On Sunday, June 15, 2014, the young grandson of an AALA staff member noticed on the table an article she had clipped from the Los Angeles Times. He read the title, An L.A. Unified Watchdog Gets Punished for Barking, and said, “Well, that’s mean. Dogs are supposed to bark.” Out of the mouths of babes! She explained to him the metaphor Steve Lopez, the writer of the article, was using and the grandson replied, “Then they should just let him do his job.”