Dear Editor: Under the guise of the Coalition of Jersey City Municipal Employee Unions, Jack Shaw has sent out a letter stating that he does not want Jersey City to build a new animal shelter. The public should know the real reason. It is because Shaw is also the president of the only shelter in Hudson County, the SPCA on Johnston Avenue. Shaw's shelter receives $60,000 a year of our tax money. When the new city-owned shelter opens, Shaw will lose his contract with Jersey City. And he will probably lose the contracts from Hoboken and Bayonne. Since it appears that very little of this money is spent on animal care, it must really anger Shaw to know that his cash machine is about to be shut down for good. Shaw is not interested in telling the truth or in saving Jersey City money. He doesn't want Jersey City to have a new shelter. He wants the city to buy his! In fact, he has already sent the politicians he represents in his job as a political consultant to the mayor with that idea. Enter Ward B councilwoman Mary Donnelly. Donnelly and Freeholder Bill O'Dea plan to run on the same ticket in the next election. Shaw will most likely manage their campaign. You would think Donnelly's relationship with Shaw is enough of a reason for her to do what's ethical and legal - excuse herself from discussing the shelter issue. Instead, she has come out strongly against a new shelter at council meetings and has even paraded into the mayor's office trying to get the city to buy her buddy Shaw's shelter. Shaw continues to shamelessly use his political connections to line his own pockets. Do Shaw and Donnelly have any idea what the words "conflict of interest" mean? Because of their positions, neither of them should comment at all about the shelter. Come on Jack, if you really want to save the taxpayers' money, donate your building and land to the city. Your shelter is in such terrible condition and so old that it will be cheaper to knock it down and rebuild anyway. Stop lying Jack. The city is building the shelter and will always own it. By the way, what special interest group are you with today? You were all for "the welfare of animals" in a newspaper article on May 6. As union leader, you should be thrilled that the city is building a new, state-of-the-art-shelter that will also improve the working conditions for the people in the Animal Control Department -municipal workers you claim to represent. The money will come from the capital budget - not the operating budget. This money cannot be used for salaries or to prevent layoffs. Got it? The new shelter will create jobs and draw retailers. Humane animal control is state mandated. It is not a luxury or an option. It is a necessity for Jersey City. Tell the people how your SPCA is under investigation by the state. Tell the people who your veterinarian is. The vet on record for your shelter is retired, has sold his practice, and is going blind. The truth is, the shelter has not vet. A practicing Jersey City vet says he has offered to volunteer at your facility and you have never even returned his calls. And where are the volunteers you claimed to have in a Journal article two years ago? When is your SPCA going to start spaying and neutering the animals and screening the people who adopt? How about offering a receipt when money changes hands. You know, a paper trail. Tell the people that it is still "business as usual " down at your SPCA: cash only, no questions asked; sick animals left to suffer; no vet volunteers; cramped, cold unsanitary conditions; no litter boxes. A big slice of hell for the animals and the residents. Tell the people how you treated "Blackie", the dog owned by the employees of the Hudson County Road Department. Blackie was sick and filthy when he went home from your shelter. You wouldn't even give that crippled, 9-year-old dog a blanket! You made her curl up on the damp, cold concrete. And her owners are county municipal workers. People you claim to represent. This is how you take care of your own people. We already know how you care for homeless pets. Hit the road, Jack Norrice Raymaker president, Liberty Humane Society