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LISTEN: La Crosse County DA Gruenke on new sheriff, Minnesota legalizing weed, OWI punishment, election fraud
Hit on a lot of topics Monday with La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke on WIZM’s La Crosse Talk PM.
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One of those topics included Democrats taking control of state government in Minnesota and the almost certainty that recreational marijuana will be legalized, as Wisconsin barely even discusses it on a medical level.
What kind of issues does that pose for law enforcement, with people traveling just a few miles to get a drug illegal in Wisconsin?
Also hit on election fraud and the kind of cases La Crosse County has seen.
Talked about an OWI case in Winona where the driver hit and killed a Winona State student and how that four-year prison sentence came to be and what it might have been in Wisconsin.
Lastly, asked if we may take up, again, racial disparities in arrests in La Crosse County, four years after a previous study. Gruenke is part of the county’s Criminal Justice Management Council that meets monthly and it sounds like that may be discussed this week.
La Crosse County will also have a new sheriff, after the midterm election results are certified and a potential recount is finished. Gruenke talked about what a new sheriff and the DA may have to discuss as far as potential priorities and needs.
Mike Strittmater
January 17, 2023 at 6:14 am
Although I haven’t smoked pot since the early 70’s, (I’m now 73 yrs.old), I can’t believe that Wisconsin has not yet legalized it. Just the revenue alone that it would generate would be beneficial for the whole state. The jobs alone would be astronomical. How about the taxes we could impose on it and use that money for research and development of new drug and alcohol treatment facilities? Be more próactive in helping the ever growing homeless crisis we have. The list goes on and on and on. Bottom line is we need to get rid of the old fogies in our state Senate and house of representatives. Go out and vote for some new young blood in the next elections in 2024 starting with ousting our current idiot of a president and his joke of a vice president!! As always, Wisconsin will be the last state to legalize pot as the rest of the nation reaps the benefits.