School District to Receive Assistance to Pay Off $400,000 Cleaning Tab from City, Sheriff's Department and One Local Grower

Written by Mary Jane Tuesday, 11 November 2008

In a joint effort with the City Council and Routt County Sheriff's Office, Stunningham announced that an auction of the marijuana obtained from the recent seizure of a local growth and distribution operation would provide funds for the settlement.

When asked about the maverick funding plan, chief architect Sheriff Stonedwall Jackson observed, "Since ninety percent of the people in town between the ages of 20 and 50 own a Subaru, a dog, and a bong, we feel that there will be ample demand for the confiscated marijuana, much of which was already ready for distribution. The remainder was dried and bagged by the sheriff's office and we have full confidence that we will be able to raise the entire $400,000 without costing the taxpayers an additional cent."

Response to the proposed plan was generally positive. "We certainly didn't want it to come out of the Gifted and Talented budget for our children," said one local parent, "but this is an acceptable solution."