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Is Arpaio Running a Protection Racket?
This weekend the Feds raided the Phoenix-area's largest car wash chain "Danny's" for a variety of unspecified immigration issues, and carried a number of folks off to jail or away for deportation. This is a very high profile and upscale business (I am looking at one outside my office window). These are not your father's car washes -- they are large and well-appointed and tailored to an upscale crowd.
Given that this is easily the highest profile car wash chain in town and each location is staffed with scores of folks of Hispanic origin**, my first thought on reading this story was to wonder why Sheriff Joe Arpaio had not conducted the raid. After all, he has practically made a career of immigration raids on car washes (here is just one raid, note by the way the horrific comments saying things like "God bless Arpaio" just under a video of normal, regular human beings being hauled off in handcuffs for ... working.)
Well, other folks in the Phoenix area wondered the same thing, and have observed that by some odd coincidence, the most obvious immigration target not raided by Sheriff Arpaio is also the largest donor to Arpaio's Sheriff's charities, and its founder can often be seen palling around with Arpaio at public events. Note Danny's prominently displayed on Arpaio's web site.
From our local sheriff all the way up to the President, we are increasingly a country of arbitrary laws and special crony exemptions. If you are not friends with Wesley Mouch, good luck to you.
** Not trying to profile here, just trying to think like the Sheriff
Tags: Arpaio Sheriff, Note Danny, Phoenix, sheriff arpaio, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Wesley Mouch
Category: Police and Prosecutorial Abuse, The Corporate State | 10 Comments
Why Sheriff Joe is Still Sheriff
For those of you not in Arizona that wonder from all the articles about him why Sheriff Joe is still elected by almost landslide majorities, and why Republicans all over the state still beg him for his endorsement, here it is:
A subsequent examination of the sheriff's file showed that residents of Maricopa County wrote to him regarding the presence of Mexicans in greater Phoenix.
Citizens saw day laborers. They saw people with brown skin. They heard Spanish spoken.
And what the letters reveal is enormous anxiety about Hispanics:
"I always see numerous Mexicans standing around in that area . . . These Mexicans swarmed around my car, and I was so scared and alarmed . . . I was never so devastated in my life regarding these circumstances . . . Although the Mexicans at this location may be within their legal right to be there . . . I merely bring this matter to your attention in order that all public agencies, FBI, etc., may be kept informed of these horrific circumstances."
"I would love to see an immigrant sweep conducted in Surprise, specifically at the intersection of Grand and Greenway. The area contains dozens of day workers attempting to flag down motorists seven days a week."
"The Mesa police chief drags his feet and stalls . . . the head of the Mesa police union is a Hispanic."
"As a retiree in Sun City, formerly from Minnesota, I am a fan of yours and what you are doing to rid the area of illegal immigrants . . . when I was in McDonald's at Bell Road and Boswell (next to the Chase Bank) this noon, there was not an employee in sight, or within hearing, who spoke English as a first language — to my dismay. From the staff at the registers to the staff back in the kitchen area, all I heard was Spanish — except when they haltingly spoke to a customer. You might want to check this out."
And Sheriff Arpaio did check it out.
None of the Hispanics described in the letters had broken the law. It is not against the law to speak Spanish or work as a day laborer.
Arpaio nonetheless gave the correspondence to Deputy Chief Brian Sands. Federal Judge Snow determined that raids and roundups quickly followed. Hispanics were rousted because white people were uncomfortable.
Sheriff Joe once did a roundup in tony Fountain Hills, which I would be surprised if it had even 5% Hispanic population, and managed to drag in for various petty violations (e.g. cracked windshield) a group that was about 95% Hispanic. His favorite thing to do, when he isn't busting into homes with Hollywood celebrities, is to send his deputies into a business and have them handcuff everyone with brown skin and refuse to release them until they or their family members have arrived to prove they are in the US legally.
This whole article is a good roundup of yet another abusive side of Arpaio, his flagrant disregard for public records laws and the rules of evidence. In Maricopa County, "exculpatory evidence" and "shredded" have roughly the same meaning.
Tags: arpaio, fbi, Federal Judge Snow, joe arpaio, maricopa county, Phoenix, police, sheriff arpaio, sheriff joe, Sun City, US
Category: Police and Prosecutorial Abuse | 29 Comments
Say It Ain't So, Joe
Apparently, while Sheriff Arpaio was busy raiding businesses and zip-tieing everyone with brown skin and distracted by his attempts to arrest judges that handed down unfavorable decisions, there was actual violent crime happening in Maricopa County. With the Sheriff busy with celebrities raiding homes suspected of cockfighting with tanks, minor stuff like rape got put on the back burner. The story has just been discovered by the AP but it has been kicking around town for a while:
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office failed to adequately investigate more than 400 sex-crime cases, including dozens in El Mirage, over a two-year period because of poor oversight and former Chief Deputy David Hendershott's desire to protect a key investigator from bad publicity, according to documents pertaining to a recent internal investigation released by the Sheriff's Office.
The errors led to interminable delays for victims of serious crimes who waited years for the attackers to be brought to justice, if they were ever caught.
More than 50 El Mirage sex-crime cases, most involving young children reportedly victimized by friends or family, went uninvestigated after police took an initial report. The lack of oversight was so widespread in El Mirage that it affected other cases: roughly 15 death investigations, some of them homicides with workable leads, were never presented to prosecutors, and dozens of robberies and auto-theft cases never led to arrests.
The East Valley Tribune actually had details on this story over three years ago, in a story that won a Pullitzer, but the Sheriff never bothered to do anything until the story hit the AP.
Employees were preparing to close the 99 Cent Discount Store in El Mirage on Aug. 20, 2006, when a teenage girl ran inside.
Agitated and refusing to leave, the 15-year-old girl told the store's manager that two men had just raped her in a ditch outside, a police report says.
Paramedics took the girl to Del E. Webb Hospital in Sun City West, where medical staff found physical evidence of sexual assault, according to deputy chief Bill Knight, head of the sheriff's central investigations, who researched the case.
