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« A Vote for Berke is a Vote for Higher Health Care Costs | Main | Debating Fred » October 10, 200720 Years Ago Versus Now
Brock does not have a DUI conviction on his record. Here are the facts: Brock, who is now 44, was arrested in 1987 at age 20 and charged with under-age drinking and drunk driving.He was convicted in Chattanooga City Court, but appealed the case to the Hamilton County Criminal Court, where the conviction - and the charge - were dismissed. The most important fact: It all happened 20 years ago, And, besides, it's not like he was driving drunk, fleeing the scene of an accident and leading police on a high-speed chase - putting the lives of countless Tennesseans at risk - while serving as the Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Commission, overseeing a pending overhaul of the state's drunk-driving laws, while having an affair with the chief lobbyist for the state's trial lawyers or anything like that... To recap: Republican state Senate candidate Oscar Brock, 2007: Democratic state Rep. Rob Briley, 2007: Democratic state Rep. Rob Briley, 2007, on video: Posted in Tennessee Government News
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You're right to point out the differences. Briley is a sitting state representative. Briley's in the middle of a messy season of life. He cheats his constituents by not being able to give his full attention to the people's business. He needs to be free to focus on his personal life, to get completely well, deal with his divorce and tend to his children. This constituent wants him to resign well in advance of the beginning of the session in January. Posted by: Kay Brooks at October 10, 2007 10:08 AMPost a comment
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If Tennessee Democrats want to make an issue of a 20-year-old dismissed DUI charge against a Republican candidate for the state senate, I have two words for them: 
