a streetcar named desire

a bus called lust?? an automobile named DUI??

I agree with Peter Lance's commentary in last Friday's News-Press that his case left some important unanswered and troubling questions..Pete asks if tourists will feel safe and secure when they visit the "resort" town of Santa Barbara ampersand they won't be "set up" by the cops...

I wouldn't worry about that really unless you have something to worry about...and look at Pete's pals Mr. Wimpy and Eringer..they look like a couple of worried winos!

nowPete and Wendy got questions.... and I got questions that point more towards the justice system that allowed an obviously DUI driver off the hook and caused the taxpayers to foot the bill..that's where my concern is...

it's true Lance got his case dismissed by Judge Brian Hill on the grounds the cops did an illegal stop without probable cause, altho the judge did say the cops acted reasonably...hmmmm..the DUI unit was patrolling on New Year's Eve and spotted something unusual in Lance and stopped him....yes this seems reasonable to stop someone on New Year's Eve after drinking champagne so why did Judge Hill dismiss the case?? does Hill own stock in a champagne company? did Wendy, who gave Lance free rein to babble on about his arrest, did Wendy give Judge Hill some sugar..like Rupert Murdoch gave officials some payoffs..hmmmm

and Lance appeared on Mr Wimpy's TV shows and wrote lengthy articles in the News-Press about all the DUI victims of the Santa Barbara police dept....all folks who on the stand admitted to being snokered, pissed, legless, Irish I was drunk..and some admitting they chugged vodka from the bottle then took mom's car for a drive!!

no I shan't relive the hearings, but from day one Judge Hill was clearly in over his head as people milled about the courtroom jumping up and down like Jacks in the Box...talking out of order, Lance getting thrown out of the court...there simply was no order or leadership in Judge Brian Hill's court..I think he should resign and go play golf because his decision to dismiss the case against Lance was obviously the wrong one...and the original judge Eskin should never have caved to the "bias" complaint raised by Genis....isn't the very nature of being a judge is not to be biased?? the whole idea being a judge is trained to look at the law and facts, not biases and emotions! this case was a smudge against the Santa Barbara judicial system

yes, these are troubling questions..the court wasted so much time, the defense wasted so much time and the prosecutor seemed confused....

I hope that some lessons were learned and that the courts won't start treating drunk drivers like celebrities..

now our latest DUI may have something to do with Providence...hmmmm