At midnight, a detective from the MCSO's special victims unit arrived at the hospital to begin an investigation, the report says.
But the investigation never really began.
The MCSO closed the case a month later by designating it "exceptionally cleared," which is supposed to be applied to cases where a suspect is known and there's enough evidence to make an arrest but circumstances prevent an arrest. That designation allows the MCSO to count the case in the same reporting category as investigations that end in arrest.
But in this case, the detectives didn't have a suspect and appear to have done no work on the case.
I would love to see a reincarnation of "the Wire" focused on our Sheriff's department. All the same corruptions in the show are on display every day here in Arizona.
Tags: AP, Bill Knight, East Valley Tribune, El Mirage, maricopa county, MCSO, police, sheriff arpaio, Sheriff Office, victims
Category: Police and Prosecutorial Abuse | 9 Comments
Our Local Enemies List. Is This Finally the End for Sheriff Joe?
Folks in other parts of the country hypothesize that their politicians may or may not have enemies lists, but these are all, frankly, wimpy initiatives when compared to our famous Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his treatment of enemies. You see, if Sheriff Joe sees you as a political enemy, he brings you up on charges. When he came in conflict with his bosses, he and his buddy former County attorney Andrew Thomas brought them up on racketeering charges. When a judge failed to deliver the rulings he wanted in that case, he brought the judge up on bribery charges that fell apart even before the ink was dry (read about some of the hijinx here).
Now there is an ongoing investigation of Sheriff Joe and his department around Arpaio's attempts to get a political opponent, one of his bosses on the Board of Supervisors Joe Stapely, brought up on charges. Or at least, be seen in the media as brought up on charges, because it is fairly clear that Arpaio was less interested with the strength of the case (which like many of his other political attacks fell apart nearly immediatley) as casting negative media attention on a political opponent. Money quote highlighted in bold, from the Phoenix New Times which has a great history of staying on Arpaio's case but does not write very well organized articles.
About a month after the indictment, MACE [a division within Arpaio's organization] raided the offices of an associate of Stapley's, developer Conley Wolfswinkel. The claimed justification was that the Sheriff's Office was looking for evidence of additional crimes that detectives had uncovered in the disclosure-form case.
Knight [leader of MACE] had reviewed the search warrant before a raid on January 22, 2009, and believed that he had enough evidence based on testimony from Stapley's bookkeeper, Joan Stoops, to carry out the raid. Stoops told detectives that it appeared Wolfswinkel had inked an agreement to pay Stapley hundreds of thousands of dollars in a land deal when Wolfswinkel had business before the Board of Supervisors.
Knight said Sheriff Arpaio reviewed the search warrant personally — and asked Knight why he hadn't included more details about the case in the warrant. Knight, according to the report, told Arpaio that the details weren't necessary to establish probable cause, the legal term for the level of evidence needed to persuade a judge to sign a search warrant.
The report doesn't specify which details Arpaio wanted Knight to add, but it does describe how Arpaio pressed him on the issue, saying he wanted to make sure the warrant would hold up. Knight didn't buy what Arpaio was saying, believing that the sheriff only wanted the extra information so he could sensationalize the case.
"Are we writing a press release or are we writing a search warrant?" Knight said he asked the sheriff. "I just need to be clear on what we're trying to produce here."
The sheriff stared at him and said sternly: "Get the information in there," the report states. Arpaio then got up and walked out.
Knight did as he was told and included the superfluous information. He had the warrant signed and prepared his deputies for the raid on Wolfswinkel's Tempe business office. He recalled that Arpaio's right-hand man, then-Chief Deputy David Hendershott, called Knight numerous times, asking: "Are we in yet?"
Hendershott, Knight stated, told him that as soon as the search warrant was signed, Knight was to go to the nearest Kinko's and fax a copy to sheriff's headquarters.
"So we get in; we secure the place," Knight said to investigators. "I run over to the nearest Kinko's, which is three or four miles away, [and] fax the document over to him.
"By the time I get back to Conley's business, I've already got a news helicopter flying overhead."
Knight found out later that the search warrant had been handed to the media in conjunction with a press release.
A news conference was under way before Knight got back to his office.
Arpaio also tailored his public statement to emphasize the shocking revelation that Stapley and Wolfswinkel were being investigated in an alleged "bribery" scheme.
The bribery story fell apart within days, by the way, as the officers realized they had the dates wrong on the land deal such that the deal and the supposed political payoff could not be related.
Arpaio faces a myriad of charges. His defense was that it all happened without his knowledge, which is laughable given the way he is known to run the department. He is claiming in his PR that the whole department is created in his image but that he has no responsibility for what it does. Like any good mobster, he apparently had a consigliere named Hendershott who he is attempting to claim now was a loan wolf rather than Arpaio's right hand man, in order to deflect accountability.
The entire article is worth a read for Arpaio-philes and phobes alike. It serves as a good summary of some of the worst excesses of Arpaio's reign.
Update: By the way, does anyone feel comfortable with a police department (much less sheriff Joe) having the weapon shown in this picture. Can one imagine any legitimate use, short of perhaps a full-blow zombie invasion? (source)
Tags: Andrew Thomas, arpaio, Conley Wolfswinkel, Joan Stoops, MACE, media, Phoenix New Times, sheriff arpaio, sheriff joe, Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Sheriff Joe May Finally Get Nailed
Most everyone knows that Al Capone was finally nailed for tax evasion, rather than murder, robber, extortion and all the more heinous crimes for which he was mostly likely guilty. For years, an unfortunately relatively small group of us here in Phoenix have tried to see Sheriff Joe Arpaio brought to justice, or at least removed from office, . Lacking the success so far, Arpaio may finally go down for fraud in his management of County funds.
In something that should be a surprise to no one, even his supporters, the supremely arrogant Arpaio did not like state law and the county supervisors rules on where he could spend different parts of his budget. So it appears he created a shadow payroll system that has only just been discovered that has been paying different people different amounts for different purposes than what shows up in the official County payroll systems, and has been doing so for over a decade.
Deputy County Manager Sandi Wilson and her staff in the Office of Management and Budget for months have worked to figure out how extensive financial problems are, and she expressed shock at the hidden system.
