I APPRECIATE a pithy headline as much as the next person, but when it simply demeans an entire community, I find it gratuitous rather than amusing.

I refer to Friday's Sunraysia Daily front page Dareton goes to the dogs (May 23, Page 1).

As mayor, I will stand up and be accountable and agree that there have been some instances of companion animal control that are unacceptable.

That is why this ...