Duluth mayor cited in drunk driving crash near Spooner

wbay tv ^ | 12-10-05 | ap

[Rakkasan1]

SPOONER, Wis. Duluth Mayor Herb Bergson crashed his car near Spooner last night and was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol. The Wisconsin State Patrol says Bergson suffered minor cuts to his face and was taken to the Spooner Health Center after his vehicle struck a guard rail along U-S Highway 53 on his way to a conference in Chicago. Bergson says in an e-mail to reporters that he was charged with operating while intoxicated. He says he made a, quote "terrible error in judgment when I got behind the wheel." Duluth City Councilor Russ Stewart says he was glad Bergson appeared all right. Stewart called for people to forgive Bergson because the holidays are a season of forgiving.

[Rakkasan1]

guess he was so thrilled to meet Al Frankenstein he got carried away....

http://www.queerday.com/2004/sep/01/duluth_mayor_endorses_gay_pride.html http://www.airamericaradio.com/onnow/clips/clip/2206

[Darkwolf377]

The mayor Vermouth...?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Yet another politician, in America, in 2005 AD. What other malignant vices does this degenerate exhibit?

[Darkwolf377]

I meant the mayor OF Vermouth...?

[ncountylee]

He should get all the forgiveness that liberals show.

[digger48]

He was smashed on his way TO a conference?

[FormerACLUmember]

The media absolute rule is that democrat party vermin like this drunken bum never have their party affiliation identified when arrested.

This fecal waste is a regular on the Al Frankenstein Air America Show.

[martin_fierro]

[joesnuffy]

Headed for Chitown and crashed in Spoooner....wholly Krap
he still had 90% of his trip left to go....

He better call Peg 'the keg' Lautenschlagger to bail him out

Luckily the State Patrol picked him up as they seem to be pretty tight with the current admin.

[Fireone]

"This fecal waste is a regular on the Al Frankenstein Air America Show."

No wonder no one's heard of him!

[joesnuffy]

Herb Bergson, is best known as a two-term mayor in Superior, Wisc. Bergson is a Superior police detective. For several years he's lived in Duluth, where he ran unsuccessfully for mayor four years ago, and then captured instead a term on the Duluth City Council.

[markman46]

here is a longer article

http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/13378141.htm

[Watery Tart]

"I am human. Thus I have made, and will make, mistakes. I will take the appropriate steps to address this situation and humbly ask for your compassion, your understanding and your forgiveness."

Another I-am-human-don't-hold-it-against-all-Dimocrats speech!

-- or -- Another Mayor-Herb-Bergson-(DUI-Duluth)-get-Keg-Lautenschlagerspilledalloverme-on-the-phone speech!

-- or -- Another Schadenfreude-if-anything-ever-happened-to-these-jokers speech!

In any case, PING!

[Rakkasan1]

I know a mayor ,drove from Duluth,
bit by a dog named Hairy Vermouth...

[Rakkasan1]

6:25 pm accident,70 miles from Duluth, BAC 2X the legal limit of .08.

Either he was drinking on the job,drinkin really hard or he was drinking while driving. either way it's not his fault. he was overserved (sarcasm)

[TypeZoNegative]

The mayor is just doing what UMD students have been doing for ages.

[Rakkasan1]

all your drinks are belong to me.

[wallcrawlr]

Duluth mayor: I'll never drink again
Larry Oakes, Star Tribune

Last update: December 15, 2005 at 10:34 AM

http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5783919.html



He maintained he doesn't have a drinking problem.

"I don't believe I have a dependency on alcohol," Bergson said. He's gone for months without drinking in the past, Bergson said, and he doesn't expect that quitting now will be difficult.

[toddlintown]

As the town motto says, "I'd sooner be in Spooner."

Got busted for speeding there in 1973 by a combination overhead plane and squad. The ride back to Chicago after my "trial" was great. There was still a score of small breweries in Wisconsin that welcomed collectors looking for beer labels, cans, and coasters...and poured beer direct from the vats for their guests while they scrounged around for souveniers for us.

[Rakkasan1]

he has a mental problem. he's above the law. most importantly, he's a dim- so he's all around bad news.