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iscooterliberally

(3,039 posts) Fri Dec 30, 2011, 12:19 PM Dec 2011

Tewksbury Owner Fights Feds' Attempt To Seize Alleged Drug Motel [View all]

TEWKSBURY, Mass. (AP) — Russ Caswell remembers driving a bulldozer at age 11 to help clear farmland for his father to build the Motel Caswell in the 1950s.

Six decades later, the family’s $57-per-night budget motel is a sought-after property, not because of the cheap accommodations, but because the federal government says it is a magnet for drug deals.

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http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/12/29/owner-fights-feds-attempt-to-seize-drug-motel/

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Tewksbury Owner Fights Feds' Attempt To Seize Alleged Drug Motel [View all] iscooterliberally Dec 2011 OP

They could use the same laws to take over a lot of banks Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #1

I think the banks and Wall Street like things the way the are. iscooterliberally Dec 2011 #2

The article referred to federal laws Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #3

There was a part about the feds having to have a conviction to use the federal laws.. iscooterliberally Dec 2011 #4

civil forfeiture was originally for actual real life pirates Warren Stupidity Dec 2011 #5

what BULLSHIT! RainDog Dec 2011 #6

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