"They've developed a system that basically tracks where they are working versus where they are being paid, and they did not update the official database, which led to the potential problems," Wilson said. "I think they deliberately hid this info from us."
The employee-tracking database was in a secure criminal-justice computer system accessible only to the Sheriff's Office. Control of access to that system, known as ICJIS, has been the subject of a long-running and expensive legal battle during the past two years.
County administrators say they were puzzled by the sheriff's willingness to sue over what they viewed as minor issues related to control of the ICJIS system. The fight by the sheriff to block county access to the system has cost more than $1.6 million.
County officials believe Sheriff's Chief Deputy David Hendershott sought to limit access to the system to hide the shadow payroll records it contained. Those records showed that potentially hundreds of employees who did no work in the jails were being paid with detention funds.
"That's a reasonable conclusion to draw, but we don't know for sure," Irvine said. "From Maricopa County's perspective, the ICJIS dispute and lawsuit has made no sense."
County officials sent information on the payroll system to the U.S. Attorney's Office for review. That office is conducting a separate abuse-of-power probe of Sheriff Arpaio, his employees and others.
The article fails to mention it, but I believe that the county computer facility mentioned above was the same one that Arpaio sent armed deputies storming in to take over about a year ago. At the time, no one really bought his explanation that it was about protecting sensitive criminal information from prying eyes. I hypothesized it was to take control of an email server that had incriminating information about Arpaio, but now it turns out it may have been to protect his shadow payroll system.
Tags: Al Capone, Attorney Office, Chief Deputy, detention, ICJIS, lawsuit, maricopa county, sheriff arpaio, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Sheriff Office
Category: Arizona, Police and Prosecutorial Abuse | 11 Comments
The Ever-Predictable Sheriff Joe
Via Valley Fever, Sheriff Joe is expanding his outdoor jail whose conditions are substantially worse than those at the nearby WWII POW camp where German prisoners were held.
In the words of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, 17 years ago today, "on a swelteringly hot day in 1993, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio opened the doors to the nation's largest canvas incarceration compound. Tent City, as it became known, would prove to be one of Sheriff Arpaio's best known and potentially most controversial programs."
Today, Arpaio's celebrating the anniversary by unveiling a new section of the compound: "Section 1070," specifically designated for those arrested under Arizona's controversial, new immigration law.
The new section can hold an additional 100 inmates but Arpaio says he expects that number to grow.
"Citizens here sincerely hope that SB 1070 will result in large numbers of illegal aliens being captured and arrested by local law enforcement officers," Arpaio says. "I'm not so certain that will actually happen. But on the assumption it does, then as the Sheriff of this county, I am ready. Tent City is ready. There will never be the excuse that this jail hasn't enough room for violators of SB 1070."
Tags: Arizona, SB, sheriff arpaio, sheriff joe, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Sheriff Office, Tent City, Valley Fever, Via Valley Fever, WWII
Category: Arizona, Immigration | 9 Comments
Blaming Private Companies for Government Procurement Errors
The blaming of private companies for government procurement errors is one I deal with frequently at my privatization blog. This seems to be a particularly egregious example:
Maricopa County officials can't sue the Sheriff's Office for buying a $465,000 bus without their approval, so now they want to sue the bus company.
Precisely why Motor Coach Industries would be sued over the internal squabble remains unclear.
The county has maintained in this months-long bus battle that Sheriff Arpaio's office bought the vehicle with Jail Enhancement funds, when it should have used a typical county procurement process.
From the bus company's point of view, though, the Sheriff's Office was a customer with cash. For the county to demand a full refund, without so much as a deduction for the depreciation, seems like a raw deal for MCI.
Cari Gerchick, spokeswoman for the county, says text of the lawsuit won't be released until after the Board of Supervisors votes on it at Monday's meeting. She could not provide the legal justification for the expected lawsuit, beyond saying that MCI "should have known" the MCSO had not followed the county's procurement process.
Get that? The company should have known that our County's chief law enforcement officer was not following the law. This is obviously an absurd contention, but further the company had two geographic disadvantages: 1. Not being from AZ, they don't know just how unethical our sheriff really is; and 2. Being from Chicago, even if they had recognized unethical behavior, they would have assumed it was perfectly legal
Tags: AZ, bus, Cari Gerchick, Government, Jail Enhancement, lawsuit, maricopa county, MCSO, sheriff arpaio, Sheriff Office
Category: Government | 10 Comments
Pink Jumpsuit for Sheriff Joe
Via Expresso Pundit:
It's becoming increasingly clear that Sheriff Joe--and probably County Attorney Andy Thomas--are going to be indicted on multiple felony counts.Maricopa County Manager David Smith issued this statement today.
Today's grand jury appearance was a welcome opportunity to tell our story on behalf of County employees. Dozens and dozens of County employees, and some County vendors, have been targeted by Sheriff Arpaio and Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas with retaliatory criminal investigations without cause, and disruption of their working lives without justification.
Sandi Wilson and I expect to return to the grand jury to give even more detailed testimony in three or four weeks about the many abuses of power by Sheriff Arpaio and his office that were generally described to the grand jury today. We look forward to that next opportunity in the interests of justice.
Tags: Andrew Thomas, County Attorney, Expresso Pundit, Maricopa County Attorney, Sandi Wilson, sheriff arpaio, sheriff joe, Via Expresso Pundit
Category: Arizona | 8 Comments
Look in the Dictionary Under Dysfunctional and You Will Find This
Taxpayers in Maricopa County (which includes Phoenix) are paying millions of dollars for officials within the county government to sue each other:
Lawsuits between county agencies including the Sheriff's Office, the County Attorney's Office and the Treasurer's Office against county administration have cost more than $2.5 million in legal fees according to the county's records through early November.
The Sheriff's Office has used attorneys from Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart to wage legal battles with the county on issues including control of a law-enforcement computer system and the need to release surveillance footage of sheriff's deputies arresting Supervisor Don Stapley
in a county parking garage.
