In the Race

Janet

Great job you and Fred Keller are doing keeping this in the public eye and I am not Wagging the Dog on this one. See you at Tuesdays meeting.

Bryan,

Sometime a decision is going to have to be made...Does the Buckhorn lose it license?  Do the bartenders who served an intoxicated Keck?  Do all parties? How long is due process?

MONDAY, Aug. 18, 2008, 10:07 p.m.

By John Neville

"Drunken-driving crackdown under way

The Franklin Police Department will join an already under way nationwide campaign against drunken driving that lasts through Monday, Sept. 1.

The "Drunk-Driving - Over the Limit. Under Arrest" crackdown will combine high-visibility law enforcement with a federally funded media campaign to deter impaired driving. FPD officers will patrol the community in greater numbers and for longer hours to arrest as many drunken drivers as possible."

Since the Franklin Police Department feels it is worthwhile to man the streets and participate in this; then they must feel that there is a significant problem. I wonder if statistics will be kept and/or presented as to where (which establishments) these drunk drivers originate from?

I wonder if the Franklin Police Department has statistics on how many drunk drivers (during the past eight months) have taken to the road after spending time at the Buckhorn Tavern?

I'm sorry but arresting people while driving after they are intoxicated is not "detering" impaired driving. At least it didn't in the Eddie Keck incident. He had mulitiple offenses I believe.

Doing something about the facilitation of these individuals getting intoxicated and then getting into an automobile in the first place is what's needed. Identifying the licensed establishments that allow the conditions to occur is the first step. Isn't that why there is a license requirement in the first place? Stopping people who are driving drunk just doesn't seem to be working.

If you always do what you've always done. You'll always get what you've always got.

Due Process in Franklin will continue Tuesday, December 23, 2008, 6:00 p.m. at Franklin City Hall. Due

Rather than duplicate a Podcast of last night's meeting at City Hall, I'm going to direct you