Pubdate: Fri, 28 Aug 2009
Source: Union Democrat, The (Sonora, CA)
Copyright: 2009 Western Communications, Inc
Contact:  http://uniondemocrat.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/846
Author: Bill Marrs

STOP THE FLOW

To the editor:

Remind me again. Why do we want illegal aliens coming into the U.S.?

A huge marijuana pot farm in Santa Barbara County, containing 30,000 
plants supported by Mexican drug traffickers, is most likely the 
reason for the 88,000-acre fire in Southern California. Authorities 
theorize the fire was started by a cooking fire.

According to our own county drug enforcement folks, these pot farms 
are usually tended by illegal aliens. Wasn't a pot farm suspected in 
the Knight Fire? Why can't the federal government stop the flow of 
illegals from Mexico and pot farms in our national forest? Seems like 
stopping the inflow would help balance budgets. It certainly makes one wonder.

Bill Marrs

Twain Harte
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