Politician who warned about driving drunk is charged with it
Source: Associated Press
Politician who warned about driving drunk is charged with it
Updated 5:20 am CST, Thursday, January 2, 2020
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, speaks during a news conference on proposed Assembly rules reforms at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Kolb was charged on New Year's Eve for driving while intoxicated, just a week after he wrote a column warning citizens against getting behind the wheel drunk.
VICTOR, N.Y. (AP) The top Republican in the New York State Assembly was charged New Year's Eve with driving while intoxicated in his state-issued vehicle, just a week after he wrote a newspaper column warning citizens against getting behind the wheel drunk.
Brian M. Kolb, a Republican from Canandaigua who represents a district just outside Rochester, was arrested near his home after what he called a lapse in judgement."
Authorities said they were called to a crash in Victor just before 10:30 p.m. after a vehicle ran into a ditch. Kolb was found to be the driver of the 2018 GMC Acadia that crashed in front of his home.
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Kolb has represented the district since 2000 and has served as Assembly minority leader since 2009. The district covers all of Ontario County and a portion of Seneca County. In 2018, Kolb briefly campaigned to unseat Gov. Andrew Cuomo before dropping out of the race.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Politician-who-warned-about-driving-drunk-is-14944391.php
Journeyman
(15,042 posts)Now'd be a good time to withdraw from public service, too.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)Hypocrites. Dyed in the wool hypocrites. Reflexively, instinctively hypocritical, they are.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)hit the nail on the head.
mwb970
(11,367 posts)TheFourthMind
(343 posts)ffr
(22,674 posts)Or if you're a rePutican, it's called a talking point.