Though a well -
liked solid citizen, Vincent Altieri, the other Republican nominee for town council and head of a department in the county sheriff's office, got only a handful of votes at the Conservative caucus.
Many of the 40 or so gathered at the Volusia County
solid waste transfer station spent more than two hours hissing and snarling at each other.And there wasn't even one cat in the room.The county's animal control board workshop Tuesday was supposed to be about finding ways to solve the feral, or wild, cat problem, but all the dirty looks and snide comments that criss - crossed the room made it seem more
like a feline version of American Gladiators.One opinion - represented by animal services / control, humane societies, health department workers and
citizens - seemed to be that the county's trapping and destroying of feral cats is the most humane way of dealing with the overpopulation.