Auntie Charo's Soapbox

Mindy Fothergill reported that Carlos Laguana and Donovan Brooks were arrested for smoking pot between Holiday Inn and the police koban in Tumon...as well, a student at Father Duenas Memorial School was arrested for having marijuana.(insert ALLEGED because the cases are allegations at this writing)
In the past, we've had school bus drivers who raped minors and only served 2 days of a 4-yr term and he's still working, earning a bus-driver's salary, even tho he's no longer a bus driver....we've had firefighters with marijuana in their lockers who never got fired, heck, we even had a cop sell ice while in uniform....I digress....you know about all the stories, you listen to the news, you read the same newspapers so I won't bore you with the list.
I ask instead, what happens next to the Stars and Stripes reporter(I think he's also a board member of some commission....if he's found to have broken the law, will he be fired? Of course, the paper isn't a govGuam agency so they may have different idea about law breaking.
The next question I think Mindy should follow up is about the student. Will the boy's school look away with a mere JUG/suspension or will they adhere to the supposed no tolerance for drugs and expel the lad?
Punishment begins at home. When the child is young and learns that no means no and that a consequence comes when she/he does something after a 'no' is said, then she/he grows up to understand the basics of law. The parent has to mean what he says. The government has to enforce the laws. When a law is broken, the law should be enforced. When there is a rule in a school manual, it should be enforced. A no drug rule that says a student will be expelled should result in just that and nothing less. If gray areas are going to be entertained, then the hard-fast rule should be removed, otherwise, the message is wrong.
These days, we send the wrong message. We say one thing but do the other. I'm not sure that I can compare the marijuana case to the boy who was sniffing the aerosol can who killed(alleged in both cases) the tourist in Tumon. Does one move from Marijuana to aerosol cans? Don't know, but so far, there's no law on sniffing(oops, it's huffing) aerosol cans. Can you arrest a student who has an aerosol can in his possession? Whatever! The case is, we have to mean what we say, or not say it at all!
In the meantime, I will wonder if there will be a follow-up on the reporter and the student from my own favorite reporter, Mindy.