The Great LIC Dog War Of 2009-10

Recently the State Parks Department made the piers at Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City off limits to dog owners. The parks department posted signs around the neighborhood, designating spots as “Dog-Free Zones”:

Sometime after the signs were posted, a photocopied drawing appeared on light poles in Hunters Point decrying dogs’ status as second-class citizens. The writing says “LIC is not a gated community”:

Then the other day a sticker appeared on another light pole seemingly fighting back:

Who knows when or how this will end . . .