Comments on: Leona Helmsley Leaves Billions To Dogs

NY Times: Late Hotel Queen Wants $5B-$8B Trust Used For Care And Welfare Of Pooches

[erintippin]

People, you''re totally forgetting this was HER money and she could do anything she wanted with it. Do I think it''s insane to leave all her money to dogs? You betcha! But when all is said and done, it was her choice. And I think it was wrong, wrong, WRONG for the judge to give her disinherited grandchildren $6 million. Again, it was her money and she did not want them to have it. What gives a judge or anyone else for that matter, the right to decide how HER money is spent? Think about it. Would you want that to happen to your estate?

[jumkey]

jibbering nonsense

Posted by newster1

READ THE ARTICLE BEFORE YOU COMMENT ON IT. YOU GOT ALL OF THE FACTS WRONG.

[blogthis1]

I be your dawg! Give me the money

[piercetheval]

...I love it!

[cbsguest6]

This is unbelievable, there is so much good that could be done with that money and it''s being wasted on some dogs. All those dogs need is a can of Alpo and a open space to live in, not a 5-8 billion dollar trust fund.

[ianlou]

She treated people like dogs and dogs like people.
I''m happy for the humain Society.
My dogs are some of the best people I know.

[pollroller1]

I think that it''s great that she left her money to help dogs. Way to go Leona.

[samthetvcat]

Wow that kind of money for pets is INSANE! That must translate to like millions of dollars for every shelter in the country.

If it ends up being the same deal as with Trouble that the grant ends up being an excessive windfall subject to societal waste, then that''ll probably put ''poor people'' back in play as recipients I would think.

Geez, what a piece of work Leona Helmsley was . . . scary!

[fstop100]

If we don''t want to help animals, why do we have SPCA?

[rwassel]

Well, it is her money, and she can spend it however foolishly she wants to. It''s no different than people spending millions of dollars on useless pieces of **** to fill their homes with.

[nothappyatall]

I say this woman was the spirt of evil and we should use her money to help others in need not dogs.

Posted by antoniof123

You have it backwards, PEOPLE are the spirit of evil, the money SHOULD go to help dogs not people, people create their own destiny and problems. Helmsley wanted HER money to be used a certain way, that is her right not some activist judge who takes it on himself to decide to violate the terms of the will and I find that reprehensible.

[antoniof123]

I say this woman was the spirt of evil and we should use her money to help others in need not dogs.