Mildred Kanipe, a farmer, passed away in 1983, leaving her ranch to the public to be a county park. Mildred’s ranch had 1,100 acres of land. On this, there are pastures, creeks, rolling hills, orchards, forests, and an ostentation of peacocks.
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So let me get this straight they have a park for dogs and they have a park for peacocks but they still can’t get the shelter they already been paid to do for the homeless huh?
I believe this is a separate entity, surviving on donations and not taxpayers input.
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