puppy love

i was pretty disappointed today (friday. it's past midnight again...). there was supposed to be a public meeting where we (the animal rights group) intended to present our programme of stray dog management. it's a pilot project in a given area of the city, we have the cooperation of the local administration, the dog catchers and several vets in the area. we mean the dogs to be caught, neutered or spayed, vaccinated, treated and be returned to their original location if someone will sign for taking them up and shouldering responsibility.
unfortunately, apparently only two citizens seemed interested in the issue, even though i assure you that there are many more complaints about the strays... and the head of the block administrators association is one of them blokes who'll only say 'city hall gotta take them all away and kill them'; the kind of guy you mustn't even bother to get in an argument with. he'll take you down to his level and beat you with experience.
and there my coutrypeople go and say you can't do anything because of the authorities. well, lemme tell you something: authorities came. the vicemayor meant to attend the meeting, but then he realised that there is no meeting... he had already talked to us and the press and there were virtually no citizens...
anyway. since the windmill still stands, my quijote will mount his shaggy rosinante again. tomorrow on the first occasion. cause we are taking over a dog shelter and we'll go out there tomorrow with volunteers and vets to clean up the place and vaccinate the dogs.