- On
March 5, 2009, Emmer introduced legislation to delay license suspensions and
lower penalties for impaired driving.
The bill was never voted on.
It would have delayed administrative sanctions, such as suspended
licenses until after a trial, reduced the suspensions.
[Minnesota House of Representatives,
HF 1305 2009, House Journal 660]
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- In
March 2009, the Star Tribune wrote:
That's what state
Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Delano, was reminded over the weekend when a former staffer
for Democrat Al Franken used a personal blog to post court records of DWI
charges filed against Emmer in 1991. The blogger, Dusty Trice, said he had
read about a legislative bill that would delay revocation of licenses for
suspected drunken drivers -- a measure sponsored by Emmer.
Trice said Sunday
that he often looks through public records and meant "absolutely no
malice toward Representative Emmer." His post, in fact, did not
criticize Emmer, even though Trice's blog describes itself as "the kind
that attacks Republicans."
Emmer, who was 30
at the time, pleaded guilty to careless driving, while two drunken-driving
charges and a license-plate charge were dropped. He also received a
DWI-related ticket in 1981, when he was 20.
Emmer said Sunday
that he'd learned from the mistakes. "We all come to the Legislature
with life experiences, but it has nothing to do with this bill," he
said. "This is a good bill."
[Star Tribune, 03/30/2009]
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