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Reggie The Alligator Ready For Visitors
No doubt you have already heard about Reggie the alligator, who for two years lived in Machado Lake in Harbor City. He was captured a few months ago, and hauled to the Los Angeles Zoo. And NOW Reggie the gator is ready to make his grand debut, and strut his stuff in his newly adapted environment at the LA City Zoo.
"Reggie looks great," said Council member Janice Hahn. "He is healthy and ready for his debut. I think he misses some of his friends from Harbor City, so we will be bringing some of them to the zoo to welcome him to his exhibit."
But how the hell do they know? Maybe Reggie is thinking, "You idiots, i am not ready for any damn debut, and thank god i am far away from that stinky Harbor Shitty. Got any BBQ sauce for this quail?"
Regardless of what Reggie thinks two buses full of Harbor City residents are being escorted to the zoo, apparently to say sorry to the residents that it took them two years to get the alligator out of their public park. It makes perfect sense that people would want to visit the potentially deadly threat that lived in their 'hood for so long, ya sure.
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