Posted on 03/05/2010 10:53:33 AM PST by lainie
SACRAMENTO -- The county district attorney says Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn's blood-alcohol level was .14 percent when he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after leaving Faces, a gay bar and nightclub.
Ashburn has voted against every gay rights measure the senate has voted upon, according to Project Vote Smart.
The California Highway Patrol says the Bakersfield lawmaker was arrested early Wednesday after he was spotted driving erratically. Ashburn was taken to the Sacramento County Jail, booked and then released.
Ashburn, the married father of four, was reportedly driving with a male passenger who was not identified.
A spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, Shelly Orio, said Thursday that a breath test showed Ashburn's blood alcohol level was .06 percent above the legal limit.
He was released on $1,400 bond.
The lawmaker was a no-show on the Senate floor Thursday. The state-owned vehicle he was driving when he was arrested has been impounded at the Capitol, Senate sergeant-at-arms Tony Beard Jr. said.
Yeah John and Ken busted that dude it was on last night show at 2pm hour
“99.999% of men that get drunk in a gay bar and leave the bar with another man are gay.”
Total BS. Was Larry Craig a homosexual? That’s like saying someone who tried pot as a kid is a drug addict for life. If a politician suffered a bout of SSAD (same-sex attraction disorder) years ago, but has cleaned up his act - I don’t think he should be branded a homosexual for life.
Yes, men, even if they are your Republican hereos, are gay when they troll for other men in airport bathrooms or gay bats.
Various things can show false readings. Hint: Don’t rinse with Listerine before taking a test. Residual alcohol in your mouth gets multiplied by 2100 to determine your supposed BAC.
I don’t buy bridges, swamp land, or ocean property in Arizona. I do know that things aren’t always as they seem, and it is best not to jump to conclusions even if they seem obvious. I’ll bet you’ve thought that something is one way, only to find out that it wasn’t later after learning more facts.
Thank you. It’s not about me but something that came up in conversation w/some friends. Hearing the whole story, I learned a few things about breathalyzer and what can/may throw the readings off along w/being a bit shocked that all the recordings/records were ‘lost’. It was a town close to me - run by town clowns with no activity so they drum up some business.
Worse....It’s an Arianna Huffington moment.
DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE!!!!
That’s the REAL moral here.
Hope he dies soon of AIDS.
POS.
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