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Let's give a drunk driver the run of the governor's mansion. What could possibly go wrong?
Columbus How an "honors inmate" working at Gov. Ted Strickland's residence in Bexley was able to obtain enough alcohol to record a blood-alcohol level more than three times the level at which an Ohioan is presumed drunk and require hospital care remains a mystery. An unlocked liquor cabinet is suspected, along with a lack of supervision. But Strickland told reporters yesterday that he hopes the decades-old program allowing inmates to work at the Governor's Residence will survive. "It was a one in a million thing--nobody coulda seen it coming." "You don't give up on individuals," the governor said. "You certainly don't give up on rehabilitation."... The governor suggested yesterday that Hoaja, who had been working as a cook at the Residence, might have been trying to "sabotage himself" to get kicked out of the program. "It was a cry for help." Strickland, a former prison psychologist,... "I mean, a guy with six DUIs going after booze--I sure didn't see that one coming!" Posted by: Mike 2010-06-01 |
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