Propositions Invite Debate

What was missing from the debate between Judge [James P.] Gray and Sheriff [Brad] Gates on the merits of Proposition 215, legalizing prescription-only marijuana use, is that Gates heads an agency that profits off of the current laws (Sept. 6), and he does not want to lose that lucrative fund-raising avenue in these post-Proposition 13 times.

As in the times of Watergate, if you want to find the truth, “follow the money.”

When Gates makes an outrageous, not factual statement like, “Marijuana destroys your immune system,” your reporters owe it to readers to find out where that “fact” came from and whether it is indeed a fact, and not just let it hang out there. That (and not leaving it alone) is unbiased reporting!

DAVID G. PORTER

Anaheim