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Friday, November 12, 2010

Mayor in South Carolina Tried to Sell Drugs


Hypothetically, what would happen to you if you were the Mayor of a town in South Carolina and decided to get involved in drugs and tried to kill someone. Well the answer is that you would not be Mayor for very long after that. Just ask Randolph Gurley. He was the Mayor Pro-Tem of Dillon, South Carolina.

The story is here.

Earlier this year Gurley got into an argument with a man. Apparently, Gurley took exception to the words that were spoken and he tried to run over the other man with his car – according to state police. Before that, Gurley is accused of trying to sell cocaine. My goodness, you would think the Mayor of a town would have better things to do. I mean remember Mayberry RFD? They never had problems like that. Or how about Green Acres? The biggest problem Mr. Douglas had was keeping his suit clean while shoveling cow manure. In modern times, the Mayor of small towns try to kill people and sell cocaine and weed.

Well, the Governor of South Carolina had enough. Governor Mark Sanford suspended Gurley until the charges against him can be resolved one way or another.

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Friday, November 5, 2010

City Attorney in California Busted for DUI


In between his gig of providing legal advice to the California cities of Chino and Rialto, City Attorney Jimmy Gutierrez managed to get arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Last month, Gutierrez must have had too much wine and stayed out too late on a Friday night. He was arrested by California Highway Patrol just before 2:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning.

The story is here from the Redland Daily Facts.

CHP officers noticed Gutierrez swerving on the freeway (that’s state highway for you East Coast readers) and stopped him. Gutierrez refused a field sobriety test but asked to provide a blood sample instead. He was taken into custody and released at 1:00 p.m. that afternoon.

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