What's Going on Here!?!
Diversionary programs for DWI make sense. If a state like Florida can do it, so can we. And, no more accommodating the state every time its breath-test program misses the mark.
September 11, 2017 at 05:00 PM
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When both of my kids graduated college and were just starting their jobs, my wife and I offered temporary food and shelter so they could save their meager earnings and then move to the Big City with something in the bank. Obviously, this arrangement was not ideal, and there were stressful moments, such as the time I was slightly delayed with pick up at the train station. I received an angry text message followed by the rhetorical inquiry: “What's going on here!?!” It was memorable enough to save the message for the right time in the future.
Recently I have had many “what's going on here” moments. If you follow the news, you know what I mean. But some of those thoughts come to mind with regard to New Jersey Municipal Courts.
The first thing that makes me wonder is the Tiger Woods case in Florida. That case creates a striking comparison to what's going on (or not going on, for that matter) in New Jersey. We all recall the recent “breaking news” about his arrest for driving while intoxicated (DWI) in Florida. More than the news itself, the mobile video recording of Tiger, definitely not on his game, were stark and vivid images of one who had clearly consumed the wrong substances before operating his motor vehicle.
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