News to reuse: Drunk driving against law in Hulmeville and (people just like) Billy Joel and Jimmy Buffett coming to Bensalem
Submitted by jstudent on Thu, 2008-05-01 13:53.
[ ] A district judge in lower Bucks County is helping change the practice of citing some offenders with “public drunkenness” rather than a DUI. (Courier Times)
From the story:
…Hulmeville police were sometimes handing out public drunkenness citations along with traffic tickets instead of filing DUI charges...“Our district judge has asked us to change the policy,'' he said. “Now, I guess, we are going to cite anyone we stop with a .08 with a DUI,'' Hulmeville police Chief Tom Walton said…. And one ticket stated that a man with a .31 blood alcohol content “crossed yellow lines 3x,” was “Driving on R side of Roadway” and “failed to stop for emergency vehicle.” That driver was found guilty last year of public drunkenness and speeding….
Walton said he'd have to look into why some officers were cutting a break to drivers who registered a .37 or .31 BAC on a portable breath test. …
You’d almost kind of think that the officers had to be impressed that someone blowing a .37 could STAND, much less drive. It’s kind of like Willis Reed in the 1970 NBA Finals.
Anyway, the (very well done) story by Matt Coughlin points to the allocation of fines being disproportionate to the borough for public drunkenness as opposed to DUI charges whose money tends to be weighted more to the county.
The point: Don’t fucking drink and drive.
[ ] President of Eagles Nation’s wife Jennifer Safford Murphy spoke at Delaware Valley College on Tuesday. (Intelligencer)
From the story:
…(she) met (now Congressman) Patrick Murphy about three years ago at a meet-and-greet for Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham….The wedding was on Saturday and the two needed to go to the local courthouse in Florida on Friday to get their marriage license. Jennifer called Patrick, but he didn’t answer.
“That was a 10 that got knocked down to a nine or eight that I will never forget. I was livid,” she said. …Murphy had explained earlier in her talk that she ranks the various events in her life on a scale of one to 10, and expects Patrick to join her for anything ranked at a 10 (their wedding and the birth of their daughter). She said she realizes he’s busy and doesn’t ask him to join her for anything ranked less than an eight (her family’s annual Halloween hayride).
Murphy said she feels pressure …“We have a Wawa right near our house in Bristol and I can’t buy Tastykakes because the guy behind the counter will say, ‘Do you think you should be eating Tastykakes?’” she said, noting that the Wawa clerk probably doesn’t say that to the other customers.
Other than the local Wawa, Murphy said, “I can pretty much go out by myself and not be recognized. But when I go out with him, it’s, ‘Oh, and his wife.’ ”
Re: 1-10 and ‘Oh and his wife’: Philly EDGE, and every other guy who has ever dated a girl for more than six months, is smiling.
Note to PM: Dude, Eagles games should be ranked just under the Halloween hayride (even the Cowboys games) - and you totally need to get in the grill of the Wawa clerk PRONTO, otherwise, we fear you kids are heading to Dr. Phil.
[ ] Bensalem’s Commerce Bank Amphitheater summer concert series will host more than two dozen free events, beginning May 9. (Courier Times)
Tribute bands covering Billy Joel, Elton John, Lou Christie, Journey, Chicago, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Jimmy Buffet, Crazy Town, U2, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and T’Pau are planned.
[ ] The ongoing fight of Milford (Buxco) against boobs continues with Coyotes Show Club filing suit against the township for asking the club to adhere to conditions which are “unconstitutional, intrusive and make running a business impossible.” (Intelligencer)
The township says it is seeking to protect against the spread of “prostitution, drugs, violent crime and underage drinking.”…Fwiw- those must be some multi-tasking titties.
[ ] Marilyn Russell of 95.7 BEN FM, NBC 10's Kristen Welker, and singer (and former 10! Show host) Lauren Hart all will appear at the High Heels Kick Out Kidney Disease to benefit the National Kidney Foundation at 6 p.m. tonight at Neiman Marcus in King of Prussia.
