Posted on 10/17/2008 6:04:32 PM PDT by machogirl
Joe the Plumber's' AZ driver license suspended Comments 6 | Recommend 4 Daniel Newhauser, For the Tribune
A plumbing license is not the only license "Joe the Plumber" is having troubles with.
The former Mesa resident has a suspended driver's license and outstanding court fines in Arizona, according to Mesa Municipal Court records.
"Joe," whose real name is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, was referred to more than 20 times by Republican Sen. John McCain in Wednesday night's presidential debate for questioning Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's tax policy.
The man portrayed by McCain to be the typical, hardworking American revealed this week that he actually does not have a plumbing license, and now court records show he should not have a driver's license either, making it potentially even harder for him to get to work.
Wurzelbacher, who lived in Mesa in 2000 and had an Arizona driver's license, had his driver's license suspended by the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division on May 4, 2000, following a nonpayment of a court-imposed fine for civil traffic violations, according to court records.
America's new political icon, who owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes, according to public records, still owes more than $700 to the Mesa court system.
Records show he was cited for failure to stop at a red light and for failure to provide proof of insurance on Feb. 9, 2000, in a black Dodge truck at the intersection of Dobson and Baseline roads in Mesa.
After failing to pay his original fine of $627.50 issued in March 2000, his license was suspended and the fine was handed over to a collection agency along with a 16 percent surcharge. The now-resident of Holland, Ohio, still owes $727.90 to the Mesa Municipal Court, according to court records.
Nevertheless, Wurzelbacher's driver's license is still valid in Ohio, according to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, and was renewed as recently as May 2005. Ohio law requires a license to be renewed every four years, meaning Wurzelbacher likely obtained an Ohio license in 2001, one year after having his Arizona license suspended.
With a suspended license in one state, it should not be possible to get a new license in another, said Cydney DeModica, spokeswoman for the Arizona MVD.
The only way "Joe the Plumber" could have slipped through the cracks is a clerical error in which his driving records were not entered into the Problem Driver Pointer System, the national database of information about people with a checkered driving past, said Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles spokeswoman Lindsay Komlanc.
Komlanc added if the Ohio BMV were to receive the information, appropriate action could be taken, including suspension of his Ohio license.
Yep, when teaching little kids to get them back on task, it’s called redirection.
Of course, msm is happy to comply.
“With a suspended license in one state, it should not be possible to get a new license in another, said Cydney DeModica, spokeswoman for the Arizona MVD.
The only way “Joe the Plumber” could have slipped through the cracks is a clerical error in which his driving records were not entered into the Problem Driver Pointer System, the national database of information about people with a checkered driving past, said Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles spokeswoman Lindsay Komlanc.
Komlanc added if the Ohio BMV were to receive the information, appropriate action could be taken, including suspension of his Ohio license. “
What a bunch of crap. The fine is outrageous I would not pay it either. Plus I have never heard of interstate agreements on driver license suspensions. Perhaps for DUI or habitual criminal traffic violations. But certainly not for one missed red light and failure to show proof of insurance. Mind you it does not say Joe did not have insurance just that he could not prove it.
If they suspend this guy’s Ohio license because of fines in Arizona we might as well stop all pretense of their being separate States with their own governance and admit we are now the UASR ( United American Socialist Republic).
The media should be ashamed of themselves. They are not willing to scrutinize Obama’s answer to this man’s very honest question. Instead they are trying to destroy his life. This is what we can expect for all our lives should Obama be elected. Screw him and the horse he rode in on.
HUH
The question is about obama spreading the wealth and the media not looking into obama but out to destroy a normal man.
he has problems like everyone, so what I can relate to him and so can most of America
why is Joe being done by the media and obama isn’t get looked at
remember spread the wealth
I was mocking up something like that last night, but life got in the way...THAT was exactly what I was going to do...
The issue here is the answer, not the one asking the question.
Biden was arrested during college for entering an all women’s dormitory.
“How did he get the money to buy a car ?”
I don’t know. A Saudi oil baron? Ebezzled welfare benefits? Al Capone?
Quite a lot of “undocumented” are driving around here without any license. The media doesn’t seem to care about that. Even when they drive drunk and kill someone.
I really like the response on michelle malkin.
Joe the plumber isn’t unlicensed, he’s “undocumented”.
My wife and I are seriously considering moving our family from the Portland, OR area to Denver, CO.
It depends on what happens with my job at this point. Of course, I was raised in Montana, and even that state has a Dem majority in their state politics.
The modern media is BIG CORPORATE money supporting the most Left leaning candidate in US history. The idea of a “Fourth Estate” or free press protecting the liberty of Americans from tyranny is a quaint and nostalgic fantasy.
So... why do THESE corporations get to make obvious political contributions in the form of air time, talking heads, etc. Corporate contributions are illegal in the US. If they pick a candidate and support a candidate its a contribution.
Whoops, I mean “Embezzled.”
I'd rather the media tear him down very publicly, than do it in secret. By doing their dirty work publicly, those who are watching can identify the skunks.
Joe needs to make more money. Taxing him isn’t going to get the fines paid.
Yep, but if you are “undocumented” you walk.
Still no word from the homosexual maggots about Mahoney huh?
Agree with your posts.
Joe’s being punished for thinking for himself, something Obama can’t do.
I respectfully disagree with you. I know lots of hard working people who have had a tax lien or something go wrong in their life.
Hell, that’s the traditional Democrat voter base.
For the media to attack this guy over stuff that’s not terribly uncommon just makes him a traditional blue collar voter who may not have his life in 100% order.
Are you going to fault him for having gone through a divorce too?
As far as I’m concerned this makes Joe the Plumber more REAL. This will backfire on the Obama camp. You don’t want Joe the Plumber to be the running news story.
I still want to know how barry got into pakistan in 1981, for three weeks and WHAT DID HE DO?
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