<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>What bothers me about this is that if it were a teacher, nurse, or police officer they would have been forced to resign their position. And this idiot is still a Senator. He is reckless and irresponsible regardless of what Idaho code number you put under it.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Senators are suppose to be model citizens not drunkards that take property and drive intoxicated on public streets. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If our legislators cannot make good personal decisions for themselves, they have no business making them for the rest of us. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sun, 7/3/11, Tom Hansen <I><thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] State Sen. McGee Pleads Guilty to DUI in Deal with Prosecutor<BR>To: "Andreas Schou" <ophite@gmail.com><BR>Cc: "<indigo3239@msn.com>" <indigo3239@msn.com>, "Sally Perrine" <sperrine@potlatch.com>, "<chicory@wildblue.net>" <chicory@wildblue.net>, "vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com>, "<jeannemchale@hotmail.com>" <jeannemchale@hotmail.com>, "<fritzknorr@gmail.com>" <fritzknorr@gmail.com>, "<bhaverstick@yahoo.com>" <bhaverstick@yahoo.com>, "<marilynbeckett@gmail.com>" <marilynbeckett@gmail.com>, "<jmuneta@uidaho.edu>" <jmuneta@uidaho.edu>, "<cpenni@gmail.com>" <cpenni@gmail.com>, "<helen.yost@vandals.uidaho.edu>" <helen.yost@vandals.uidaho.edu>,
"<dzeiger@uidaho.edu>" <dzeiger@uidaho.edu>, "<lin@wildblue.net>" <lin@wildblue.net><BR>Date: Sunday, July 3, 2011, 3:06 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Good point, Andreas.<BR><BR>However . . .<BR><BR>I.C. 49-227 stipulates that this would be considered a misdemeanor if the intent to deprive is temporary and damage to the vehicle (or property taken from the vehicle) is valued at less than $1,000. If damage (or property wrongly taken) exceeds $1,000 it is a felony.<BR><BR><A href="http://legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title49/T49CH2SECT49-227.htm" target=_blank>http://legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title49/T49CH2SECT49-227.htm</A><BR><BR>Upon further review it has been determined that damaged caused to the vehicle by Senator McGee was valued at $2,100, thus making it a felony.<BR><BR><A href="http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_abbae0aa-cb76-5f94-8222-7c7bb69de69c.html" target=_blank>http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_abbae0aa-cb76-5f94-8222-7c7bb69de69c.html</A><BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>"The
Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR><BR>- Unknown<BR><BR><BR>On Jul 3, 2011, at 14:32, Andreas <SPAN>Schou</SPAN> <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ophite@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:ophite@gmail.com">ophite@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>> If you were to take your neighbor's car less than two blocks, then<BR>> fall asleep in the back seat, it would be difficult to prove that you<BR>> intended to take the car permanently. You're probably guilty under<BR>> I.C. 49-227, however, which doesn't require an intent to permanently<BR>> deprive.<BR>> <BR>> -- ACS<BR>> <BR>> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Tom Hansen <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thansen@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A>> wrote:<BR>>> So, Sunil, if I were to take my neighbor's car (without his/her
permission) for a joy ride around town for the evening . . . or simply to go grocery shopping . . . I am not guilty of auto theft? Or should I drink a bottle of Jack Daniels before I go on that joy ride?<BR>>> <BR>>> Tom Hansen<BR>>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>>> <BR>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>>> <BR>>> - Unknown<BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> On Jul 2, 2011, at 23:04, Sunil Ramalingam <<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sunilramalingam@hotmail.com" ymailto="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>>> <BR>>>> I disagree Tom. Just because the state brings a felony charge doesn't mean a felony was committed.<BR>>>> <BR>>>> I think this was overcharging from the beginning. The state had to prove an intent to permanently deprive
the owners of their vehicle, and I don't think they were ever going to prove that.<BR>>>> <BR>>>> If someone intends to permanently deprive someone, they do more than pass out in the vehicle.<BR>>>> <BR>>>> He didn't get away with a felony.<BR>>>> <BR>>>> Sunil<BR>>>> <BR>>>>> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 18:02:41 -0700<BR>>>>> From: <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thansen@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</A><BR>>>>> To: <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>>>>> CC: <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=indigo3239@msn.com" ymailto="mailto:indigo3239@msn.com">indigo3239@msn.com</A>; <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=sperrine@potlatch.com"
