How will Wisconsin cities fatten their budgets in austere times? Create more marijuana felons

[Scuba]

http://www.bluecheddar.net/?p=37661

What could possibly go wrong with a pending Wisconsin bill that allows cash-strapped city governments to turn more marijuana users into felons and generate hefty fines for their budgets in the process?

“Authored by State Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac), Senate Bill 150 and its companion — Assembly Bill 164 — grants municipalities jurisdiction to prosecute repeat offenses of any amount of marijuana possession in cases where either the district attorney has chosen not to prosecute or the state’s complaint against the defendant has been dismissed.

“It doesn’t increase any penalties whatsoever,” Thiesfeldt said. “All it does is clear up a loophole in the law.”

Fond du Lac Police Chief Bill Lamb is all in support of the Bill as it backs the city’s aggressive stance on going after marijuana and all drug offenders, he said.

Meanwhile, drunk driving is rampant here.

[dembotoz]

1. we really need to replace the state motto from forward to shitheads