Pubdate: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 Source: Herald-Dispatch, The (Huntington, WV) Copyright: 2005 The Herald-Dispatch Contact: http://www.hdonline.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1454 Author: Sam Hogsett APPLY DRUG LAWS TO GOVERNMENT LANDLORDS The editorial opinion given by The Herald-Dispatch on cracking down on landlords and confiscating their property is totally correct as long as the same rules apply to city, county, state and federal housing authorities. Imagine every time there is a drug bust in a Section 8 housing property, we the people will be able to evict, confiscate and, according to a recent Supreme Court decision, develop the property into something useful and profitable. We can't just arrest, evict and rent the property out again. Forfeiture is the only answer, since our government won't do background checks on their tenants or more importantly, random drug test on all Section 8 residents and welfare recipients. Why should we expect more out of private landlords than we expect out of our tax-supported welfare landlords? Sam Hogsett Crown City, Ohio - --- MAP posted-by: Josh