Clifford would only say this much: "Zoe is very good about encouraging everyone around her to treat animals with respect."
You can't get away from this stuff
After a long day of phoning furriers in search of the mayor's missing coats, The Sun's Doug Donovan tried to unwind with a Family Guy re-run.
The episode, which aired Thursday night, was all about a mayor and an ill-gotten fur coat. Here's the Wikipedia summary:
"Lois is tempted to buy a $4,300 fur coat. Bob Grossbeard, the president of the local oil company, offers to buy the coat if Lois allows him to dump his oil runoff in the lake, and Lois reluctantly accepts."
She's just the law on wheels
Mystery solved: The identity of the skateboarder in the business suit spotted by The Sun's Dan Rodricks a few weeks ago.
She is Christine Carey, a UB law student who commutes on the hot-pink board from Mount Vernon to her job as a law clerk at Legal Aid Bureau, near City Hall.
She wears flip-flops or sneakers and changes into office footwear upon arrival. Otherwise, Carey makes no concessions to her mode of commute.
"I don't let my skateboard get in the way of what I wear," she said.
Connect the dots
The actor Richard Burton, not the one twice married to Elizabeth Taylor, but the former City Hall staffer who's been in The Wire, is developing a television program called Shine. He describes it as a "teen summit and Montel all mixed in one." Teens will talk about problems, like having parents on drugs, and people from public and private agencies will be on the set to offer help on the spot, he said. There will also be a talent-search aspect to the show, giving local kids a chance to perform. A fundraising gala for the program, which will pay for airtime on the CW Television Network, is planned for Saturday night at the Enoch Pratt Central Library. ... The Dixon investigation has rallied supporters - supporters of everyday fur. Historic preservationist Donna Beth Joy Shapiro, owner of six furs - two of them gifts, none from contractors - called to say she's never caught furless between Dec. 1 and March 31. Supermarket. Flea market. Work. Wherever. "There's no place I don't wear a fur coat. And I do see women who wear them [only] to church. What a waste to wear it only once a week." She adds that she's seen the mayor in her mink. "She looks totally fabulous in that coat." ... One day, prosecutors are at the door at 6:30 a.m. Could the next morning possibly be worse? Apparently so. At an appearance Wednesday, Dixon told the crowd: "This morning on the news, the little bit I saw before my electricity went out, which is probably good for me on the one hand. On the other hand, I couldn't put my makeup on. I had to pin my hair back. But all is good." ... What, no Dixon news in the DemClips roundup the state party e-mailed around last week? Kinda big Democratic news, don't ya think? Said party spokesman Paulson: "[W]e normally edit out press that casts an untoward or unfair light on one our electeds. ... I don't apologize for it - we're in the business of winning elections."
