Caraway In Another Key Presentation?
The setting for the event was The Lodge, the swanky strip joint off Northwest Highway owned by Dawn Rizos. But believe it or not, the No. 1 attraction at tonight’s cocktails-and-dinner bash there had four legs and answered to the name Mel. He’s one of about 50 pit bulls rescued a few years ago from Michael Vick’s notorious dog-fighting stable. Mel, who was used as “bait” to train the other dogs to attack, was later adopted out of Utah’s Best Friends Animal Society by Richard Hunter, a Dallas radio personality, and his wife Sunny. Sunny (shown here with Mel in photo by Jeanne Prejean) is the manager of VIP services at The Lodge.
The dinner was held to tout something called “Headlights & Hounds,” a bikini car and bike wash at the Lodge Saturday whose proceeds will benefit Best Friends. The noon to 6 p.m. event costs $20, and includes a good scrubbing by the Lodge dancers. (Of your vehicle.) Mel will be there, too, with Hunter, who addressed tonight’s gathering and noted one person who wasn’t in attendance: Dwaine Caraway, the then-Dallas mayor pro tem who famously presented Vick with a key to the city. “I invited [Caraway], but he couldn’t attend,” Hunter said drily. “He had a previous commitment … presenting a key to the city to Walker Railey.” Railey, of course, is the former Dallas minister who was acquitted of trying to strangle his wife in the 1990s.
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8 comments
this is hysterical.. great cause and good humor go well together!
This is getting pretty old. Not only am I sick of this Richard Hunter guy but I’m pretty sick of this dog too.
Vick exploited the dog for one reason and now Richard Hunter is exploiting him for another.
Right. Hunter is using it for “bait.” Poor dog. Its life clearly sucks so much worse now.
Mark- I’m not sure how one makes the conclusion that raising money for the sanctuary that saved a dog’s life is somehow exploitation. I may not be sure how one makes that conclusion, but I am certain that you believe it, which should serve as a cautionary tale to the rest of us as to what we’re dealing with out there. Yesterday, we raised almost $17,000 worth of exploitation, every dime of which will go to saving unwanted pets lives, or as Mark might suggest, exploiting them by keeping them alive. Money will also go toward education about the importance of spaying and neutering, which Mark might suggest is actually exploiting people’s stupidity. Mel’s story has served to educate and inspire many people, but should you think that it rises to the level of eradicating detrimental thinking, please think of Mark and then make another donation to a shelter that “exploits” homeless pets. To those of you who attended, donated, and cared, my family thanks you, Mel thanks you, and the animals at Best Friends who have not yet found their forever homes thank you for caring for them while they wait : )
-Richard Hunter
What’s wrong with wanting to make this world a better place for animals? Mark and RAB – Unless the both of you would like to assist Mr. Hunter in saving the lives of these pits, then step back. I’d like to know what you do with your lives, I would bet not much!
Jessica, clearly you missed RAB’s sarcasm is his comment to Mark.
Jessica,
Once that dog’s 15 minutes is up, he’ll wind up with nothing but an unsustainable cocaine addiction, bitterness toward the “industry” that spit him out like last week’s chew-toy, and unlimited rancor for the multifarious 10-percenters who humped him over. Poor dog indeed.
Jessica:
Daniel is also being sarcastic, in case you missed that one, too.