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'DUI laws are bad for business': Republican representative (and bar owner) DEFENDS drink driving
It could best be described as a conflict of interest.
A Republican representative (and bar owner) raised eyebrows in Montana yesterday when he defended drunk driving in a passionate speech to the House.
Alan Hale, a Tea Party supporter, said strict DUI legislation is 'destroying' small businesses in a state where lawmakers have made it their mission to cut high drunk-driving rates.
The 57-year-old was one of only 12 representatives to vote against a new drink driving bill, which allows the courts to take into account DUI offenses from up to 10 years ago.
'They are destroying them. They are destroying a way of life that has been in Montana for years and years.'
Mr Hale, a former logger, miner and truck driver, has a vested interest in those small businesses - he and his wife own the Silver Saddle Bar and Cafe in Basin, Montana.
He said: 'These taverns and bars in these smaller communities connect people together. They are the centre of the communities.
'I'll guarantee you there's only two ways to get there: either you hitchhike, or you drive, and I promise you they're not going to hitchhike.'
The house has passed a slew of anti-DUI bills this year as it attempts to crack down on Montana's high drunk-driving rates.
And the state made headlines in January with an anti-drunk driving advert called 'sober friend', which showed a man avoiding DUI by leaving a bar on a horse.
After some confusion, state lawmakers confirmed it is not illegal to ride a horse while drunk.
It's not the first time Mr Hale, who is serving his first term as a representative, has spoken out against drunk driving laws.
In the run-up to the November elections he told local newspaper the Helena Independent he believed some DUI penalties were too harsh.
He said: 'They arrest people day in and day out, and it hasn’t done any good, but it has ruined a lot of young people’s lives.
'If you get a DUI you can’t get a CDL (commercial driver’s license) and you’re left out in the cold.
'I’m not sure what needs to be done, but we need to look at a whole lot of alternatives to try to straighten it out.'
Mr Hale, who has five children and 12 grandchildren, appeared at a Tea Party rally earlier this month where supporters were encouraged to bring their guns to focus attention on the right to bear arms.
He described them as his 'family', and said: 'I would like to see this crowd a whole lot larger.
'I hope I can continue to do the right things and vote the way I should.'
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Not one of the brighter bulbs, is he.
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He's not wrong about the laws hurting business, but people need to fucking think when drinking in public. If you don't have a way to get your drunk ass home then don't drink yourself blind.David_Lee_Halen wrote:Not one of the brighter bulbs, is he.
He's like the Liberace of bass & pot.
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Maybe someone needs to get drunk themselves and pull a Stephen King on him...
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Yeah making people stop drinking before they're so inebriated they kill a family of four in a mini van and not remember a thing.. Bastards..johnk5150 wrote:He's not wrong about the laws hurting businessDavid_Lee_Halen wrote:Not one of the brighter bulbs, is he.
Maybe if one of this jackoff's kids ends up like Jacqueline Saburido or Emily Brady maybe he might change his mind.. Eh I doubt it.
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It will hurt the mortuary industry, the casket industry, the health care industry, the tow truck industry...... These are people's jobs they are toying with.Luminiferous wrote:Yeah making people stop drinking before they're so inebriated they kill a family of four in a mini van and not remember a thing.. Bastards..johnk5150 wrote:He's not wrong about the laws hurting businessDavid_Lee_Halen wrote:Not one of the brighter bulbs, is he.
Maybe if one of this jackoff's kids ends up like Jacqueline Saburido or Emily Brady maybe he might change his mind.. Eh I doubt it.
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Lets not forget lawyers...
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... Or the police... or the criminal justice system, penal system...and so on...
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Penal system... Hee.hee.hee.heee...
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Do all Tea Party members feel the need to exercise they're intelligence all of the time? You're a fucking genius, we get it!
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Who are you referring to?Skate4RnR wrote:Do all Tea Party members feel the need to exercise they're intelligence all of the time? You're a fucking genius, we get it!
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David_Lee_Halen wrote:Who are you referring to?Skate4RnR wrote:Do all Tea Party members feel the need to exercise they're intelligence all of the time? You're a fucking genius, we get it!
How can his brain fit inside his skull? It's too damn big!Luminiferous wrote:
Alan Hale, a Tea Party supporter, said strict DUI legislation is 'destroying' small businesses in a state where lawmakers have made it their mission to cut high drunk-driving rates.