Ed Boks Lobby's Santa Monica Council to Defeat Anti-Declaw Ordinance

         Ed Boks, past General Manager of LA Animal Services, now supports cat declawing in an 180 degree turn around from when he was GM.


        This is a big story and I cannot reveal all that is going on at this time, but Ed Boks has been actively lobbying Santa Monica City Council in an attempt to defeat the Anti-Declaw ordinance in Santa Monica. He hasn't been doing this out of th kindness of his heart.


          He appeared before Council Tuesday night and spoke out of both sides of his mouth when a Councilmember asked him if he hadn't opposed declawing in the past.


         Another Councilmember, Kevin McKeown, asked him if he hadn't been forced to resign due to a vote of no confidence in Los Angeles. Get this, Boks said he resigned because he had accomplished the mayor's goals in Los Angeles!


         Here are the notes of someone who watched him at Council:


         He said "declawing cats save lives." 


         Councilmembers called him on his old blog posts which said he was against it and now he's for it. He did this weird rationalization saying both were true. 


         Council asked him what was the result of West Hollywood ban? More cats dumped? He said more cats were dumped in LA. Council said "We are talking about West Hollywood, not LA. Boks replied, "Intake is up because of the recession." The councilmember asked, "Is it up because of declawing?" He said "We have no way of knowing." 


         Then one councilmember asked, "Didn't LA Council do a motion of no confidence in you and asking for your resignation?" Boks responded that he resigned because he accomplished the mayor's goals."


        By the way, Boks did not get the job running a small shelter in Bellingham Washington because of everyone here who emailed people there about what he did here.


        If he is now deciding to come out against animal welfare because he is paid to do so, I reprise my earlier assertion that I still support him in a non-animal management job, like PR or lobbying. I never thought him capable of being a turncoat for a few dollars, if, in fact he is a paid lobbyist.
     
    Actually, I kind of feel sorry for Boks. He seems to be an empty suit with no moral compass, compassion or love; there is not an animal person alive who is not richer in spirit than he, and I am sure he knows something is missing in him and wishes desperately to find it, but he never will.