Next year, the Sheriff's office has asked for $7 million for this purpose. Wow. Given that I despise Sheriff Arpaio, I would love to lay this all at his door step but my sense is that the dysfunctionality goes broader and deeper.
Tags: Attorney Office, County Attorney, Don Stapley, Phoenix, sheriff arpaio, Sheriff Office, Supervisor Don Stapley, surveillance
Category: Arizona, Government | 2 Comments
Another Selling Point for Phoenix Light Rail
Share a ride with a prisoner:
Maricopa County sheriff's deputies may soon begin taking some inmates to Fourth Avenue Jail on Metro light rail in a bid to cut costs.
The Sheriff's Office announced its intent to transport inmates using the light rail from 44th and Washington streets to the Fourth Avenue Jail in order to eliminate parking fees. MCSO estimates that the new system can save about $72,000 in transport fees.
Seems to be some funny economics at work if the city charges the Sheriff more money for parking a car at the jail than it does for at least 3 people to ride the metro.
Anyway, count on Sheriff Joe to ease any tension you might have with this share-a-ride program:
"There is nothing to be concerned or worried about as my deputies will be armed," Sheriff Joe Arpaio said in a press release.
Great, but who is going to protect me from the sheriff? And why does this statement remind me of the famous Al Haig "Don't Worry, I'm in charge" press conference?
Tags: Arizona, light rail, Phoenix, sheriff arpaio
Category: Rail and Mass Transit | 8 Comments
This Is What You Like To See: AZ Last in Pork-Barrel Cash
Arizona can be a weird place, politically. Sometimes it can be among the most libertarian, part of the Goldwater legacy, and sometimes it can be absurdly statist, for example in the huge popular support our individual-rights-abusing Sheriff Arpaio enjoys. But this is certainly good to see:
Arizona has some powerful lawmakers in Washington, including Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
But when it comes to pork-barrel spending, otherwise known as earmarks, the state isn't very powerful. In fact, it ranks last.
That's mostly because three of the state's 10 lawmakers in Washington,
McCain and House Republicans Jeff Flake and John Shadegg, refuse to ask
for any federal money
for local projects. Another Arizona Republican, Sen. Jon Kyl, strictly
limits his earmark requests. They all say the earmark process wastes
taxpayer money and desperately needs reform. But other Arizona
lawmakers counter that their colleagues' stance hurts the state.
rizona, one of the fastest growing states in the nation, will receive
$18.70 per capita in federal earmarks this fiscal year. By comparison,
Alaska, with roughly a 10th of Arizona's population, is set to receive
$506.34 per capita, the highest in the nation, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a watchdog group that tracks earmarks.
Alaska receives about three times as much as Arizona in actual dollars,
$346 million to $119 million. That means Arizona gets less money for
water projects, bridge repairs, road construction and rural clinics.
Good for us. While I have my problems with McCain, Shadegg and Flake are two of my favorite people in Congress.
The article, since it comes from the Republic, of course fails to really explain the issues well. It tries to get the reader confused into thinking that zero earmarks means zero government spending in the state:
"When you have reformers and purists, you end up not getting a
reasonable share of money coming out, which hurts the state," said
James Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and
Presidential Studies at American University. "When you're holier than
thou, you don't get much of the money."
This is, of course, silly. Having no earmarks merely means that the huge amounts of money the Feds spend are doled out by existing statute and by the bureaucracy, rather than the whim of individual Congress persons trying to pay back favors to large donors.
update: see the bad half of AZ here.
Tags: Arizona, Arizona Republican, AZ, earmark, House Republicans, James Thurber, Jeff Flake, Jon Kyl, pork, sheriff arpaio
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Materials: The materials used in the driving school have a motor vehicle driving handbook, sample driving test materials and books provided by driving school. In addition, students might also get curriculum readings and lesson plans which help them to pass written tests and prepare them before they venture out road.
Supplemental resources: In addition, students can also obtain driving instruction supplies from various companies that provide DVDs. Even the car insurance firms provide informational booklets and guidelines regarding safe driving.
Expert insights: Though lessons might be expensive they prepare you fully before you start full-fledged driving. In addition, you also get driving lessons for adults however they can be a little expensive.
Rash and Irresponsible driving is the number one reasons for accidents throughout the world. People have not learnt the importance of driving due to the fact that they have not been taught the right way of driving by their instructors. For someone who wants to learn expert driving, there are certain points or tips they can consider before choosing a driving instructor. driving lessons Birmingham offer fair and reasonable cost of driving school in the market.
A) If the driving instructor and school has been approved by authorities.
There are many fraud driving schools that employ half learned driving instructors with them. A genuine driving school is approved by the government, and has a license to operate. A person should always ask for a license from the instructor or a driving school or calling local authorities to enquire about the license validity and its status of the driving school.
The cost of driving lessons offered should be fair and reasonable. One should always check the review and quality of a driving instructor/school before deciding, if the cost is justified. Most of the driving schools offer same cost, as their competitors in the area. One should also check if there is any advance payment process, and if some of initial lessons are free or not. Some driving instructors offer free lessons for a time.
C) Time of driving lessons.
One should check if the instructors or the driving school has flexible and different timings for driving lessons. Females should check if there are favorable timings as per their schedule for driving lessons. The timings are also based on driving on busy road, highway, or country side.
D) Search for recommendations and reviews from Internet.
People should check for any recommendations, for a good driving instructor or school from their friends and family. They can also check past client's reviews, about the driving firm on the internet and select the best one suitable and nearest to them. One should check, if the drivers are licensed to instruct for driving lessons.
E) Reliable and expert driving instructor.
There should be a trained and reliable driving instructor who is always punctual, is registered with local authorities, is licensed to teach and have good reputation on his skills and manners. The instructor should provide training on all forms of driving, give driving test tutorial, explains the test procedures and helps one to improve driving in a busy road by allowing enough practice. One should check about the time period of his being a driving instructor, whether there are male and female instructors available on request with time. They should be able to teach different traffic symbols effortlessly to the student and how to drive in rich traffic jams.
