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8/27/99
Jane Tseng, [email protected] Dole Promises New Anti-Drug Crusade Just days after questions were raised about GOP front-runner George W. Bush's past drug use, rival candidate Elizabeth Dole promised that if elected president, she would lead a "crusade" against drugs. "With leadership and the use of that bully pulpit, I think we can have a crusade across this country to remove and rid America of illegal drugs that are poisoning our children today," Dole told delegates to the annual National Foundation for Women Legislators convention last week. Dole, who finished third in the August 14 straw poll in Iowa, later denied that her announcement and the media frenzy surrounding Bush were related. Portland, Oregon Police Investigated for Drug Grant Scam The Portland, Oregon Police Bureau is currently under investigation by the federal Office of the Inspector General for its possible misuse of an estimated $165,000 in federal grant money. The money was part of a $300,000 federal Local Law Enforcement Block Grant that had been awarded for Operation North Star, an undercover operation meant to curb street-level drug dealing in Portland. "In this instance, there appears to be more than routine accounting errors," a spokesperson for the Bureau of Justice told The Oregonian. An initial inquiry found that as many as 30 officers had falsified overtime records at the direction of supervisors between June 1997 and March of this year. So far, four sergeants have been demoted, suspended, or dismissed and at least ten officers could face discipline.
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