Yes, it's been a while. We've been busy, tending to day to day matters.
We now ask people to give a moment of silence for the passing of Noble Horse. Cutters may be next, and who's to stop the persecution of the last remaining companies? No one. When the local government is turned against the industry, it's only a matter of time. Carriage rides are a sitting duck, just waiting for the hunter to focus her sights on it.
Da Mare is supposed to love the carriage industry. Why is he letting the department who regulates the carriages destroy them? Is it because the governing department thinks they can bring in new operators who will be more pliable? New operators who will be happy to take their horses to carriage stands where there's no foot traffic and no accessible facilities for relief of man or horse?
I say good luck to them. It is impossible, and we don't mean that lightly, to find a reasonable location in Chicago to house horses. The only part of the City that could potentially have space is located over an hour's walk from downtown, which quickly destroys horses. It is also not economically feasible to trailer a horse in and out of Chicago. Board within 35 miles of the City is expensive. And who the hell wants to deal with trailering a horse home after working 12 hours? Sucks for the horse, sucks for the human.
Although I doubt the City has any intention to reissue any kind of carriage license. Many moons ago, there was a lawsuit brought against the City for trying to reduce the amount of existing licenses. It wound up being settled. The agreement? If any license gets turned in to the City, the City cannot reissue said license.
Say goodnight, Gracie.