It is important to check about the driving cars given for practice like type of car available, whether they are dually controlled, if there are lesson on weekends also in same carFree Reprint Articles, and whether the car is in perfect working condition or not. One should also check about the safety of the car and whether the car adheres to the condition set down by local DMA authorities.
driving Schools Birmingham offer driving classes for different types of learners to prepare them for various licensing examinations. Alberta has 7 types of driving licenses and each requires separate driving lessons in theory and practical tests.
The Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) stipulates that new drivers, regardless of age must get the support, skills and experience to learn complex tasks of driving. The key details on GDL is available on the website of Alberta Transportation.
Normally all driving classes are structured into theory and practical parts. The driving lessons cover vehicles including mopeds, motorcycles, cars, buses, semi trucks and heavy trucks.
There are reputed driving schools in the region including the award-winning "A" Driving School that is in the forefront of highly professional driver training courses for grooming best drivers every year.
The realm of driver training is exhaustive and takes care of individual driver training; training for corporations and fleets; online e-learning programs and defensive driving techniques.
The objective of online tests conducted by driving schools seeks to filter out casual learners. The online tests are tested on the learners again and again until they attain sufficient knowledge in the driving fundamentals to face online test by the state licensing agencies.
When a learner joining a driving school he gets a Driving manual to be studied with concentration to pass the driving test online.
The G1 test, applicable in some parts of Canada helps to educate on the rules of the road along with the road signs and the learners get quizzed about that. In G1 test more than 4 mistakes can invite disqualification or rejection.
The online test for Alberta's learner's license test in the Class 7 license format contains 150 questions. It can be taken from anywhere. The Alberta Driver's Handbook is the key to pass the online test. There is flexibility in the test and it can be attempted as many times as possible.
Defensive driving is defined as driving to save life; time, and money, despite the surroundings and the actions of others. A driver should never be influenced by the actions of others. One must follow one's own defensive driving decisions without being influenced by other people. All safe drivers adjust to the driving environment around them and never get intimidated or influenced by others.


Syria peace talks will include women, but will their voices be heard?
As representatives from the Syrian government and rebel groups sit down to peace talks to try and bring an end to the country's long civil war this week, those present at the negotiation table may include, to a greater degree than ever before, women.
The country's brutal war between the regime of Bashar al-Assad and various rebel factions has dragged on for five years, and seen half the Syrian population flee their homes, dispersing refugees across the country and into neighboring countries. Many of those who remain, and who now live in refugee camps, are women, according to experts and advocates who said that their ground-level perspective demands greater inclusion in this round of peace talks. "Women are on the front lines," Melissa G. Dalton, a fellow and Chief of Staff of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Women in the World on Tuesday.
Randa Slim, the director of the Middle East Institute Initiative for Track II Dialogues, is working with activists and other stakeholders participating in the unofficial talks. Speaking from Lebanon, Slim said the advisory committee is a good step but that women should be included among the top leadership of the negotiating teams. She praised the opposition coalition for including more women than that of the Syrian government, which has occasionally used a female spokesperson but has not otherwise meaningfully included women in the process, she said. "That's one level of including women, the support level. Then there's the level of the negotiating table itself, and there are some women who were present [Monday] in a meeting between the envoy and the opposition delegation, but I don't think it's enough. There are few women, not enough," she said.
The women on the advisory group will be from different parts of Syrian society including law, medicine, non-government organizations, and citizens groups, she said.
Women in Syria, she said, have become almost solely responsible for keeping the "fabric of the society" together as the men have gone off to fight. They have taken on greater roles in education, NGO work, in the media, in leadership positions within communities and refugee camps, and in documenting human rights abuses and disseminating that information around the world. "The question now and the hope is that with this advisory committee that the envoy has announced, there will be a structured process to bring input from women's activities on the ground in Syria, in the refugee camps, into the negotiation room," she said.
The current talks, with the inclusion of the new advisory committee, would include women to a greater degree than any comparable peace talks involving civil wars in Arab society, Slim said. But the degree of influence the women would have on the process was still unclear, she said.
Women's roles in peace talks have also come to be seen as vital because of their ability to influence a long-lasting peace deal, according to Slim and Dalton. "The nature of the conflict right now is that it's going to require a generational solution. It's a generation challenge to take on extremism, like ISIS and those groups, and women can play a really strong role in shaping families and communities where young people are growing up to dissuade them from buying into these narratives," Dalton said.
Women also play a key role in helping rebuild families and communities after a conflict ends, she added.
Slim said that women would be the ones to "stitch back the society's fabric" after a peace deal is put in place and the fighting ends.
The talks are expected to continue this week. Earlier discussions attempting to bring about an end to the civil war in 2014 and 2015 failed to reach a peace deal.


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Has DOW Stock Reached an Attractive Entry Point?
The valuation of Dow Inc stock is certainly attractive. But slower global growth could make things tough for DOW.
By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Writer & IPO Playbook Editor Jun 19, 2019, 2:41 pm EDT June 19, 2019
The new Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) stock and company is the result of a two-stage spinoff of Corteva (NYSE:CTVA) and DOW stock by DowDupont (NYSE:DD) that started on Apr. 1. The split came about because of agitation from an activist shareholder, Third Point's Dan Loeb. No doubt, the main objective was to benefit the owners of DowDupont stock and DOW stock.
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And of course, the CEO of DOW, Jim Fitterling, boasted about the restructuring. In a press release, he said:
"The changes we have made to Dow's portfolio, cost structure and mindset are significant. The new Dow is a more focused and streamlined company with a clear playbook to deliver long-term earnings growth and value creation for all stakeholders.
But unfortunately, Wall Street hasn't been so kind to Dow Inc stock. Since early April, DOW stock has gone from $58 to $49.
The Issues With Dow Inc Stock
Spinoffs can be disruptive. There is often a large turnover in the shareholder base, which can put pressure on the shares.
Yet that overhang will dissipate in the longer term. So could DOW stock now be an interesting value play? Is it time to consider buying Dow Inc stock?
