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Not just about money
While I will readily concede the possibility that getting that license revenue may have been as big (or bigger) of a motivation as saving on the contracting fees, it isn't that simple. The reality is that, leading up to the change, there were A LOT of people - including me and a couple of people I know very well - complaining about how awful Baldwin Park/County's service was, and bugging Council to make the change. At the time, the Humane Society in San Gabriel was also floated as a possible alternative, but they weren't and still aren't in a financial and operational position to add us to their list. If and when that changes, I think the City will likely take another look at things and contract with them, because I have never gotten the impression that the program the City set up was intended to be a permanent thing. They don't have the infrastructure for that, and seem to be in no hurry to create it.