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I was dead-serious. I would not make a joke about a rabbit if I did not believe it to be true.

Phoenixville, Pa., mayoral candidate Dave Gautreau, apologizing for his proposal during a recent forum that the borough's police department acquire drug-sniffing bunnies as a less-costly alternative to a K-9 team. Gautreau said he'd gotten the idea from the town of Lancaster, but the story about Lancaster's rabbit squad turned out to have been an April Fool's Day post on Facebook.

Phoenixville, Pa., mayoral candidate Dave Gautreau, apologizing for his proposal during a recent forum that the borough's police department acquire drug-sniffing bunnies as a less-costly alternative to a K-9 team. Gautreau said he'd gotten the idea from the town of Lancaster, but the story about Lancaster's rabbit squad turned out to have been an April Fool's Day post on Facebook. 

Zach Patton -- Executive Editor. Zach joined GOVERNING as a staff writer in 2004. He received the 2011 Jesse H. Neal Award for Outstanding Journalism
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