(April 15, 2001) In the spirit of Megan's Law and other public services intended to protect the innocents, we'd like our readers to know that Friendship Heights' mayor, Dr. Alfred Muller, is now a registered sex offender, having pleaded guilty to a charge of sexually molesting a 14 yr old boy.

Muller is of course an expert on "registration." He was on the cutting edge of gun control, having first proposed a total handgun ban within the borders of his special taxing district. Then in December 1981, after state preemption barred his gun ban, he proposed another first, a ban on possession of bullets. He is quoted saying "We will submit the same ordinance, but change the word 'handguns' to 'bullets.' We feel that since this is an urgent situation, we will use what I consider to be a legal loophole."

Loopholes aren't exactly what he was looking for when he groped a young boy at his church. Muller's career over the two decades before his outing shows him to be a champion of left wing causes. His proposed ammo ban turned into a county-wide ammo registration scheme, ultimately struck down in court. More recently he's championed the ban on smoking in his district - that's outside, folks, not just inside public places. That cause cost taxpayers dearly too, and is also on the way to being struck down. Good thing tax money grows on trees isn't it? (Who knows what silly and irresponsible thing we'd would do if we had money in our pocket. Please, Al, protect us from ourselves!) Alfred Muller: Another classic example of a liberal who thinks laws are things that only apply to everyone else.