{"id":57722,"date":"2025-09-01T20:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T00:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=57722"},"modified":"2025-09-01T23:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T03:29:18","slug":"breaking-news-the-real-reason-commissioner-bill-braswell-opposes-outdoor-cats-sterilization-aka-tnvr-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/09\/01\/breaking-news-the-real-reason-commissioner-bill-braswell-opposes-outdoor-cats-sterilization-aka-tnvr-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: The REAL reason Commissioner Bill Braswell opposes outdoor cats sterilization aka TNVR revealed!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PLOT TWIST OF THE FARMING CENTURY!<\/strong>&nbsp;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1fad0\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83e\uded0\"><\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"45b8e008-2060-4016-a3fb-f179d68d87ee\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-2ed39b7d5d1cbd4c6fcd0136367a333d\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-a85ec6fbaebb3b7b0192f895c06c879b ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:340px; max-height:340px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Braswell\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LW1dgD8Ov3w?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=2&#038;start=true&#038;end=true&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;mute=1&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"BREAKING NEWS: The REAL reason Commissioner Bill Braswell opposes outdoor cats sterilization aka TNVR revealed!\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Commissioner Bill Braswell (a blueberry farmer) doesn\u2019t oppose TNVR because of \u201cbirds or manatees&#8221; \u2014 nope. He\u2019s secretly THRILLED that&nbsp;<strong>1,785 cats escaped Polk County Animal Control<\/strong>&nbsp;over the last 4+ years and multiplied into&nbsp;<strong>11,001+ community cats<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f449\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc49\">&nbsp;<strong>THE TRUTH:<\/strong>&nbsp;Braswell RELIES on Sheriff Grady\u2019s 11,001&nbsp;<em>berry-saving whisker brigade<\/em>&nbsp;as his FREE blueberry farm workforce \u2014 multiplying soon into a paw-powered mega-squad of 35,000+ feline heroes!&nbsp;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1fad0\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83e\uded0\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Commissioner-Bill-Braswell.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14744\" style=\"width:329px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Commissioner-Bill-Braswell.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Commissioner-Bill-Braswell.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Braswell\u2019s Secret Thoughts:<\/strong><\/em><br>\u201c<em><strong>Tariffs may eat my profits, but Sheriff Grady\u2019s deputized whisker brigade&nbsp;will save my berries from those crop-destroying rats!<\/strong><\/em><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"2e2e1d\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pflau0guhdl61.webp?resize=1024%2C956&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57732 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #2e2e1d; width:363px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pflau0guhdl61.webp?resize=1024%2C956&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pflau0guhdl61.webp?resize=300%2C280&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pflau0guhdl61.webp?resize=768%2C717&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pflau0guhdl61.webp?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">And to all of you emotional animal advocates? My June 3rd message still stands:&nbsp;<em>You have the right to SHUT UP!<\/em>&nbsp;We are not gonna help you, you can talk all day, and that won&#8217;t change the facts.&#8221; Translation:&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Go elsewhere! You can&#8217;t spay\/neuter my 4-legged unpaid agricultural workforce!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f602\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude02\"><br><br><strong>IN RESPONSE TO C. BRASWELL: WE Polk-CAT-vocates believe Sheriff Grady&#8217;s 11,001+ graduated kitty relatives and their grand-babies deserve TNVR:<\/strong><br><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/2705\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u2705\"><strong>&nbsp;T<\/strong>&nbsp;= Trap = Humanely&nbsp;chauffeured&nbsp;in Sheriff Grady\u2019s new Corvette convoy&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/2705\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u2705\"><strong>&nbsp;N<\/strong>&nbsp;= Neuter = Healthcare benefits vouchers + Paid sick leave<br><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/2705\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u2705\"><strong>&nbsp;V =<\/strong>&nbsp;Vaccinate = with $0 copay, no deductible<br><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/2705\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u2705\">&nbsp;<strong>R<\/strong>&nbsp;= Return =&nbsp; guaranteed job placement back on Braswell\u2019s blueberry fields&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;And yes, even the&nbsp;<strong>American Bar Association (Resolution 102B)<\/strong>&nbsp;backs us up:&nbsp;(because those 400,000 lawyers men they know their stuff ):&nbsp;<br><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f449\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc49\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Exempt&nbsp;<\/strong>caregivers from &#8220;owner&#8221; definitions &#8211; otherwise, Braswell OWNS&nbsp; Sheriff Grady&#8217;s cats!<br><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f449\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc49\">&nbsp;<strong>Exempt<\/strong>&nbsp;caregivers from feeding bans \u2014 or else Bill gets banned and&nbsp;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f4a5\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\udca5\">&nbsp;bye-bye, Blueberry Bill\u2019s bankrupt empire!<br><br>After 25 years, Blueberry Bill Braswell realized he didn&#8217;t need to hire pest control &#8211; he just needed to benefit from Sheriff Grady&#8217;s 20-year cat workforce development program!&nbsp;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f48c\/32.png?w=1110&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc8c\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>P.S.:&#8221; It&#8217;s not about the birds, I hate those suckers that eat my berries.&#8221;<br><\/strong>&nbsp;<br>#PolkCounty #BraswellBlueberries #EscapedCatsWorkForFree #TNVRIsHealthcare #ShutUpAndPayUp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Satire by Vicky Quintanilla<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong>&nbsp;The newspaper does not necessarily agree with the opinions, ideas, beliefs, or viewpoints expressed in the letters and op-ed pieces or satire that the newspaper publishes. The newspaper does not endorse the pieces, nor do they reflect the newspaper\u2019s viewpoints or official policies. The newspaper publishes the pieces as a public service to further public commentary and debate as space allows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLOT TWIST OF THE FARMING CENTURY!&nbsp; Commissioner Bill Braswell (a blueberry farmer) doesn\u2019t oppose TNVR because of \u201cbirds or manatees&#8221; \u2014 nope. 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