Great Moments in Municipal Drug Abuse

First we have the Connecticut mayor who admitted to using cocaine while in office:

Bridgeport Mayor John M. Fabrizi admitted he used cocaine after taking office in 2003 and told the Connecticut Post in an interview published Tuesday that he feels ashamed and humiliated.

Fabrizi sought a meeting with the newspaper's editorial board after an FBI report surfaced in which an alleged drug dealer claimed an associate had a videotape of the mayor using cocaine.

"I'm ashamed. I'm humiliated for myself. I never meant to let the world know. I didn't want my family to know," Fabrizi told the newspaper.

Fabrizi, a Democrat who took over leadership of the state's largest city after his predecessor was convicted of corruption, would not say how he obtained cocaine but said he occasionally spent $20 or $40 to purchase it.

And then on the left coast (and we mean left), we have the gay mecca of Southern California, West Hollywood, where the city council has asked the Sheriff's department to ignore marijuana use:

First West Hollywood officials required that pet owners be known as "pet guardians." Then they banned cat declawing and even considered outlawing pet cosmetic surgery.

On Monday, the Westside town famous for its novel municipal lawmaking took a stab at legalizing the recreational use of small amounts of marijuana.

But achieving that goal might prove difficult.

The City Council approved a resolution that urges the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to make marijuana-related offenses a "low priority" that deputies should largely ignore.

In doing so, it became the first city in Southern California to request that its law enforcement agency look the other way at recreational pot use and target only the sale of marijuana.

If Bridgeport doesn't want him anymore, maybe Fabrizi can get a job in West Hollywood.

In the case of West Hollywood, I would guess that their willingness to overlook marijuana use has less to do with conserving law enforcement assets than catering to the large AIDS community, many of whom claim that marijuana helps with the side affects from some of their treatments.

In any event, this resolution doesn't change the law and the Sheriff isn't required to abide by it.