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Irwin Kramer:Some cats can talk, even dance, sing and sway to adoring fans who purr as they play. Others don't talk and just give meows, delighting their owners, but earning no balance, but one cat stood out without fancy lyrics or acrobatic feet, not on Broadway but on Georgia streets.
Miles: I will make Blackie say, "I want my mama."
Blackie: I want my mama.
Miles: I love you.
Blackie: I love you.
Irwin Kramer: Blackie spread the word on the streets of Augusta in exchange for tips, but when the city tried to tax his unemployed owners, Carl and Elaine Miles took their act to court. Blackie didn't testify, but his owners fought the city's efforts to impose a cat tax. They thought it was discriminatory. Did the city discriminate against Blackie or somehow deprive him of his right to freedom of speech? Not according to a federal judge in Georgia. In his view, the city has a right to impose an occupation tax even if they don't spell out a specific line of work.
Miles: Blackie is by far the strangest cat I've ever seen.
Irwin Kramer: For the the Legal Television Network, I am Irwin Kramer.
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