SHERIFF IGNORES PUBLIC

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office has a Marijuana Enforcement
Team. What for? To ensure that the 4-to-1 vote in support of Prop. 215
is respected?

I think not.

In a recent edition of the Sentinel, Sheriff Steve Robbins' office
bragged of destroying 29,000 marijuana medicine plants so far this
year.

I can't help but think that if Sheriff Robbins had actually had to run
opposed for the office of sheriff, that we would not be living with
this particular affront to the wishes of the majority of voters in
this county. But he didn't, and we are.

One has to wonder how many other majority-held views are being
disregarded by Sheriff Robbins in favor of whatever he has deemed
urgent instead.

RICHARD QUIGLEY

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