IT'S TIME TO EVICT THE BUSHES FROM PUBLIC HOUSING

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that it's OK for public housing
authorities to evict tenants based on illegal drug use by anyone in the
tenant's family, whether that family member was present on the premises
when the alleged violation occurred or not.

Housing authorities do not require a conviction to evict tenants with
family members accused of drug violations. The ink hardly was dry on the
arrest warrants in the 1999 Tulia drug scandal before public- housing
occupants began receiving eviction notices.

It seems to me that the White House, since it is owned by the public,
should be considered public housing.

And if the governor's mansion in Florida is owned by the residents of that
state, it's public housing, too.

I recall reading a few weeks back that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's daughter was
arrested for forging a prescription. Isn't that illegal drug use?

And the president's daughters have pleaded guilty to alcohol violations.
Isn't that illegal drug use?

I would propose that President Bush and Gov. Bush be evicted from their
public housing on the basis of illegal drug use by members of their
immediate families.

I know full well this proposal is going nowhere, but it highlights once
again that the war on drugs is waged disproportionately against people of
color, the poor and those without connections, while the rich and the
well-connected usually get off scot-free or with a slap on the wrist.

Brethren, this ought not to be.

The Rev. Charles Kiker, Tulia