Overqualified for Office
When Brian E. Karst of Oneida, N.Y., a candidate for the town’s Common Council, was charged with drunk driving, he complained that police “are targeting me, trumping up charges to make my candidacy in the city election null and void.” A month later he was arrested again, and again charged with drunk driving. Police say his blood alcohol level was .14 percent, nearly double the legal limit. Three hours after Karst, 34, was released, the officer who pulled him over saw him driving the same car again. He found Karst’s alcohol level was .10 percent, and gave him his third drunk driving charge in a month. So far, Karst is staying in the race for the Council. (Syracuse Post-Standard, AP) ...On a platform of support for the overworked police department.
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