Anti-pot GOPer in New York takes plea deal for possession charge

[DonViejo]

Steve Katz will serve twenty hours of community service after getting pulled over in March

BY JILLIAN RAYFIELD

New York’s Republican State Assemblyman Steve Katz will have his pot charge wiped out if he completes twenty hours of community service and keeps out of other legal trouble, according to a plea agreement.

From The Journal News:

In the deal announced Thursday, Katz received a lesser parking ticket and an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, which would result in the marijuana charge being thrown out if he finishes the community service by the end of June and doesn’t run afoul of the law for up to a year. He did not appear in court Thursday, leaving it to his attorney to formally enter the plea. Katz did not return a call for comment.

Katz, who was pulled over for speeding in March and then charged with pot possession, sits on the Assembly Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, and also happens to have voted against legalizing medical marijuana in 2012.

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http://www.salon.com/2013/04/26/anti_pot_goper_in_new_york_takes_plea_deal_for_possession_charge/

[Cooley Hurd]

1. He must've had over a half oz in order to garner such charges...

Another GOP hypocrite.

[gopiscrap]

2. I love it, typical repuke hypocrit!!!

[BethanyQuartz]

3. How can these hypocrites live with themselves?

I'd have to shoot myself, if not for being a hypocrite, then just for being the kind of pure idiot that would hold public office on an anti-drug campaign, then get caught with drugs.

[PATRICK]

4. They enjoy it

or compartmentalize- if they think it out at all in any virtue vacated room between their clogged ears.

[BethanyQuartz]

5. Compartmentalizing like that is a sign of serious and potentially dangerous psychological disorders

And they're still stupid!

[MindPilot]

6. For an elected public offical wouldn't community service just be "overtime"?

"See, getting caught with pot is no worse than a parking ticket." -- Steve Katz

[frylock]

7. what a dick

[EOTE]

8. Can his constituents expect the same kind of treatment?

Most likely not. And he'll most likely continue to vote for crazy punishment for owning a plant. Fucking hypocrite.