Politician who warned about driving drunk is charged with it

[Judi Lynn]

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

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[Journeyman]

1. I hope he gets some help before he hurts others (or himself any further) . . .

Now'd be a good time to withdraw from public service, too.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Typical Con party attitude: "Do as I say, not as I do". Write column for political gain & do opposit

Hypocrites. Dyed in the wool hypocrites. Reflexively, instinctively hypocritical, they are.

[Sherman A1]

5. Yup

hit the nail on the head.

[mwb970]

3. I read the headline and thought "republican".

[TheFourthMind]

4. Another Republican "lapse in judgement." They sure do make a lot of those. n/t

[ffr]

6. It's called projectionism, a form of narcissistic argument deflection.

Or if you're a rePutican, it's called a talking point.

[AKing]

7. If he was a little bit younger he'd be using the "Youthful Indiscretion" alibi