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Margaret EversonOur son John was thelight of our life and toreceive a call at 3 inthe morning that he’dbeen killed by a drunk driver is the worstnightmare a parentcan experience.So when I heard that Tom Emmer spon-sored a law to reducepenalties for drunk drivers - I was out-raged.Mom on cameraGraphic: MargaretEverson Anoka, MN Photos of John Ever-sonMom on cameraGraphic: Representa-tive Tom Emmersponsored a law toreduce penalties fordrunk driving

Source: MinnesotaHouse Journal3/5/2009

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On March 5, 2009, Emmer introduced legisla-tion to delay license suspensions and lowerpenalties for impaired driving. The bill wasnever voted on. It would have delayed admin-istrative sanctions, such as suspended licensesuntil after a trial, reduced the suspensions.[Minnesota House of Representatives, HF1305 2009, House Journal660]

And then I read that Tom Emmer has beenarrested twice himself for drunk driving… And his man wants tobe Governor?Minnesota needs aGovernor who’s onour side – and that’s just not Tom Emmer.Graphic: Tom Emmer:Headline: Sponsor of DWI change has 2ticket DWI Record,Star Tribune, May 30,2009Mom on cameraGraphic:PAID ADVERTISE-MENT. INDEPEND-ENTLY PREPARED AND PAID FOR BY ALLIANCE FOR A BETTER MINNESOTA

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In March 2009, the Star Tribune wrote:

That's what state Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Delano, was reminded over the weekendwhen a former staffer for Democrat AlFranken used a personal blog to postcourt records of DWI charges filed againstEmmer in 1991. The blogger, Dusty Trice,said he had read about a legislative billthat would delay revocation of licenses forsuspected drunken drivers -- a measuresponsored by Emmer. Trice said Sunday that he often looksthrough public records and meant "abso-lutely no malice toward RepresentativeEmmer." His post, in fact, did not criticizeEmmer, even though Trice's blog de-scribes itself as "the kind that attacks Re-