Here's a link to the latest local TV news story about Lola: Lola the cat ready for adoption.

Apparently MaxFund will screen the applications and essays sent in by prospective adopters, and then the TV station will have viewers vote among the top approved applicants in order to determine who gets to adopt little Lola.

I'm not so sure about the voting part of the process (it just adds to the "celebrity cat" atmosphere), but I suppose that it's OK as long as the finalists have been carefully screened. And if the publicity leads to more cats (special-needs kitties in particular) being adopted from the MaxFund shelter, then that would be a good thing.