PRO POT?

Richard Quigley's latest comment in this paper about the Marijuana
Enforcement Team couldn't be any more off base.

He claims that we don't need the MET team because voters passed Prop.
215 by a 4-1 vote.

Does anyone really believe that people who grow hundreds of marijuana
plants hidden on public lands, guarded by men with assault rifles, do
it for medicinal purposes? I don't want to be hiking or mountain
biking in the area's public parks and come across people armed with
assault rifles.

Prop. 215 sets specific guidelines as to how many plants you can grow
and how much marijuana someone can possess. I have not heard of a case
where the sheriff's office intentionally violated these guidelines.
This is a complicated, but important, issue and it is sad when someone
compares medical marijuana to people who are doing nothing other than
ruining our environment and profiting from illegal activity.

Does Mr. Quigley advocate legalizing marijuana? If that is the case,
why doesn't he just say so? Claiming what the MET team does is an
"affront to the wishes of the majority of voters in this county" as
Mr. Quigley claims, is imply false. It is simply one man's political
viewpoint.

Maybe Mr. Quigley should run for sheriff. Oh wait, he already did and
the "majority" of voters in this county voted for someone else.

Josh Lynd,

Santa Cruz