Local 'Lit-Up Crackhead' Political Cartoon Draws Fire
POSTED: 6:32 a.m. EDT July 29, 2003
UPDATED: 8:56 a.m. EDT July 29, 2003
MIAMI -- A weekly Miami paper is drawing flak today after featuring a cartoon of a well-known South Florida politician smoking crack.

A column accompanying the drawing (pictured) of Miami Commissioner Art Teele in
The Street says he jabbers at meetings, "like a lit-up crackhead."
The cartoon proved controversial enough that the edition of
The Street was pulled from circulation, and a revised version was printed.
The
Miami Herald owns the paper and its general counsel said the following about the controversy:
"As a result of my legal opinion the paper was pulled. Some copies had been distributed. They were collected and retrieved."
Teele called the matter a very "painful episode" and said it goes "way over the line." The column's author, Greg Baker, says he favors "inflammatory writing."
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