal control. They have the experienced staff and doctors on staff as well as the shelter it is a sure fit for the animals.
The City of PC has enough to deal with just listen to citizens about the building, the empty houses, the traffic. The city is cutting expenses so they should just let the Flagler Humane Society take animal control back and assist the shelter with their plans to expand, it seems like a solution for all.
Gail says
I agree with this letter writer. Give animal control back to FHS and give them the funds they need to operate, trying to keep up with rapidly increasing numbers of lost and abandoned animals.
Is the commission going to reduce the funds given to our humane society as a tactic, threatening a department so many love, animal welfare, rather than reducing each department’s budget by staffing and salaries.
Dennis C Rathsam says
People who have never experienced the unconditional love a dog, cat, or bird brings are missing so much it their lives.
Laurel says
Do you know anyone in high office who fits that discription? Hmmm?
Jeffery Cortland Seib says
Anyone who thinks that the Flagler Humane Society is capable of absorbing a budget shortfall such as is proposed by the City of Palm Coast is out of their collective minds. The Palm Coast city manager is barking up the wrong tree on this. We hear of these stories of animal abuse well where do the animals taken from these situations end up? The Humane Society. My wife and I toured the facility with the Director and it was an eyeopener. An abuse case had just delivered thirty animals to the facility. Snakes, lizards, dogs, cats, and goats. Special diets, veterinary care does not appear magically, these things are expensive. Sadly but truly as our population has grown so has the numbers of animals in need. No one should want to balance any budget on the backs of animals. Most communities have extensive animal care facilities and they are not considered a surplus.
Palm Coast REAL animal lover says
Jeffrey,
Thank you again for posting a measured and clear comment about the situation with the Palm Coast city manager along with the Palm Coast City Council. The two entities (city manager and city council) do not work in a vacuum.
The disgusting turn of events since last Friday evening shows how awful the current administration is.
This is what the citizens of Palm Coast have been handed by the present city council (with Theresa Pontieri leading the way and Ty Miller backing her up with votes).
1. A data center none of us were told about and which none of us want.
2. The “Westward Expansion” which none of us want but it’s being pushed down our throats.
3. Higher water bills. (Theresa Pontieri).
4. Deceasing property values because now commercial vehicles large and small are being parked in driveways and on swales and in front of fire hydrants and on front yards all weekend and all week. (Theresa Pontieri and Ty Miller voted for this).
5. Houses painted garish colors which are more often than not unkempt rentals. (Theresa Pontieri and Ty Miller). This decreases property values.
6. Gutting animal control (Theresa Pontieri pushed hard for this).
7. Getting rid of most of code enforcement who used to save decent homeowners from people who want their “right” to not keep up their yards, blast their music, create a dump in their yards (just to name a few things). (Theresa Pontieri).
I’m very sorry you weren’t elected but Ty Miller was (who withheld the fact that his wife was the VP of the Flagler Home Builders Association AND is a realtor AND had worked for the Palm Coast Observer).
I hope you will run a second time for the Palm Coast City Council seat. We need some normal people on the city council for a change.
T says
PROTEST THIS PEOPLE THIS IS DISGRACEFUL Save the animals
Jay Gardner says
The new homestead law requires that only “core” services are funded with our tax dollars so other sources will have to be used to fund things like animal services. The bill also allows the legislature to completely eliminate homestead tax in the future without coming back to us. Call it scare tactics if you will but it’s just math unless you believe it’s all waste. It is not us against them. The government spends money us and all these evil government employees are our friends and neighbors. Who gets to decide what to cut or reduce when it comes to government. County wide the “savings” to homesteaders will be $49 million in year one, $87 million in year two and by year 5 the total will be $116.5 million. That is a lot to absorb.
Percy's mother says
Just for some context, my homeowners hasn’t gone up in 6 years. My property tax has not gone up for a long time. My auto insurance has remained the same for at least 6 years if not more.
I’ve taken steps with the house for wind mitigation including wind mitigation inspections. I’ve never been in a motor vehicle accident or had a citation. I’ve been with the same auto insurance provider for a long time.
These are things I don’t do and/or don’t spend money on such that I’m never strapped for money:
1. I don’t have any tattoos (very expensive).
2. I don’t drink alcohol or beer or anything similar.
3. I don’t purchase multiple 6-packs of soda or Gatorade or energy drinks.
4. I don’t purchase any processed food.
5. I watch my water usage, live in the City of Palm Coast and my water bill is roughly $130 a month.
6. I don’t have any digital subscriptions.
7. I’m not overweight because I don’t eat garbage food. I would say I’m lean and muscular.
8. I feed my brain and my body such that I don’t feel “entitled” to have a treat now and then.
9. My health insurance is low because I’m a nonsmoker, nondrinker, lean and muscular (not overweight).
10. I have a strong spiritual life, but don’t talk about it.
11. I read a lot for entertainment. The library is free.
12. I have money to travel.
I’m not complaining about anything and I am very thankful every day that I have my health and I’m not strapped for money because I live a very generous lifestyle as noted above.
When you treat your body and brain well, and feed it what it needs, the “brain on fire” social dysfunction decreases and you can think clearly and stop all the constant complaining. I’m thankful I learned this in my 20s.
Here’s a healthy meal that’ll feed your body, give you the protein you need to stave off sarcopenia as well as feed your brain: 3 ounces of wild-caught salmon and a salad with spring mix, watercress, arugula, tomato, onion, olive oil and apple cider vinegar.
By the way, if you eat more than 3 ounces of protein at any one meal, the excess protein will turn to sugar which is then stored in the liver and eventually turns to fat.
Junk in equals junk out, otherwise known as: feed your body and brain junk, and you’ll end up with nonstop misery and complaining.
I’m ok with life. No complaints about property taxes or anything else. But see the list above again. Learn to feed your body properly, feel better mentally and physically, stop all the stupid stuff noted above including all the tattoos, all the alcohol, soda, sweets, energy drinks because it’s very expensive stay off social media and READ.
So given all the above, I don’t know why everyone is complaining so much about increasing property taxes and water.
Shelley Kleinfelder says
Cut the 20 highest salaried employees 10% and that should boost the animal welfare to a good number. Also 10% cut for council members….remember when we didn’t pay them because some thought ‘they’ would govern because they wanted to do a good job without compensation?