Someone sent me a news piece about Mayor White's daughter getting busted driving drunk last night:
One of Mayor Bill White's children was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated early Tuesday morning.The mayor's officer confirmed that 17-year-old Elena White was pulled over in the 9800 block of Memorial Drive around 12:15 a.m. Monday.
Precinct 5 officials said she was spotted because she was driving without her headlights on.
She was driving her father's car, the Toyota Prius.
A field sobriety test was given, but she did not take a breathalyzer test, officials said.
"Our daughter Elena is a fine young person who we love and who made a bad decision, violating household rules and possibly the law," Mayor White said in a statement. "It is good that she was treated with impartiality, and we are glad she is safe."
Possibly the law?
Well, let's see... driving with headlights off at night... is there a law about that?
How about driving while intoxicated? Got a law for that, too?
And what's this about saying she was treated impartially, but there was no breathalyzer test? Yeah, that's impartial, if you're a Kennedy in Congress.
Well, at least she didn't go nuts blaming all the world's war on Jews.
UPDATE:
Bill White is now defending his daughter, saying that the arrest may have been a mistake. Never mind the fact that she refused the breathalyzer which could have settled the issue one way or the other instead of relying on her behavior or the reek of alcohol from the vehicle.
He has also hired Rusty Hardin to defend her against the DUI charges, which is like hitting a flea over the head with a sledgehammer.
For a man who says he supports the local police, he sure has one hell of a funny way of showing he trusts their judgement in the field.
What's next? Bill White admits that the reeking vehicle was due to him drinking while driving, spilling the booze all over the inside of the Prius, and then handing his daughter the keys?
Comments (3)
that's only aussie catholic drunks.....
Posted by lisaviolet | August 1, 2006 2:37 PM
Posted on August 1, 2006 14:37
Most people don't know it, but you can refuse to take the breathalyzer test. What HPD does is film you being asked, figuring you'll act like a drunken jerk, or slur your words refusing, and the film will get you convicted.
Sat on a jury for a dwi trial several years ago; the defendant was a paralegal who knew the system, and had a sharp lawyer that made a fool of the officer on the stand. Well, he had plenty of help--from the officer.
We had to let her off; as one juror said: "She's accused of DWI, not of being a bitch."
Posted by ubu | August 1, 2006 3:19 PM
Posted on August 1, 2006 15:19
Well, that's a revelation.
Posted by Laurence Simon | August 2, 2006 9:47 AM
Posted on August 2, 2006 09:47