Among
Citizens Union's proposals are: independent budgeting for JCOPE; investing in database resources and information technology; an open process of personnel selection; making internal workings public and transparent; improving the process of financial disclosure reporting by coordinating with different agencies;
reducing response time to
complaints; and improved guidance of grassroots lobbying to ensure ethics compliance.
Hurley now tells shelter directors that taking in (and killing) cats does not resolve
citizen complaints, it does not reflect the community's concerns or values, it does not help reunite lost cats with their families, it does not help cats find new homes, it does not end suffering (in fact, it perpetuates and intensifies it), it does not mitigate harm or
reduce the number of cats, and it is not cost - effective, all the traditional excuses for why animal shelters do so.»