From the No One Could Have Predicted Dep't …
The man whose car state Senator Anthony Galluccio rearended described yesterday the shock from the impact – and from the discovery that Galluccio had quickly driven away from the scene.
“He should have just gotten out and exchanged papers,’’ said Samuel Tager, 46, of Cambridge. “He shouldn’t have stopped because he is an elected official; he should have stopped because he is a man. . . . If he hadn’t taken off that would have been the end of it.’’
Welcome to the public sphere, Mr. Tager. Glad to hear you speaking your mind. We at BMG might recommend, from prior experience, that you do not come by here and express yourself. A defense lawyer might take an interest.
Tager also said he hopes the crash – and Galluccio’s response to it – prompts the 42-year-old to get some assistance.
“I think he has some issues that he needs to get help with,’’ said Tager.
Yeah, that's long overdue.
Someone I was talking to brought this up: This happened in Cambridge. There are, like, trains, buses, and cabs in Cambridge. How stupid or just @#@%#$ up eight ways from Sunday does one have to be to (allegedly, maybe, speculatedly) drive home impaired?
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14 Comments . Comments are closed.More interesting section of the interview
and his common sense ending:
accidents happen to everyone
but multiple DUIs do not happen to everyone.
No DUI Charge in this case
Nor was he charged with DUI in the accident a few years ago. Facts are annoying things. Speculation is free, so have at.
Just adding the full context of the interview to this post.
If Senator Galluccio is reading this thread, or his attorney, a suggestion:
Alcoholics Anonymous works. Of course, one has to admit the problem, and use its tools and meetings. More than one elected official HAS done so. I did so "back in the day" and am content to share that my sobriety date is 1978.
No - I do not use alcohol in any form because I cannot safely do so. In college I was a blackout binge drinker, back in the 1960s.
If my going public saves one life from a DUI, or encourages one person to admit they have a problem and work the 12 Steps of AA or otherwise get help, then it is worth while.
Leaving the scene of an accident
is pretty damn cowardly, considering that people can be (were??) injured. This guy needs to resign (because he left the scene), and then get help for his drinking.
Or go into detox
Many people go into an inpatient detox without losing their jobs. Alcoholism and addiction are illnesses. They are not moral issues. But denial is lethal. Denial is a very very bad strategy as a way to deal with addiction.
I disagree
Alcholism is indeed a disease but irresponsible behavior conducted while intoxicated or to cover up drinking is indeed a moral issue.
I think you actually agree. nt
If you think of
DWI as an expression of denial, then yes, you agree.
Nice try,
but you are of course ignoring the multiple times that Galluccio has been charged with DUI. Yes, he was pardoned for one of them by Gov. Weld, but that doesn't mean he wasn't drinking and driving. Furthermore, in the accident a few years ago, he was drinking and driving; the magistrate's conclusion that there wasn't enough to charge him with driving over the legal limit doesn't change that basic and very unfortunate fact.
Plus, are you really excusing, or overlooking, leaving the scene of an accident at which he was apparently 100% at fault? That's a pretty major transgression IMHO. He had obviously caused property damage, and he hit the car hard enough that it should've been obvious that personal injury was a distinct possibility (and, in fact, appears to have been the case, sadly). I know you like the guy, but seriously, doesn't this worry you just a bit?
Accidents sure do happen a lot in Massachusetts to anyone in a car
I was rear ended twice while stopped at red lights. As a non-native I DO stop at read lights - and broadsided once by someone making a left turn across several lanes while I was already turning.
That driver must not have taken physics, you know, the concept that two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.
But no one should drive impaired, or impeded for that matter I gather texting is as likely to cause crashes as alcohol.
To answer your question, Charlie
Pride. It's the worst of the 7 Deadly Sins for good reason.
Gallucio is a clear and present danger
It is astounding that people will continue to enable this man and makes excuses. The simple fact is that Weld gave him a pardon on one OUI. A clerk magistrate bagged a case of OUI and in this instant case---I would bet my life that Gallucio was over the limit.
Keep on enabling--and when this guy takes out a family or some young kid--be man or woman enough to confess that people like YOU keep people like HIM on the road to kill and maim---why? Because he is a hack. A hack is a hack irrespective of party.
Can't wait for the trial and the CWOF for two years or 90 days committed suspended for two years and costs.
As usual, MR. CD - Tar with a broad brush, why not?
No one excuses this man at this site. Did you even read my post?
Hmnn?
As an exdrinker, I am about as intolerant of drinkers in denial as anyone can be. So to get some credibility, how about having some discipline and integrity in your posts?
Wasn't Weld a Republican who pardoned Galluccio? Well?
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