Well, I'd still be cautious. DOW is still a complex organization. As seen with other companies like GE (NYSE:GE) and 3M (NYSE:MMM), complexity has become a big drawback on Wall Street. Investors nowadays want agile companies that can focus on growth opportunities and be nimble enough to stave off rivals.
InvestorPlace.com columnist Josh Enomoto aptly described the complexity of DOW and how that could be a hindrance:
"Dow Inc stock doesn't provide a clean, linear path. Instead, the underlying company is stretched wide, featuring businesses in consumer products, packaging, industrial materials, large-scale infrastructures and technology. From a topical perspective, the separation into three entities streamlined operations for the individual cogs. Somewhat left out in the equation was that the individual cogs also have non-intuitive structures."
However, complexity may not be the biggest risk facing DOW stock. Rather, the slowing of the global economy looks to be the main problem.
For now, there is little clarity on a resolution to the dispute between the U.S. and China. In the meantime, there is also the potential for trade disputes between the U.S. and Europe.
The World Bank has reported that global growth will come in at 2.6% versus its January forecast of 2.9%. That would be the weakest global growth in three years.
As for DOW, the company is definitely sensitive to the swings of the economy. When the economy slows, it's easy to put off a decision to purchase new raw materials and commodities.
The Bottom Line on DOW Stock
DOW has positive attributes. Keep in mind that the company continues to streamline its operations and cut costs. DOW plans to eliminate $700 million of costs this year. It is also being more disciplined when it comes to capital investments.
As for the valuation of Dow Inc, stock it is fairly cheap. Consider that its forward price-earnings multiple is nine and its dividend yield is a hefty 5.7%.
Yet such factors likely mean that DOW stock has some downside protection. However, because of the macro weakness across the world, it could be tough for Dow Inc stock to advance meaningfully.
Tom Taulli is the author of the upcoming book, Artificial Intelligence Basics: A Non-Technical Introduction. Follow him on Twitter at @ttaulli. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2019/06/has-dow-stock-reached-an-attractive-entry-point/.


Your skin should be the last thing on your mind when you're training in BJJ. You want to focus on your moves rather than any sort of pain from a rash. The best rash guards out there for BJJ are meant to provide so much more protection than just a simple tee shirt while keeping you comfortable too. If you've been searching all over the web or even on social media like reddit for your answer, keep reading and you'll see what I recommend in this post.
Picking out the best rash guard really depends on what you're looking for when it comes to your BJJ training. All of the best ones are meant to last while providing you comfort, but not everyone gets the most out of each one out there.
You can use this BJJ rash guard in any season to wick away moisture with ease. The fabric stretched four ways, including anti-chafe seams and UV protection for training in the sun.
Legend makes their BJJ rash guard right in the USA with a lifetime warranty in case of any problems. The soft material will be perfect for a variety of sports including bjj thanks to stitching that'll last even longer.
This sleek and comfortable guard claims to be unlike any other guard out there. It certainly provides a high amount of mobility while fitting cleanly to your body and staying in place.
The longer length of the torso in Series 1 makes sure than any person can wear these comfortably especially for bjj. Flat lock stitching keeps irritation at bay, giving you a comfortable fit thanks to the four way stretchy material.
Raven definitely provides you with a new design that won't peel or fade. Your body should stay cool and dry underneath as you train with this breathable fabric that keeps you moving easily.
The compression fabric of Hayabusa is meant to provide lots of comfort and flexibility at the same time. Rashes, cuts, scrapes, and sweat won't be a problem anymore in bjj.
There are even anti-odor technologies in this rash guard to help stop the growth of bacteria. The compression fiber and stretch fabric provides you with a long lifespan, and the graphics won't even peel off.
It doesn't make any sense to buy a rash guard that's no better than a tee shirt. The whole point of your guard is to protect your skin and get rid of sweat, so when you buy, things as simple as size, color, price, and durability matter. Providing you with the right coverage for comfortable movement is necessary regardless of what rash guard you end up buying.
If you want to make sure your rash guard does its job properly, you need to be sure you've got the right size. The proper size will wick away excess moisture on your skin. This means that it should fit correctly on all parts of the body and that you should still feel comfortable wearing it. The guard should breathe without being too tight, but it shouldn't be hanging off of you either.
You wouldn't think that something as simple as color mattered when it came to your rash guard. There are lots of colors out there, so which one should you pick? Well if you have a white GI, you'll probably want to find a white rash guard too. Luckily rash guards usually come in many colors, so when you're concerned about under colors, you can pick one that will work perfectly. It's ok to disregard colors sometimes too though, especially if you're just looking for comfort.
Don't go crazy when it comes to buying your rash guard. Of course you want the best, but it's not necessary to break the bank either. Keep an eye on your price point when you buy so that you get something that will last without making you regret your purchase. Even the best out there aren't meant to make your financial life more difficult.
Sure, price matters, but you also don't want to buy the cheapest rash guard out there only to find that you have to keep buying replacements. It's a lot better to buy a durable rash guard that will last over time and end up saving you money rather than a cheap one that continuously frays. You need these guards to protect your skin, so they have to be tough enough to withstand even the toughest of training. The right fabric will be sure to stand up not only against continued usage, but also against washing.
The last thing you need to worry about during BJJ training is the possibility of getting a rash. Your skin should be safe and protected with the best rash guards for BJJ, allowing you to train comfortably and with ease. Any one of these will do better than an ordinary tee shirt, so you'll be sure to notice the difference.


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In recent years, creationists have re-branded their hypothesis as 'intelligent design', which asserts that the apparently designed fit of organisms to their conditions of life necessarily implies the existence of an intelligent designer. This idea is no more than the old 'argument from design', promulgated most famously by William Paley in his fable of chancing upon a watch and inferring a watchmaker, which the theory of evolution by natural selection refutes, as brilliantly explained by Rich
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In Activity 6 you explored factors which influence people's experience of health and we noted that inequalities in health are clearly related to the conditions of people's lives, such as their housing, income and education. On the other hand, health education messages have tended to focus on behavi
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The core of this seminar will be the great sequences of English love sonnets written by William Shakespeare, Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, and Mary Wroth. These poems cover an enormous amount of aesthetic and psychological ground: ranging from the utterly subjective to the entirely public or conventional, from licit to forbidden desires, they might also serve as a manual of experimentation with the resources of sound, rhythm, and figuration in poetry. Around these sequences, we will develop sev
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In the radiopharmacy Tc-99m is produced in a generator.
