VOTE 'YES' ON PROPOSITION 19

I just want to comment on Sheriff Royal's reply to publisher Jeff
Ackerman's column on the so-called "post busts." Yes, illegal acts are
being committed, as the Sheriff points out. But, one must ask oneself,
"why"? For the simple reason that profits generated by illegal
marijuana by the murderous thugs in Mexican drug cartels are
absolutely obscene, not to mention the horrible costs of human
suffering, here and in Mexico. Law enforcement folks around our state
who rail against making marijuana legal are, by and large, missing the
point. Let's put these murderers out of business once and for all.
Take away their profits ... Vote "YES" on Proposition 19.

Dennis Sloate

Nevada City