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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/29724171/detail.html

Occupy Denver Elects Leader: Dog Named Shelby

Election Comes After Denver Mayor Asked Group To Choose Leadership

DENVER -- Members of Occupy Denver sent a news release to 7NEWS this week that said they have elected a leader: Shelby, a 3-year-old border collie.The vote was a response to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock's insistence that Occupy Denver choose leadership to deal with city and state officials, according to a news release from the Occupy Denver media committee."Shelby is closer to a person than any corporation: She can bleed, she can breed, and she can show emotion," Occupy Denver quotes a Shelby supporter saying at the time of her election.

Occupy Denver said it reserves the right toalter its leadership status.Shelby is expected to lead this Saturday's Occupy Denver march. Occupy Denver said other "civic-minded dogs" (and their leash-holders) are invited to join the march.The Occupy Denver group is at Civic Center Park, in front of the Capitol building on Broadway between Colfax and 14th avenues.

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I would have thought that a Golden or a Staffie or a GSD would have been a better choice given that BC's are normally so 1 person focused and never complain about the 1%

Shelby might even be a Republican under all of that fur.

Sometimes you just can't tell.

But given recent Washington events where the two parties again couldn't come to an agreement about deficit cuts and tax increases, I am sure that Shelby much better qualified to lead than most that have been elected to Congress or the Senate.

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"Shelby is closer to a person than any corporation: She can bleed, she can breed, and she can show emotion," Occupy Denver quotes a Shelby supporter saying at the time of her election.

There may be truth in that. Recent, rigorous research into the personalities of those who lead in corporations, turned up interesting results. On certain not very humane traits, they tended to score higher than inmates of a special hospital for people who'd committed serious crimes. Shelby might indeed be more like a pleasant person.

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