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5 <br /> <br /> 6 <br /> <br /> 7 <br /> <br /> 8 <br /> <br /> 9 <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br /> 15 <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br /> 18 <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br /> 25 <br /> <br />billion -- billion dollar per year industry was plowed <br />ba:K into the illegal drug trade. One dramatic example <br />was documented Dy ~ne recenz commission on pornograpay. <br />The infamous 0~eR Taroa~ wa~ one of tee first of want are <br />now called pornographic Kick films. Ia was produced Dy <br />~ae Columbo Family of the mafia in 1972 for a to,al cost <br />of $25,000. As of 1982 i~ nas grossed over $50 million. <br /> <br /> Now, my taird grade math tells me teat if you add <br />eign~ mo£e years of sale we -- t~ey, ~at~er, are fas~ <br />approaching ~ne $100 hundred million gro~s for that one <br />particular film. It is incongruous ~o my unin~ing ana~ <br />materials produced in California a£e ~aipped ~o ~innesota <br />at a profit to the transportation companies, sold at <br />wholesale levels in Minnesota fo~ a profit ~o ~ne <br />distributors, ~old to Minnesotans for a profi~ to the <br />retailers, and a major ~or~ion of ~nese revenues are <br />returned to individuals ~o b~ used ac subsidize aneir <br />illegal d~ug trade. So in a real sense, we find ai]a~ <br />~nose wac participate in ~ne distribution o~ sale of <br />pornographic or .obscene maaeriais are aiding and aD~ing <br />~ae illegal drug ~raffic~ers. Everyone i~ seem~ is <br />ma~ing a ~idy p£ofi~. And we, tee City of Ramsey, are <br />left ~o deal wi~a ~ne niga cos~ of tee' extra-anali~ies. <br /> <br /> Early on we wer~ asked for personal observations. I <br /> <br />AOA~S COURT RSPORTiNG <br /> <br />(612) 375-9150 <br /> <br /> <br />