Pubdate: Wed, 11 May 2005
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times (NC)
Copyright: 2005 Asheville Citizen-Times
Contact:  http://www.citizen-times.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/863
Author: Rod Mowry
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth)
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n688/a14.html

CHILDREN NOT HARMED THIS TIME, BUT LET'S NOT TEMPT FATE

This letter is in response to your April 27 headline, "Bottom line: Meth 
puts children in harm's way." With regard to this very subject of illegal 
drugs impacting the lives and well-being of Asheville's youth, I think the 
headline could have read "Bottom line: Mumpower put children in harm's way."

I say this only because of the juxtaposition of the AC-T's very important 
coverage of illegal drugs affecting our city's children, with local drug 
war advocate and City Councilman Carl Mumpower's recent disregard for an 
incident in which he reportedly snubbed a group of drug dealers by asking 
for and receiving a standard amount of crack cocaine before proceeding to 
exit suddenly in a motor vehicle from a housing project where children reside.

If we are to truly exercise concern for Asheville's children amidst a local 
drug crisis, it is not unreasonable to expect that any public officials who 
claim particular interest in this problem themselves be accountable every 
step of the way.

Rod Mowry,

Asheville 
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