Mo-99, a product of the fission of uranium, is isolated from a nuclear reactor and absorbed on to an alumina column in the generator. When a saline solution is passed over the column, ion exchange results in the production of sodium pertechnetate. This can then be chemically manipulated to form a variety of compounds. The removal of the technetium by the passage of saline is known as elution.
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The petition for veggie burgers at In-N-Out Burger
By Mandy Burkholder | December 4, 2016
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Ever walked into a fast food restaurant and thought, "Why don't they have a vegetarian option?" The people at the Good Food Institute, a nonprofit that advocates for meat alternatives, have done just that, and they're doing something about it. Their target? Fast food icon In-N-Out Burger.
While the chain is famously opposed to outside persuasion, the Good Food Institute's Change.org petition is impossible to ignore. The open letter to Lynsi Snyder, President of In-N-Out Burger, states, "If you want a meat-free meal at In-N-Out, you're going to be stuck eating multiple orders of French fries or a cheese-slathered bun. In-N-Out has been letting its fans down by failing to serve anything that would satisfy a burger-loving customer who wants a healthy, humane, and sustainable option."
For a company that claims ethical practices and seemingly cares for customer satisfaction, it makes sense that In-N-Out might adapt to the wishes of the people. The petition now has over 40,000 supporters (with less than 10,000 to go to meet their goal), so it's obvious that the momentum is building.
The letter continues by adding, "The push for plant-based meats is growing, with Millennials leading the charge and backing up their desire to support ethical companies with a whopping $200 billion in annual buying power."
The move isn't unprecedented, with several recognizable fast food chains having already made the vegetarian-friendly adjustment. For example, White Castle introduced veggie sliders in 2015, Burger King has the BK Veggie, and Chipotle has vegan sofritas. It's clear that the overall societal shift toward healthier foods and sustainable business practices has made a lasting impact on the classic fast food lineup.
The Good Food Institute agrees. In the letter, they state, "As a company that prides itself on both customer satisfaction and ethical business practices, adding a meat-free option is a no-brainer. And by making this single addition, In-N-Out would be making a huge statement that it truly cares about its customers' health and the health of the planet."
The only question that remains is, will In-N-Out Burger listen to its customer base and include a vegetarian burger on the menu? Only time will tell.
If you wish to see healthier options at In-N-Out, visit the petition and sign your name. If not, let us know in the comments why you believe this isn't a good idea for In-N-Out Burger or other similar fast food brands.
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Mr. Herring is a talented attorney and dedicated advocate for the rights of injury victims and trauma survivors. Doug joined Certain & Zilberg after earning a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree with honors from Fordham University Law School where he served as a member of the Fordham Law Review, represented consumers in Federal and State court as a student attorney with the Fordham Consumer Litigation Clinic and earned both the Ruth Whitehead Whaley and Merit Scholarships. Before obtaining a law degree Mr. Herring earned a Bachelor's Degree with honors from New York University. While attending law school and college Doug Herring was selected to serve as a speech and debate coach.
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Ginger's working on creating her first Google Search Ad. She wants to create an inviting and relevant ad, so potential customers will respond favorably. To earn user clicks, Ginger should focus on creating an ad that _____. (Choose two.)
has a larger font size
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is listed after search results
includes at least two different colors
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Gifhorn (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɪfhɔʁn]) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany.
The district is located at the border of Saxony-Anhalt and extends from the southern edge of the Lüneburg Heath (Lüneburger Heide) in the north to the suburbs of Braunschweig and Wolfsburg in the south. The Aller River enters the district in the southeast, runs through the town of Gifhorn, is joined by the Ise and Oker river and leaves the district in the west. The southern terminus of the Elbe Lateral Canal at the Mittellandkanal is at Edesbüttel in the district.
It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the district of Helmstedt, the cities of Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, the districts of Peine, Hanover, Celle and Uelzen, and by the state of Saxony-Anhalt (districts of Altmarkkreis Salzwedel and Börde).
The lowest point of the administrative district Gifhorn lies at the Aller near Müden (46 m above sea level). The highest point lies in the north of the district near Sprakensehl (124 m above sea level).
The district was established in 1885 by the Prussian government. In 1932, the former district of Isenhagen became the northern part of the Gifhorn district. The city of Wolfsburg originally was a part of the district, but became a district-free city in 1951. In 1974 the district again lost parts of its territory, when the city of Fallersleben was incorporated into Wolfsburg.
The lion as well as the hearts are heraldic symbols of Lüneburg - Gifhorn was a part of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg for many centuries and, briefly the Duchy of Gifhorn. The horn symbolises the syllable "horn" in the word Gifhorn.


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Home Opinions West Ham should be blamed for not getting best out of summer...
West Ham should be blamed for not getting best out of summer signing
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West Ham aren't in the most comfortable position currently. Manuel Pellegrini's men are just a single point above the relegation zone and find themselves at 16th in the table. The pressure is on the Chilean and rightly so, the Hammers have won just one game out of their last ten games. While Pellegrini is failing, signings like Sebastien Haller are too.
But the failure of signing is sometimes never down to him. And such is certainly the case with Haller and even Pablo Fornals. Both are enduring a struggle, despite being very well regarded players before coming to London Stadium this past summer.
It is Haller's case which is most interesting. The Frenchman was crucial getting Eintracht Frankfurt's front three work efficiently last season. His arrival for a club-record fee was a cause for celebration. But the way his signing is panning out this season is a reflection of how West Ham never knew what they were getting out of him.
Before he came to England, Bundesliga expert Kevin Hatchard was full of praise for the Frenchman.
He told Talksport: "There has been a lot of talk about Luka Jovic going to Real Madrid and how important that is, but actually I think Haller leaving Frankfurt will do more damage to them than Jovic leaving because he is such an important focal point in their attack. I'm gobsmacked, quite frankly, that West Ham have been able to pull this off."
