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Before Julia Baran, the proprietor of the pet store the Animal Connection, shared videos with reporters documenting the state of the store she took over in May, she twice called the mayor’s office to let them know her concerns about its former owner, Beya Alcaraz.
She wasn’t taken seriously. The responses from Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office ranged from offering to refer her to business programs to questioning the messenger. Twice, a staffer asked what Baran expected the mayor’s office to do…