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Condo resident fined for not carrying dog

LONG BEACH – Most people can't assign a dollar value to a pet's love, but Pamela McMahan can: $50 a day.

That's the amount McMahan is fined every time she takes her mixed-breed cocker spaniel, Ginger, out through the lobby of her ocean-view condominium building and back inside again. Her tab so far is $1,600.

The building association says she is breaking the rules by walking Ginger through the lobby rather than carrying her. McMahan, 61, says she is partially disabled from a back injury and can't lift the 20-pound pooch.

"Can you believe it?" McMahan said Wednesday. "It's so ridiculous."

Property manager David Dickter said many elderly people live in the building and that "a dog can jump on them and they can get tangled in the leash."

McMahan said she doesn't want to exit from the basement into an alley because homeless people congregate there. McMahan, who moved into her condo three years ago, said she has paid $600 in fines but doesn't want to pay any more.

Associated Press

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