DRUG BUST ALL ABOUT HOW MONEY IS SPLIT

In Colleen Kottke's report, Dodge County District Attorney Steven Bauer, in
deciding to let the almighty Feds prosecute those charged in the June 4
marijuana raid, says, "...state and local law enforcement will receive a
percentage of what is forfeited."

Obviously, this is all about forfeiture money and how the haul will be
divvied up. That doesn't make Bauer or Dodge County guilty of anything; the
federal forfeiture laws have always been abused this way. It's in their nature.

I don't know how drug law forfeiture passed the Supreme Court, but it sure
doesn't pass the average citizen's "smell test."

Our justice system must be like Caesar's wife: immune from even the
suggestion of base acts or motives. Man, we got a long way to go.

Dave Michon

Eau Claire