PAUL BUCHER: Best choice for Att.General Wisconsin

Bucher best choice for Wisconsin AG "The buck stops with AG Peg Lautenschlager," according to the Aug. 6 State Journal editorial. She asked for and got only four DNA analysts in the last state budget. With the backlog described in the editorial, eight, 10 or 12 would have been more realistic. Instead of a suit against the Food and Drug Administration about the "morning after pill," wasting state and federal taxes, she could have re-directed that money to work on the backlog of fingerprints and DNA samples. Instead of lawsuits against cranberry growers and businessmen, she could have added more DNA and fingerprint technicians. She joins Kathleen Falk in ignoring their responsibilities as attorneys and officers of the court to uphold the law. When it comes to illegal aliens in Wisconsin neither will enforce the laws and indeed, both choose to ignore and subvert the laws! Paul Bucher, as attorney general of Waukesha County, has developed effective, efficient programs for spousal abuse, drug, cyber and sex crime enforcement that are models for the state. He initiated registration, at initial court appearances, of illegal aliens who commit felonies, a plan backed by all law enforcement agencies in his county. They will be tracked throughout their trials and, if sentenced, will be deported after serving their time. Bucher has vowed that if elected he will "move the buck" to the crime labs and restore the Justice Department to a crime fighting institution, not a social/environmental experimental station. That is the kind of top cop Wisconsin needs as attorney general. -- Bill Richardson, Madison