[420 Girl]

The Ft Bragg farm of the MendoHealing Cooperative was raided Wednesday February 11 by a dozen agents led by the USDEA. The raid is a direct blow to the concept that cooperatives are the answer to legal cultivation under Prop 215 in the post-Mentch era and the new Obama administration.

The raiders arrived mid-morning and smashed doors, broke locks and trashed private belongings.

Arrested were operators David Moore, 55 of San Francisco and Jean Marie Todd, 52 of Fort Bragg along with three employees. The pair admits they had about 700 plants plus clones, the product destined for a dispensary in Los Angeles with 600 patients.

Moore and Todd were released the same day on bail. They were told they would be charged with cultivation for sale.

Moore owns the land. He is on federal probation in connection with a previous conviction for cultivation for sale.

His partner, Jean Marie Todd, formed the cooperative several months ago. She says she took care to conform with state guidelines, informed local law enforcement of the cooperative's presence, and asked whether it was legal, but never heard back from them.

Moore was preoccupied with "doing it right," and had hired a lawyer who wrote the text on California co-op law to help him restructure MendoHealing.

On the way to jail Jean Marie commented, "I thought Obama had called off these raids." A deputy responded, "We haven't gotten the message.

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