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COMPLAINTS ABOUT GATOR END IN HOMER'S ODYSSEY.(NEWS)(Column)

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From: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
Date: 19970528
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Byline: Jack Hicks, columnist and political writer for The Kentucky Post

In Newport's bad old days, Homer might have been a part of an exotic dancer's act.

Now authorities just consider him a menace.

That being the case, it was see-you-later-alligator for Renee Brown's reptilian pet.

Renee's mother, Brenda Brown of Cincinnati, said her daughter was close to her alligator.

''She walked him on a leash. It broke her heart to get rid of him,'' Mrs. Brown said.

Renee Brown, a 26-year-old waitress, found a new home for Homer after complaints by neighbors and ...

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