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Zero Tolerance, Puppy Scams and Strange Bedfellows

Continued from page 1

Published on May 15, 2008

Click here to see this week's episode of "Zero Tolerance Unit: ZTU Fort Bend."

Subject(s):

zero-tolerance schools, dog-sale scams

Back in the days before ZTUs existed all over Texas, students were sometimes able to engage in what experts called “pranks” or “harmless fooling around.” The Legislature, working with school-district bureaucrats, saw the threat to democracy if such actions were allowed to continue. Thus was born the Zero Tolerance Unit, a brave group of men and women determined to teach kids that the world makes no sense. See the first column item for the background to this week's episode.

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