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April 15, 2009
Rep. Scott Suder (R-Abbotsford) still wants pot smokers to lose their driver's licenses, thinks they are criminals
Posted by Gary Storck
Wednesday April 15, 2009
As with his cynical and uncompassionate comments about the Jacki Rickert Medical Marijuana Act a year and a half ago, Rep. Scott Suder (R-Abbotsford) continues to be a reliable advocate for demonizing cannabis and those who utilize it. Today, per the Badger Herald, Suder still wants pot smokers to lose their driver's licenses, despite a prudent change in state law. Suder deserves an earful from his constituents on this!
Doyle signs bills on drug offenders, fertilizer
Governor OKs new laws to allow judges more say on non-traffic violations, 4 other legislative pieces
Source: Badger Herald (UW EDU) click here.
by Rachel Vesco
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 00:08
Gov. Jim Doyle signed five bills into law on Wednesday, changing state regulations on fertilizer and sentencing for drug offenders.One Senate bill, introduced by Sens. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, and Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, and Reps. Tamara Grigsby, D-Milwaukee, and Fred Kessler, D-Milwaukee, will allow individual judges to decide if a person convicted of a non-traffic drug conviction would have his or her driver’s license suspended.
According to Taylor spokesperson Eric Peterson, the new law will allow people to keep working since they will be able to drive to their jobs, keeping individuals out of prison and saving taxpayers’ money.
However, Rep. Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, who voted against the bill in the Assembly, said he disagreed, arguing the bill was soft on those who commit crime.
“If they didn’t break the law in the first place, they wouldn’t lose their license,” Suder said. “The governor loves being soft on criminals who break the law … and this is another way to do it.”
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Posted by Gary at April 15, 2009 07:46 PM
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