Posted on 05/10/2007 12:55:49 AM PDT by raccoonradio
You can’t be surprised that so many Massachusetts legislators, who don’t obey any other laws, are complete scofflaws when it comes to the rules and regulations of the road.
Every state legislator wants to go to Congress, and thus looks up to the federal solons. The local pols try to mimic the behavior of their superiors. As much as they’d like to, though, they can’t marry as profitably as John Kerry keeps doing. But dammit, they can drive as badly as Ted Kennedy. And sure enough, they do.
Remember, too, this is only a partial list, of hacks on the relevant committees.
It’s fascinating how many of these bums can’t be bothered getting their cars inspected like the rest of us have to do. Don’t they know that driving an uninspected vehicle is a serious violation - you could also be charged with impersonating an illegal alien. I know, these reps are very important people, too busy chanting toga-toga-toga to get down to the service station.
The “no inspection sticker” list includes, among others, Sen. Tom McGee and Reps. Pat Natale, Joe Wagner and the newly sworn in James O’Day. Also bagged for no inspection sticker: Rep. Tony Petrucelli of East Boston, who will soon be “moving up” to the Senate.
Petrucelli, by the way, also has a citation for “failure to appear (in) Connecticut.” If only Petrucelli could somehow be convinced to “fail to appear in MA.”
How about Rep. Gene O’Flaherty of Chelsea? I count at least five defaults on his record. Do you think he brags about this to his constituents in Bellingham Square? “My friends, I have had even more defaults on my record than most of you. Like you, I don’t need no stinkin’ badges.”
Now I see that Sen. Pat Jehlen of Somerville, a certifiable moonbat, was pulled over in the People’s Republic of Cambridge in 2004 for no inspection sticker.
Surely this was the doing of George Bush. And does Karl Rove have an alibi for Jan. 14, 2003, when Rep. Jim Marzilli of Arlington was stopped in the People’s Republic of Amherst for “nonrenew”? Shouldn’t a rep from Arlington have at the very least diplomatic immunity when visiting another workers’ paradise?
OK, time for a quiz. I’ll give you the partial Registry record, and you give me the name:
“1986: excise tax Brookline, 1992: allow unlic operate Roxbury, 2003: allow unlic operate Roxbury, 2007: non-renew Boston, 2007: non renew nonrenew.”
If you said Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, YOU WIN!
Remember Rep. Marie St. Fleur, Tom Reilly’s running mate for about 10 minutes last year, until it came out that although she votes for higher taxes for everybody else, she considers paying her own totally optional. Now we learn that in the past she’s also had some issues, shall we say, with her auto excise tax.
How about Rep. Thomas Petrolati, the “speaker pro tempore,” whatever that is, of the Massachusetts House? He’s the only one of these dolts who got a ticket for a seat-belt violation? Surely some mistake - I mean, has he forgotten all the debates over seat belts?
Then there’s Rep. Walter Timilty of the infamous clan of K-Mart Kennedys. I see on his Registry record the d word - Default. He’s just lucky he didn’t get lugged at some point. Didn’t his uncle, Jailbird Joe, the former senator, ever fill in young Walter on the horrors of incarceration?
Sen. Marc Pacheco of Taunton - the Registry’s got him for four surchargeable accidents, and three speeding tickets, including one in New Hampshire in 2001, just a month after his bid to join Ted Kennedy in Congress was crushed by an ungrateful electorate.
They may not serve together in Congress, but he and Ted do have that heavy foot in common. And look on the bright side, Sen. Pacheco - none of the cops wrote you up for having really bad hair.
Howie column ping
An inspection sticker for what?! What the heck needs inspecting?
What the heck is a default?! I thought that's what happens to a loan. I've heard of points for various infractions, but never a "default".
Exhaust emissions.
An inspection sticker for the car — they check all safety things, like brakes, windshield wipers, etc., emissions and — I think now — the state of the body. Failure to pass gets you 10 days grace to repair the deficiencies — unless of course you’re a state rep!
In this context, probably failure to appear for a court hearing on the violations.
All power corrupts; Massachusetts political power corrupts absolutely.
“”You can’t be corrupt if corrupt is the norm.””
Now that’s just the perfect phrase for the society we live in today...
Especially in Taxachusetts...
When I was a kid, my buddy glued leaves over his expired inspection sticker. We drove a whole summer with Maple leaves all over his windshield!
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