WORKAROUND IS SOUGHT ON LOITERING LAW ONE OBJECTIVE IS TO STOP THE OPEN-AIR DRUG TRADE.(LOCAL)

From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: August 27, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: DEAN MOSIMAN dmosiman@madison.com 608-252-6141

Stuart Seffern wants to give police another tool to stop a rekindling open-air drug trade in his South Side neighborhood.

But don't call it an "anti-loitering law," said the vice chairman of the Burr Oaks Neighborhood around Badger Road and South Park Street.

The area has open-air drug dealing, he said, noting that residents and landlords have conducted about 275 neighborhood walks to take back ...

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