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This post features elements of a letter sent to MA State Senator Cynthia Stone Creem of the First Middlesex and Norfolk District and MA State Representative Frank Israel Smizik of the Fifteenth Norfolk District. If you live in MA and would like to find your own representatives, try this confusing online guide. This is William P. Rose, 59, of Yarmouth, MA. Not including this morning, Rose had been arrested 14 times on drunken driving charges and has been convicted in nine of those cases. (Boston Globe) He was found today, at 1:30 AM driving in the wrong direction through an intersection and running the curb in front of the South Yarmouth Public Library. His eyes were bloodshot, and he stank of alcohol. I wish that there was a another (responsible) way to exact some kind of meaningful punishment for his crimes, as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has apparently failed to rehabilitate Mr. Rose, or more importantly, to deter him from repeatedly threatening the lives of others in his community. I was shocked to learn that despite his nine convictions, Rose was deemed eligible for a so-called “hardship license” that allows him to own a vehicle, and to operate this vehicle between the hours of 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM. I’m sure Mr. Rose is an alcoholic, and I believe that alcoholism is a disease but I do not give a damn about Mr. Rose’s “hardship”. I don’t give a damn whether his not being allowed to drive will effect his employment or his “quality of life”. Mr. Rose obviously doesn’t give a damn about his own “hardship” if he’s taken to the streets again, and he certainly doesn’t give a damn about the hardship he’ll cause in killing an innocent man, woman, or child. William P. Rose does not deserve the right to live freely among us, and he quite obviously does not deserve the right to drive. We citizens of Massachusetts deserve laws that will protect us from those that pose such a relentless threat to our very lives. We deserve a legislature that will consider the safety of our communities before the “hardship” of a repeated offender. Please protect your constituents by working to ensure meaningful oversight for hardship licensure and other similar programs. *Michael UPDATE: Please see the comments section above for the response I received this afternoon at 4:00 PM ET from State Rep Frank Smizik.

This post features elements of a letter sent to MA State Senator Cynthia Stone Creem of the First Middlesex and Norfolk District and MA State Representative Frank Israel Smizik of the Fifteenth Norfolk District. If you live in MA and would like to find your own representatives, try this confusing online guide.

This is William P. Rose, 59, of Yarmouth, MA. Not including this morning, Rose had been arrested 14 times on drunken driving charges and has been convicted in nine of those cases. (Boston Globe) He was found today, at 1:30 AM driving in the wrong direction through an intersection and running the curb in front of the South Yarmouth Public Library. His eyes were bloodshot, and he stank of alcohol.

I wish that there was a another (responsible) way to exact some kind of meaningful punishment for his crimes, as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has apparently failed to rehabilitate Mr. Rose, or more importantly, to deter him from repeatedly threatening the lives of others in his community.

I was shocked to learn that despite his nine convictions, Rose was deemed eligible for a so-called “hardship license” that allows him to own a vehicle, and to operate this vehicle between the hours of 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM.

I’m sure Mr. Rose is an alcoholic, and I believe that alcoholism is a disease but I do not give a damn about Mr. Rose’s “hardship”. I don’t give a damn whether his not being allowed to drive will effect his employment or his “quality of life”. Mr. Rose obviously doesn’t give a damn about his own “hardship” if he’s taken to the streets again, and he certainly doesn’t give a damn about the hardship he’ll cause in killing an innocent man, woman, or child.

William P. Rose does not deserve the right to live freely among us, and he quite obviously does not deserve the right to drive. We citizens of Massachusetts deserve laws that will protect us from those that pose such a relentless threat to our very lives. We deserve a legislature that will consider the safety of our communities before the “hardship” of a repeated offender. Please protect your constituents by working to ensure meaningful oversight for hardship licensure and other similar programs.

*Michael

UPDATE: Please see the comments section above for the response I received this afternoon at 4:00 PM ET from State Rep Frank Smizik.


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