THOMPSON LOOKING INTO UKIAH DEA ACTION

Clay Young, the Ukiah resident who denounced the sudden entrance into
his home by six federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents two
weeks ago, has found an ally in his hunt for more information: the
federal government.

North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson's office is currently
investigating the DEA action, a spokesman from Thompson's Washington,
D.C., office said. In casual parlance, the office has "opened a case,"
but the spokesman, Press Secretary Matt Gerien, cautioned against
seeing it as a legal proceeding.

"Essentially, (Young) has authorized us to look into what happened,"
Gerien said.

Heidi Dickerson, a district representative for Thompson, has been
"very proactive," Young said. Dickerson sent a letter to the San
Francisco DEA office, he said, and is currently waiting for a response.

"It feels good to have the representative working on this," Young
said. "This is what passes for progress with these things."

Last week, Young spoke in front of the Board of Supervisors to call
for more county interaction with federal action in Mendocino County.
He added that he will soon ask newly appointed Sheriff Kevin Broin to
look at the federal-local relationship in the upcoming weeks.