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GOP Candidate Admits Arrest

August 31, 2010 By bcal92

Update

This really is getting crazy:

http://www.boston.com/news/loc…

The police report claims rolling papers were found and says Jon admitted smoking half a joint, the statement submitted on his behalf in court says that he took a hit from a communal joint, and now he claims no toking.

Jon Golnik, who many have been saying was the strongest candidate against Niki Tsongas, has admitted an arrest for DUI.

Link here:  http://www.eagletribune.com/lo…

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  1. peter-porcupine says

    August 31, 2010 at 1:14 pm

    • theloquaciousliberal says

      August 31, 2010 at 3:59 pm

      A single DUI arrest (driving home from a concert in Boston to Arlington) is enough to completely derail his candidacy?

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      p>Really?

      • peter-porcupine says

        August 31, 2010 at 4:05 pm

  2. stomv says

    August 31, 2010 at 2:43 pm

    and as recently as 2001.

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    p>Knowing nothing about the candidate, I half expected to read that he was busted for driving after downing a sixer of ‘gansett before hopping behind the wheel of his brand new 1967 Chevy Nova SS.  Nope.  Recent enough to have known better, and it included both booze and illegal drugs.

  3. mark-bail says

    August 31, 2010 at 3:47 pm

    pool and you don’t even get your ankles wet.

    • peter-porcupine says

      August 31, 2010 at 4:06 pm

      • mark-bail says

        September 1, 2010 at 2:27 pm

        gene pool. Quantity isn’t necessary quality.

  4. theloquaciousliberal says

    August 31, 2010 at 3:56 pm

    AC/DC headlined at the Fleet Center:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S…
    http://www1.epinions.com/conte…

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    p>I have little to add about the relevence of a DUI arrest from 10 years ago, but I certainly question Mr. Golnik’s taste in music.

    • john-from-lowell says

      August 31, 2010 at 3:59 pm

      After Bon Scott died, why even bother?

      • theloquaciousliberal says

        August 31, 2010 at 4:05 pm

        Brian Johnson was himself 53 years old in May 2001!

  5. ice-9 says

    August 31, 2010 at 10:24 pm

    Smoking weed and drinking beer at a (gasp) rock and roll concert?   Seriously?  The horror.

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    p>Did I take a wrong turn and end up at Red Mass Group?

    • somervilletom says

      September 1, 2010 at 7:52 am

      From the piece linked in the thread-starter (emphasis mine):

      Jon Golnik, Republican candidate for Congress, told police he drank several beers and smoked marijuana at a concert the night he was arrested in 2001 for operating under the influence of alcohol and drugs, according to court documents.

      Golnik confirmed today to the arrest, which occurred in Arlington on May 4, 2001. One month after the arrest, the drug charge was dropped.

      According to court documents, he admitted to sufficient facts in the drunken driving case. He lost his license for 45 days and was ordered to pay court fees and take mandated alcohol education classes.

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      p>Drink all you want, smoke weed if you want. Let somebody else drive.

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      p>When a stoned and drunk Mr. Golnik sat behind the wheel of his car in 2001, he endangered me, my children, and my friends. His behavior was criminally irresponsible.

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      p>Regardless of political persuasion, drunk drivers should not hold public office.

    • dcsohl says

      September 1, 2010 at 1:58 pm

      BrooklineTom (immediately above me) makes a good point about OUI, that regardless of how you feel about the chemicals and drugs involved, it is a solid fact that Operating Under the Influence puts lives at risk.

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      p>But above and beyond that is the hypocrisy. I think it’s usually fine to hold a candidate up to their own standards. If you are anti-weed, I expect you not to toke up! If you are pro-weed, then I half-expect you to toke up (but am not shocked if you don’t, of course).

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      p>Of course, I write this not knowing Golnik’s stances. If he was pro-marijuana before this came to light (unlikely since he’s a Republican, but possible since this is Massachusetts), then I really don’t care. (Except for the aforementioned “operating under the influence” part.)

  6. john-gatti-jr says

    September 1, 2010 at 6:55 am

    From:  Massachusetts Whistleblower

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    p>Those of us who have been there, exposed, and documented the Baker record continue to be frustrated by the established media and so called progressives who were there and saw him run needed taxpayer dollars for sevices and government operations to waste, inefficiency, and mismanagement when Baker was the so called GURU that  solely failed when he held politically appointed purse strings of government.

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    p>The so called established media and cosmetic progressives either covered up, unreported, or doubled agent failing to stand up to the Baker fraud now think they have awakened to cover up for their candidate Patrick!  Do not insult our intelligence.

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    p>All candidates for Governor should be held to the same standard during this election cycle.

  7. pogo says

    September 1, 2010 at 8:06 am

    Twice the legal limit…this guy wasn’t driving drunk, he was driving smashed.  

    • stomv says

      September 1, 2010 at 5:39 pm

      was 0.10, which was pretty common at the time… and thus would be less than twice the legal limit.

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      p>Don’t know for sure though.

      • pogo says

        September 1, 2010 at 8:41 pm

        …which is the point of my comment?  What point are you trying to make…that at the time he nearly twice the legal limit?

        • stomv says

          September 1, 2010 at 10:22 pm

          When you’re right, there’s no reason to undermine your point by exaggerating.  You: you’re right.  He was smashed, and behaving in an extremely selfish, dangerous manner.

    • somervilletom says

      September 2, 2010 at 8:18 am

      Many years ago, in a Billerica bar (that I walked to) near my first house, they had a self-serve breathalyzer by the door.

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      p>As an experiment one evening, I intentionally drank enough to blow a 0.10 (the legal limit at the time). I’m a pretty big guy (6′ 6″), and my first shock was that I had to drink, as I recall, three or four martinis (in an hour) to get there.

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      p>More importantly, I could barely walk across the room — never mind drive. I can’t imagine attempting to operate a can-opener or a door-knob at 0.18. There is no way somebody can get behind the wheel of a car at 0.18 and not know full-well that they are drunk.

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      p>This guy is unfit for public office.

      • stomv says

        September 2, 2010 at 12:33 pm

        either the sensor was off or you’re particularly unusual in that regard.

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        p>Most people can blow a 0.10 and still convince others that they’re sober.  I’m not arguing that they’re fit to drive — the science shows that their reflexes, spacial recognition, and coordination are all weakened.  Still, many people can blow a 0.10 and still touch their toes, recite the alphabet, the usual stuff.  That is, most folks don’t have to be walking curved lines before they’re already at 0.10.

        • somervilletom says

          September 2, 2010 at 12:42 pm

          I’ve wondered whether that machine was mis-calibrated.

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          p>In all seriousness, I think it would be helpful if there were an easy, accurate (+/- 10%) and convenient way to check individual BAC levels, especially in bars and restaurants.

          <

          p>Most of us do experience the effects differently, and I think most of us might be better at making the drive/don’t-drive decision if we know what the legal limit feels like.

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          p>I can tell you, without reservation, that I am totally unfit to drive after three martinis in an hour đŸ™‚

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