At the Commerzbank Arena last season, Haller was operating in a 3-4-3 shape alongside Ante Rebic and Luka Jovic. Haller wasn't a typical target man. In Adi Hutter's possession-based football, he had to do a bit of everything. It was crucial to his overall development as a player.
Playing 29 games in all competitions, Haller had a tally of 15 goals and nine assists in the Bundesliga. In the Europa League, he played nine times and had a hand in eight goals in total.
He wasn't the highest scorer- Jovic was. He was the lethal finisher in the side and played closer to the goal than Haller or Rebic.
Haller did win as many as 6.9 aerial duels per game in Bundesliga- highest in the league. But he also played 1.3 key-passes per game. He would also complete one dribble per game. Hutter was tapping into his completeness as a player and not just his aerial ability.
His tally of 12 assists in all competitions was the best of his career. Having two more narrow attackers was helping him use those playmaking abilities to very good effect.
At West Ham, he finds himself being used in a rather different way. Filipe Anderson hasn't scored even once this season, racking up three assists only. Andriy Yarmolenko has one assist and three goals. The lack of form of these players isn't helping the Hammers' attack any bit.
For a player who was functioning in a dynamic and fluid front three, the other two firing is a minimum requirement. There is a feeling that Haller is a mere target man who can win aerial battles. Last season's stats show that it isn't the case.
This season, Haller has won 6.2 aerial duels per game- more than any other player in the league. That part of his approach is still there. But West Ham aren't doing him favours by not using Fornals properly either.
He has been playing in every position possible. From the central midfield to the attacking midfield and the wings. Pellegrini doesn't know what his position is. For Villarreal last season, Fornals was a regular in the number ten spot but could do a job elsewhere.
For the Spanish Under-21s this past summer, Fornals was a star in their win of the Under-21s European Championship. In an attacking system when Spain had a lot of possession, he was a number ten or a left-winger who could come inside. He contributed to three goals in five games.
And he was never a prolific scorer or assister. That is one aspect that he is yet to improve. Playing him in all sorts of positions will never help. And it helps no one, let alone him.
Before blaming the player, West Ham fans should bat an eye at how the club is using the new signings. They have shown immense quality before, but it can't be a coincidence that both of them are struggling at the same time at the same club.
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Employees suffering from a repetitive motion injury that developed while at work have a right to apply for Social Security Disability benefits. In order to qualify, however, an injury must have become debilitating enough to prevent an employee from carrying out the functions of his or her job.
Also known as repetitive stress injuries, the harm gradually occurs over time by performing an action repeatedly. Repetition generally refers to a task's requirement to perform the same motion for at least 30 seconds during a repeating cycle. Two examples of RSIs are carpal tunnel syndrome and tendinitis. The damage caused by an RSI may affect the musculoskeletal system, which includes joints, muscles and bones.
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Companies must provide employees with a safe workplace, but the ergonomics of the setup for an office cubicle or a workstation may nonetheless contribute to an individual's injuries. Performing repetitive tasks while sitting with poor posture at a desk, for example, could place undue pressure on an employee's musculoskeletal system. If an employer does not provide sufficient rest breaks, repetitive actions may cause significant stress leading to harm.
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Takes $25,000 Contribution From Marijuana's Trade Group As Head of Republican Governors Association, While Lobbying to Expand Drug Testing in Wisconsin
By One Wisconsin Now	- Jul 18th, 2017 09:50 am
Gov. Scott Walker. Photo from the State of Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis. — Scott Walker has always been a politician willing to do or say anything to advance his own political ambitions. But newly uncovered information that Walker, as head of the Republican Governor's Association, accepted a major contribution from a marijuana industry trade group this year at the same time he was lobbying for authority to require drug testing as a condition of receiving public assistance benefits reaches new heights of political hypocrisy.
"The hypocrisy of Scott Walker has reached an all-time high," said One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross. "While trying to criminalize people receiving help with healthcare or food for his political benefit, Scott Walker is hustling campaign cash from a group promoting legalizing drugs, for his political benefit."
Walker began calling for drug tests as a condition of receiving public assistance benefits in late 2014 as he also began ramping up for his run for the Republican presidential nomination. Finding the issue of targeting vulnerable populations with punitive drug tests politically popular with the right wing, he has continued, and expanded on his scheme. In 2016 Walker appealed to the federal government for waivers to require Wisconsinites submit to drug testing to receive food assistance and job training. Most recently, Walker has proposed making Wisconsin the first state in the nation to require drug tests for certain Medicaid recipients.
Yet in the midst of his political posturing on drug testing, Walker, as head of the Republican Governors Association, accepted a $25,000 contribution to the organization from the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) on February 7, 2017. The NCIA touts itself as, "… the nation's only industry-led organization engaging in legislative efforts to expand and further legitimize the legal cannabis market in the U.S."
According to State Sen. LaTonya Johnson, the drug testing regime envisioned by Walker essentially declares being poor or losing your job and collecting unemployment as probable cause that you are abusing drugs in Wisconsin.
"Gov. Walker's hypocrisy in playing politics with people who need healthcare access the most is appalling," said Sen. Johnson. "While he works to make Wisconsin a national leader in cruel, unnecessary and damaging policies for some of our most vulnerable populations, we must continue to fight for access to affordable healthcare for all Wisconsinites."
The experience in other states shows that drug testing applicants for assistance is a high cost, low reward proposition that results in very few positive tests. According to analyses of data in states like Arizona, Michigan, Tennessee and North Carolina, of those screened for drugs an infinitesimally small percentage of people actually tested positive for illegal drug use.
Rep. Jimmy Anderson concluded, "Governor Walker is trafficking in hypocrisy. Several other states have tried similar programs and they all have failed miserably while wasting hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. Worst of all, Governor Walker's plan will do little more than waste our state's limited resources to 'rehabilitate' marijuana users when what we should be doing is using these resources to help those Wisconsinites who are struggling with real drug addictions."
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