Monday, May 30, 2005
Drug War Vicious Circle
This is how the witch hunts in Europe got out of control: The witch hunter got one third of the property of the witch, the Church got a third and the local authorities got a third. Boom, a financial incentive to commit mass murder.
Jax
The Lamar County Sheriff's Department will keep its DARE program solvent, buy several new cruisers and pay for other expenses - all without asking taxpayers for a dime. The money to pay for the projects will come from the seizure of a large amount of cash during an August 2004 traffic stop on I-59. Derryle Smith of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency on Friday gave Lamar County Sheriff Danny Rigel $195,315 of the original $244,220 that was seized in the stop. DEA will get the remainder of the money. "The best thing about this is we can use drug money, or money that was gotten illegally, to help fight drugs at no cost to taxpayers," Rigel said. (Link)
Jax
The Lamar County Sheriff's Department will keep its DARE program solvent, buy several new cruisers and pay for other expenses - all without asking taxpayers for a dime. The money to pay for the projects will come from the seizure of a large amount of cash during an August 2004 traffic stop on I-59. Derryle Smith of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency on Friday gave Lamar County Sheriff Danny Rigel $195,315 of the original $244,220 that was seized in the stop. DEA will get the remainder of the money. "The best thing about this is we can use drug money, or money that was gotten illegally, to help fight drugs at no cost to taxpayers," Rigel said. (Link)
