CAT Tracks for August 6, 2011
RESTAURANT OPENING DELAYED

Headline from KFVS TV:


Oh, hell yeah!

Gotta agree with Pat Quinn on this one...

...can you just imagine the traffic jams!?

Cars and trucks skidding to abrupt stops, drivers jumping out and grabbing shovels to collect breakfast, lunch, dinner. And all the roadkill rage...as some emaciated dude beats some corn-fed husky to possum surprise!

And...

In Illinois, we just passed a law strapping people into their vehicles (front and back)...now we are going to pass a law giving folks "a hunger" to defy that law! Who do you think wins the race to smashed squirrel? The person wearing or not wearing a fastened seat belt???

Then again...

Maybe they could teach that in Driver's Ed...quick draw seat belt unfastening.

I think I'll rethink my position...


In the meantime,

Here's a preview of the soon-to-open Roadkill Cafe's menu:


The Roadkill Cafe's slogan captures the true essence of the dining experience they offer...


CAT Tracks Editor's Note: I did take issue with Bubba over his "Flat Cat" menu selection. However, Bubba quoted CSD #1's lawyers when he reminded me of the "equal treatment" provisions required by Title K-9.


From the KFVS TV Channel 12...


Link to Original Story


Quinn blocks law letting people collect roadkill

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Forget about squirrel stew or a nice coyote-fur coat. Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed legislation letting people collect animals killed along Illinois roads.

In his veto message Friday, Quinn said he was worried about the safety of drivers who stop to pick up roadkill. He encouraged lawmakers to come up with a version that includes safety measures.

The legislation said that if people have the proper permits and licenses, they could collect any furbearing mammal found during the appropriate hunting season.

People could do whatever they please with the carcasses, whether it's skin them for their hides or add them to a rustic stew.

Even without the legislation, people are allowed to collect deer killed by vehicles.

The bill is HB3178.

Online: http://www.ilga.gov