Pubdate: Sat, 22 Apr 2006
Source: Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN)
Copyright: 2006 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co.
Contact:  http://www.knoxnews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/226
Author: Rev. Timothy W. Rennels

OUTLAWING SHRUBBERY WASTE OF TIME, MONEY

In the race to keep their names in the paper and score points for 
re-election, our legislators sometimes do some strange things.

Take Sen. Tim Burchett's war on shrubs as an example: Burchett and 
Rep. Parkey Strader have decided to waste the public's time and money 
attempting to criminalize possession of landscape trees and shrubbery 
because they're desperately afraid someone might try to get "high." 
The list of plants includes at least one that's listed as edible by 
the University of Florida agricultural department and several that 
are used to make prescription medications. Some of these plants have 
been around here longer than we have and have never been a problem. 
Why are we wasting time and money now? Don't they think the police 
and the courts have enough to do?

How much more time and money do they plan to waste if we give them 
another two years?

THE REV. TIMOTHY W. RENNELS

Knoxville
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