Drunk driving
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Another increases the penalties for operating a boat while intoxicated so they match those meted out to people who drive a car or truck under the influence of alcohol.
This version, however, does not include a provision which would have reduced the time that a motorist guilty of drunken driving could operate only vehicles with an ignition interlock, from the current one year to just six months. Napolitano said that interlock requirement, less than a year old, should be given a chance to work.
9/11 attacks
Sen. Karen Johnson, R-Mesa, is asking Sen. John McCain to meet with individuals who believe that the hijacked jets did not cause the Sept. 11, 2001 collapse of the World Trade Center. Johnson, in a letter Tuesday to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said some experts have analyzed the collapse of the skyscrapers “and have concluded that the buildings came down through the use of explosives as are used in controlled demolitions.’’ “I have spoken with these experts myself, and I agree with their findings,’’ she wrote.
This is not the first time that Johnson, who is retiring from the Legislature this year, has questioned the credibility of the federal government. Last month she voted against legislation to force the state and its retirement systems to divest their portfolios of stocks of some companies that do business in Iran. Johnson said she does not accept government claims that country is manufacturing explosives uses against U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
There was no immediate response from McCain’s Senate offices, where the letter was sent. A spokeswoman for his presidential campaign had no comment.
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