I, myself, am an art enthusiast, and I was searching the Net on learning to create my own art. I came across your article where the artist in your county got busted creating art ("War on glass, Wayne's Word, www.boulderweekly.com/archive/092100/waynesword.html). Anyway, I know I'm on the other side of the country, but I feel that we are all in this together and wanted to share my feelings and experiences.

Recently, one month or so ago, The Police and Drug Task Force in Seminole County decided that the glass art was incriminating for some reason?! They separated into a bunch of little groups and set out to eliminate their "threat"! Each group had its own specific art shop in mind, and they were to do one thing: search and seize! Moreover, every art shop in Seminole County, The Purple Ringer, Amsterdam Dreams, The Pipe Dreams, The Pipe Emporium, and The Abyss were all raided and emptied out; all glass art and anything related to other substances, were seized. Right now it's all Seminole County, but soon could be all of Florida!

Thanks for your informative article about the situation in Boulder!

Kristin Johnson, Orlando, Fla.

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