Pubdate: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 Source: Washington Post (DC) Section: Pg A16 Copyright: 2005 The Washington Post Company Contact: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/491 Author: Bill Pierce GOOD GOVERNMENT OBEYS THE LAW I agree with the Oct. 4 editorial "Imported Drugs and the Law" about Montgomery County Council President Tom Perez's pursuit of legislation to allow the importation of drugs from Canada despite federal law to the contrary. However, the editorial did not go far enough in pointing out the danger of a government knowingly breaking the law. What kind of signal does it send to county residents and employees when the council and its president pursue legislation that the state attorney general, the council's lawyer and two independent law firms have determined to be illegal? "Good government" means that if you can't change a law or have it overturned in a court, you must live with it, not knowingly break it. Civil disobedience is the domain of citizens, not government. Bill Pierce Silver Spring - --- MAP posted-by: Elizabeth Wehrman