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jakeXT

(10,575 posts) Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:50 AM Jul 2016

Evicted Cat May Get to Stay in Texas Library

Browser, a cat adopted by the White Settlement, Texas library, got slapped with an eviction notice earlier this month when the city council voted to relocate him. Now, the town outside Fort Worth may give him a second chance. (July 1)

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Evicted Cat May Get to Stay in Texas Library (Original Post) jakeXT Jul 2016 OP

Woo Hoo!!! Browser gets to stay! Fla Dem Jul 2016 #1

YEAH! So happy! liberalla Jul 2016 #2

OT: Anybody else unsettled by the name of the town? Yavin4 Jul 2016 #3

It was named for the White family that settled the area. flying_wahini Jul 2016 #5

Still. Yavin4 Jul 2016 #6

The name was to distinguish it from a nearby Native American settlement. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2016 #7

get RID of the bitter old man who hates Browser. The jerk who spoke on the video. FIRE HIS BUTT. trueblue2007 Jul 2016 #4

Browser gets to stay blogslut Jul 2016 #8

Woo-hoo! n/t Little Tich Jul 2016 #9

K&R! What great news! Cats do not like moving... Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #10

Fla Dem

(23,723 posts)

1. Woo Hoo!!! Browser gets to stay!

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:59 AM

Jul 2016

That's what happens when officials don't think through the consequences of their lame brained ideas.

liberalla

(9,256 posts)

2. YEAH! So happy!

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 12:00 PM

Jul 2016

YEAH for Browser!!

Yavin4

(35,445 posts)

3. OT: Anybody else unsettled by the name of the town?

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 12:02 PM

Jul 2016

"White Settlement, TX"?

flying_wahini

(6,634 posts)

5. It was named for the White family that settled the area.

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 03:56 PM

Jul 2016

Yavin4

(35,445 posts)

6. Still.

Reply to flying_wahini (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 03:57 PM

Jul 2016

It's unsettling to me.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,806 posts)

7. The name was to distinguish it from a nearby Native American settlement.

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 03:59 PM

Jul 2016

The name of White Settlement originated as a result of there being two settlements in the area: one occupied predominantly by Native Americans (near where Fort Worth is located today), and the other one being occupied by white settlers. The latter settlement received the name "White Settlement" as a way to distinguish itself from the Native American settlement. The city was incorporated in 1941.[8]
On October 14, 2005, city leaders announced a plan to have local voters decide on a possible name change for the town from White Settlement to West Settlement. In the November 8 election, the name change was overwhelmingly rejected by a vote of 2388 to 219.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Settlement,_Texas