Anonymous wrote:Apparently she has had 5 tickets for excessive speed since 2009. (Heard it on WTOP.)

but do you KNOW WHO SHE IS??? she is a COUNCIL MEMBER!!!

Apparently she has had 5 tickets for excessive speed since 2009. (Heard it on WTOP.)

ThatSmileyFaceGuy wrote:I beleive the officer said that he paced her at 105 before she pulled over but a "pacing" speed can't be used for an official ticket so he gave her what ticket he could which was unsafe lane changing. So was it really "preferential treatment" or a hamstrung officer.

But also this isn't her first speeding ticket. One thing I remember from driving a company vehicle was that any traffic violation would get the car pulled. At the very least, P.G. County needs to take the the T-Bird away.

This is what the Post reports this morning. It also reports that police sources said that the council member was very vocal in repeatedly identifying herself as a council member. Whether what the officer did was favoratism or not, the council member clearly hoped to get a pass. You would think that a politician normally would have been embarassed to admit that he/she was an elected official.

This is just another example of the entitlement mentality among some PG politicians -- cars, raises during budget cuts, expectations of favoratism and pay to play. Fortunately, the new county executive is trying to clean up the culture.

the entitled attitude of elected officials in PG is disgustingly old news. read this: "Prince George's Taxpayers Pick Up Officials' Personal Tabs" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR2006111901228.html

i live in this county and think this situation stinks out loud, as did leslie johnson stuffing her bra and jack & leslie both crying injustice when the evidence was so obviously against them, and leslie refusing to step down from her council position.

what the hell is wrong with these people?

I beleive the officer said that he paced her at 105 before she pulled over but a "pacing" speed can't be used for an official ticket so he gave her what ticket he could which was unsafe lane changing. So was it really "preferential treatment" or a hamstrung officer.

But also this isn't her first speeding ticket. One thing I remember from driving a company vehicle was that any traffic violation would get the car pulled. At the very least, P.G. County needs to take the the T-Bird away.

Ok. I haven't been in the area for a while, but will someone please tell me how the hell you go 105 on the beltway? My memory mostly includes endless bumper to bumper traffic?

While I hate to admit it, I was stopped once for speeding. I was doing almost 85 in a 55 zone in Maryland.

In my defense, it was at the bottom of a hill, at the top of the hill the speed limit had been 65, and I'd only been doing less than 75 at that point. I didn't realize how fast I was going. My car shakes at about 75, but I was driving a rental car.

Anyway, the police offer let me off with a warning, and I'm a nobody. Perhaps it's Maryland policy to let first-time speeders off with a warning.

It's an effective strategy for people who are not scofflaws. I have not been willing to go even 10 above the speed limit in Maryland ever since.

Wouldn't you say it's time she surrendered her keys to PG county ?

Anonymous wrote:Why does any politician get a vehicle issued to them? Why do citizens need to pay for that? I drive my own car to work. If they have to drive for work, pay them mileage, but they don't need vehicles.

I agree with this. I drive around for my job, and don't have a car issued to me. It's ridiculous. I'm assuming they also get their insurance paid for? Does she pay her own gas at least?

105 on the beltway is INSANITY. There is no way she should have gotten off with just a warning.

I am guessing that she does this frequently, how does an SUV/crossover handle at 105mph?

Why is PG County providing Ford Edges to councilmembers?!

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Anonymous wrote:This is a very veiled racist thread. We know what you mean. Go ahead and spill it.

Why? Because PG county is largely black? You said it. Not us. And why do white people always bring this shit up? Have you ever even BEEN to PG cty????

I'm so confused. I think it's safe to say that any human being traveling 105 mph on the Beltway should be ticketed at the
very least. I can't imagine how race enters into the equation.

Exactly. But there is always some stupid PC white person out there who wants to scream racist anytime the perpetrator happens to be black.

Given that you have no way of knowing the race of the person who made the racism allegation, I think your blanket statement is just as ignorant. Let's please return this thread to its original topic.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a very veiled racist thread. We know what you mean. Go ahead and spill it.

Why? Because PG county is largely black? You said it. Not us. And why do white people always bring this shit up? Have you ever even BEEN to PG cty????

I'm so confused. I think it's safe to say that any human being traveling 105 mph on the Beltway should be ticketed at the
very least. I can't imagine how race enters into the equation.

Exactly. But there is always some stupid PC white person out there who wants to scream racist anytime the perpetrator happens to be black.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a very veiled racist thread. We know what you mean. Go ahead and spill it.

Why? Because PG county is largely black? You said it. Not us. And why do white people always bring this shit up? Have you ever even BEEN to PG cty????

I'm so confused. I think it's safe to say that any human being traveling 105 mph on the Beltway should be ticketed at the very least. I can't imagine how race enters into the equation.