BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Boca Raton’s new ordinance banning pet strollers takes effect today, April 1st, and protests for and against the new ordinance are set throughout the community.
But Libby Goldenberg, 52, sees it differently. She pushes her dog daily through Boca West and area shopping venues.
“My precious dog Mr. Fiddles is no less of a person than a person. He gets tired and should be able to be pushed through Mizner Park or Neiman Marcus in a stroller. The nerve of these people imposing their nanny state on us.”
It’s not just pet health. The ordinance was originally dubbed “Lenny’s Law,” named for Lenny Stein who suffered a massive heart attack in the seconds after looking in a stroller — at a Boca shopping center — expecting to see a baby. Instead, a miniature schnauser attempted to eat Lenny’s pinky finger.
The 68 year old went into cardiac arrest and died on the scene.
Litigation dragged on for years.
Basketball great LeShawn A. Tofue, now assistant deputy manager for the City of Boca Raton’s pet program, says he understands the passion of residents like Goldenberg. But the new ordinance, he says, is for the greater good.
