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how to get there. This sounds like a business that needs an overhaul. A root-cause analysis. We weren’t sure <br />we’d be able to do a strategic plan update in good faith.” <br />“A ‘competitive’ bidding process?” Boyer said in a testy Facebook exchange with Foley. “You have ONE bid. <br />How’s that competitive? Obviously your ‘process’ was custom-made to block competition. None of the <br />reputable shelter consultants were willing to lower the standards, so you found one that will.” <br />Another commenter on that post said, “OK, the VERY FIRST metric in the Strategic Plan says: ‘One hundred <br />percent of all dogs qualified (retention met, healthy, friendly) are in daily playgroups….’ Have the standards <br />changed? No. If anything, the consensus is even stronger that this type of socialization is super important. Is <br />OCAC doing this? No. Large dogs have near-zero playgroups.” <br />The county is using the “update” to delay accountability and lower the standards, that poster said. <br />Mavrovouniotis, for his part, can’t help but notice that the update comes as the county’s animal services <br />contracts with 14 cities are set to expire in 2026. Romina Yamashiro noted the same thing. <br />“Feels familiar.” she said. “My guess? They’re doing this now so they can use it as part of their pitch to the <br />cities for contract renewal. That’s essentially how they did it 10 years ago, and the timing lines up perfectly.” <br />Does the county really want a better shelter, critics wonder? We’ll be watching how this all unfolds. Clearly, <br />others will be, too. <br /> <br />2 <br />