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MD AG Hot Dogs Driving with State Troopers at the Wheel
 Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler regularly ordered state troopers assigned to drive him to turn on the lights and sirens on the way to routine appointments, directing them to speed, run red lights and bypass traffic jams by using the shoulder, according to written accounts by the Maryland State Police.I believe that's be a (D), and a Governor's candidate in two years. I recall a certain past New Joisey governor who did that... When troopers refused to activate the emergency equipment, Gansler, now a Democratic candidate for governor, often flipped the switches himself, according to the police accounts. On occasion, he became so impatient that he insisted on driving, directing the trooper to the passenger's seat. Gansler once ran four red lights with sirens blaring, a trooper wrote. Another account said he "brags" about driving the vehicle unaccompanied on weekends with the sirens on. "This extremely irresponsible behavior is non-stop and occurs on a daily basis," Lt. Charles Ardolini, commander of the state police executive protection section, wrote in a December 2011 memo that said the problem had existed for five years. And it has taken two and a half years for the WaPo to bring it to our attention. Gansler said the portrait that emerges from the state police memos and e-mails is untrue. A spokesman for the attorney general said long-running animosity between Gansler and Ardolini was partly responsible. Partly. "The picture being painted by these documents is not an accurate reflection of reality," said Gansler. "I deeply respect the troopers and job they do protecting me and the public. A few of the 18 troopers who have provided me protection felt my backseat driving made them uncomfortable -- for that I apologize." Backseat driving. The liberals just can't contain themselves! THREE more pages at the link!!!! Posted by: Bobby 2013-10-14 |
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