Tough Times For Mike Coleman
Last Thursday at about 9:00pm in Bexley (Columbus suburb) the Mayor's wife Frankie was charged with DUI. She supposedly blew a .27 bac. That is obviously bad news, but it gets worse. The real public relations problem comes from the video captured by the dash board camera in the squad car of the arresting officer. It is quite a performance and perfect fodder for local news.
The good news for Coleman and his bid to be the next governor of Ohio is that he has plenty of time before the primary race to put this issue behind him. I'm not concerned that this event will have any relevance when voters go to the polls in about a year. As OSU prof Herb Asher said, "I think what happens in subsequent days and weeks will give people a measure of the mayor as a family man... People are very forgiving." I agree. Go Bucks. However, it has got to be quite a distraction for the campaign and a tough thing to go through as a family.
The good news for Coleman and his bid to be the next governor of Ohio is that he has plenty of time before the primary race to put this issue behind him. I'm not concerned that this event will have any relevance when voters go to the polls in about a year. As OSU prof Herb Asher said, "I think what happens in subsequent days and weeks will give people a measure of the mayor as a family man... People are very forgiving." I agree. Go Bucks. However, it has got to be quite a distraction for the campaign and a tough thing to go through as a family.
By Kyle - 10/30/2005
3 Comments:
Isn't .27 really high? I mean--really, really high?
.08 is the legal limit. .17 is the limit for "super dui."
Can any of you lawyers out there lend us some expertise on how bad a blow that is?
i believe both my brother recieved the "super dui" years ago. most recently my youngest brother a year and a half ago and rumor has it he wasnt speaking english to the BPD.(bath police dept.)
GOODTIMES
ktr
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