ymailto="mailto:sperrine@potlatch.com">sperrine@potlatch.com</A>; <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=chicory@wildblue.net" ymailto="mailto:chicory@wildblue.net">chicory@wildblue.net</A>; <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=fritzknorr@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:fritzknorr@gmail.com">fritzknorr@gmail.com</A>; <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jeannemchale@hotmail.com" ymailto="mailto:jeannemchale@hotmail.com">jeannemchale@hotmail.com</A>; <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cpenni@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:cpenni@gmail.com">cpenni@gmail.com</A>; <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bhaverstick@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:bhaverstick@yahoo.com">bhaverstick@yahoo.com</A>; <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=marilynbeckett@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:marilynbeckett@gmail.com">marilynbeckett@gmail.com</A>; <A
href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Jmuneta@uidaho.edu" ymailto="mailto:Jmuneta@uidaho.edu">Jmuneta@uidaho.edu</A>; <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lin@wildblue.net" ymailto="mailto:lin@wildblue.net">lin@wildblue.net</A>; <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=helen.yost@vandals.uidaho.edu" ymailto="mailto:helen.yost@vandals.uidaho.edu">helen.yost@vandals.uidaho.edu</A>; <A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=dzeiger@uidaho.edu" ymailto="mailto:dzeiger@uidaho.edu">dzeiger@uidaho.edu</A><BR>>>>> Subject: [Vision2020] State Sen. McGee Pleads Guilty to DUI in Deal with Prosecutor<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> Courtesy of KHQ-TV at:<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> <A href="http://www.khq.com/story/15011975/sen-mcgee-poised-to-appear-in-court-on-dui"
target=_blank>http://www.khq.com/story/15011975/sen-mcgee-poised-to-appear-in-court-on-dui</A><BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> McGee pleads guilty to DUI in deal with prosecutor<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Republican state Sen. John McGee has pleaded guilty to<BR>>>>> driving under the influence of alcohol in a plea agreement reached with<BR>>>>> prosecutors.<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> The 38-year-old Caldwell Republican reached an agreement Friday, less than<BR>>>>> two weeks after he was arrested in a Boise neighborhood.<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> Under terms of the deal, a special prosecutor agreed to dismiss one count<BR>>>>> of taking a vehicle without the owner's consent, a felony.<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> The judge
approved the terms and sentenced McGee to 180 days in jail, with<BR>>>>> 175 suspended. McGee was also fined $1,000, ordered to perform 24 hours of<BR>>>>> community service and take alcohol classes.<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> McGee was arrested June 19 after police say he took a truck and cargo<BR>>>>> trailer from the southwest Boise home of a stranger and got it stuck in a<BR>>>>> yard just down the street.<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> So . . .<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> State Sen. John McGee (R-Caldwell), through the kind generosity of the<BR>>>>> Idaho legal system, escapes a felony conviction for auto theft by agreeing<BR>>>>> to 24 hours of community service in addition to sentencing for DUI.<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>>
JEEESH!<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> In the words of our state motto . . .<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> Esto perpetua, Idaho.<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> Tom Hansen<BR>>>>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<BR>>>>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> - Author Unknown<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> =======================================================<BR>>>>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>>>>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>>>>> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net</A><BR>>>>> mailto:<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com"
ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>>>>> =======================================================<BR>>> <BR>>> =======================================================<BR>>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>>> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net</A><BR>>> mailto:<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>>> =======================================================<BR>>> <BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since
1994. <BR> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net</A> <BR> mailto:<A href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A><BR>=======================================================<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>