Eric Holder can bite my ass (Way to go after the real bad guys)

[NightWatcher]

http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ci_15530520

DEA raids first medical pot co-op applicant
By TIFFANY REVELLE The Daily Journal
Updated: 07/16/2010 12:01:33 AM PDT

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration last week raided the Covelo home of the county's first applicant for a 99-plant exemption under the county's newly revised medical marijuana cultivation code.

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The Mendocino County Board of Supervisors finalized changes in the county's ordinance governing the cultivation of medical marijuana earlier this year - codified as section 9.31 of the county code. Among the changes is an exemption to the county's 25-plants-per-parcel rule for cooperatives that apply for a permit with the Sheriff's Office.
The changes were effective in May, and the county adopted permit and garden inspection fees June 22. The permit requires applicants to buy a zip tie for each of their plants from the Sheriff's Office, which are intended to signify that the plants were inspected for compliance with state and local law.

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Since the fees were adopted in late June, Allman noted, about 10 co-ops have applied for the permits. The Sheriff's Office has sold $30,000 worth of zip ties since January.

[Oregone]

1. See...crime pays

They should have circumvented the system and not have put a target on their backs

Hell of a message to send, DEA

[Axle_techie]

2. I'm so effing tired

of seeing the Pot clinics raided. I worked for a pot clinic. I saw these terrorist cops swarm the place with 5 to 1 numbers and m16s against unarmed workers, put us all in cuffs for five hours, then leave. I saw cancer patients cry because with all their medical bills, they couldn't afford to drive to L.A. or Morro Bay or Santa Barbara for their meds...

This is bullcrap.

[XOKCowboy]

3. Happy to give the 5th rec, One more example that we didn't really elect a liberal...

when we voted for Obama.

[ThomCat]

5. Right.

It's really sad that so many people still cling to the belief that we did. :(

[sandnsea]

4. No other applicants were raided

"I don't know why this came up on the DEA's radar," Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said, adding that none of the other approximately 10 applicants had been raided by the DEA.

"I'm sure when the case is unsealed by the judge we'll know a whole lot more," Allman said.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

6. rec