It spitefully devoured every section of the man's presentation that contained the "$" sign as though to suggest that cents carry more sway, and it "peed" over the boss's photograph.
Sometimes the city's white leadership would act spitefully, like when it shut down the public pool and the little league baseball program to avoid integration.
In the meantime, it's tough to imagine left-leaning councillors spitefully voting against customer service improvements or more promptly returned phone calls.
In the original fable, the dog spitefully prevents the other animals in the manger from getting to the stored grain, even though it didn't want the stuff itself.