Driving while stupid

Our “dumb druggie of the day” story comes to us from Niagara County…..and as an added bonus, it’s a two-fer!

Let me make it clear once again….I am not condoning nor supporting the use of illegal drugs. But I do support the concept of NOT BEING AN IDIOT.

If you’re gonna drive around with pot in the car….you might want to make sure you actually do have a driver’s license. The other night, sheriff’s deputies pulled a car over just before 2:00 a.m. (when police tend to be extra suspicious of any car on the road). According to the cops, the 19-year-old driver didn’t have a license (it was suspended) but did have pot under the seat. Now the bonus part….deputies say there were also five cold bottles of beer….and they say the 18-year-old passenger said they belonged to him. Good move!

So the driver is charged with marijuana possession, driving without a license, and failure to keep right (which, btw, is something you probably want to do when you’re driving around at two a.m. with no license and pot in your car). The passenger is charged with unlawful alcohol possession. And sheriff’s deputies are eternally grateful for stupid people.

Albany lunacy

Okay, I’m really annoyed with the New York State Senate. It has given pay raises to about 50 members of its staff. Some of those raises are more than $10,000 a year!

Didn’t the state have a hiring freeze earlier this year because of the budget mess? Didn’t the state decide to charge us new fees and taxes because of the budget mess? WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING?

Whose idea was this? Never mind the fact that a whole bunch of senators had to approve it….some idiot had to propose the idea in the first place. One of our elected officials had to say to his fellow senators “Hey guys, I think we should give our staffers raises. I know we’ve been screwing the taxpayers, but our staffers deserve more money.”

Let’s not forget, taxpayers are already facing an increase because the state pension plan tanked when the stock market tanked, and we have to make up for the shortfall. My 401k went into the toilet too, but no one is bailing me out.

You may recall, just yesterday a new poll came out that showed more than half the voters in New York want to throw everyone out of state government and start over. (See the post directly beneath this one) I said yesterday that voters have short memories, and the next election isn’t until a year from November. But I guess we can always count on Albany to keep the anger alive.

Welcome to the neighborhood. NOT!

I guess we should look at the positive. The state division of parole has moved a convicted sex offender out of a boarding house that’s less than 1,500 feet from a Niagara Falls elementary school. Problem solved. Threat to children eliminated. On the other hand, WHAT BOZO PUT HIM THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE????

But wait, there’s more. According to the state, the guy….who served seven years behind bars for having sex with girls under the age of 14…..is LIKELY TO COMMIT ANOTHER SEX CRIME because he has a “mental abnormality”. As far as I’m concerned, so does the person who made the decision on where to put him. It’s called stupidity.

And get this….there are other sex offenders STILL LIVING IN THAT BOARDING HOUSE. But the state is trying to find them other places to live….preferably not near a school….but we are talking about bureaucracy, so you never know….they could end up across the street from an amusement park.

Oh and by the way….the guy they did move….he went from the Falls to North Tonawanda. Which is where he used to live, and where most of his sex crimes took place. Welcome home.