Art Madrid - Update!

The city has decided there will be an investigation launched into the Madrid Affair.

Also, the woman in the SUV - Trisha Turner, 34 - was apparently also drunk, slumped in the drivers' seat a block from Art's home, her feet pointing out the open door.

So think of this. She's slumped behind the wheel, the driver's side door open, her feet pointed out, vomit around the SUV. More vomit surrounded the Mayor, who was lying on the sidewalk when the police arrived.

Tremendous.

I for one am excited for this upcoming investigation.

Art Madrid (and we're not talkin' Museo del Prado)

God Bless Art Madrid. Not only does he have a cool name, the 72 year-old retired PacBell employee and long time mayor or La Mesa, California sometimes needs special treatment. According to AP, Mesa police responded to a "911 call from around 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 and discovered Madrid lying on the sidewalk near the passenger side of his SUV with vomit nearby. A woman who works in the city finance department was in the driver's seat.

"The officers drove them to Madrid's home without giving them sobriety tests, prompting charges of special treatment.
The city council plans to meet Thursday to discuss the episode."

Who is this mystery woman? Was she driving, but stopped to let Art vomit and pass out? She wasn't helping him other than that? If you're having an affair with a woman at work, you'd think she'd at least stroke your hair while vomiting. Unless of course, it's just about the sex.

So many questions, so few answers. Perhaps he can help us out...




Err. Maybe not.

The town is holding a special meeting tonight to discuss the Mayor's activities. I'll post whatever follow up I can.

Substitute teacher admits being drunk in class

5:33 PM EST, February 27, 2008 - FREEHOLD, N.J.

Probation is being recommended for a substitute teacher who admitted being drunk in class.

Mary Kaminski, 54, of Middletown Township, pleaded guilty on Monday to endangering the welfare of a fourth-grade class at Manalapan's Pinebrook Elementary School in December.

Kaminski admitted bringing alcohol into the classroom in a coffee mug on Dec. 5 and drinking it during class. Students told the principal about her erratic behavior, and police were called.

In exchange for her plea, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office will recommend that she be sentenced to probation on the condition that she begin treatment for alcohol abuse, undergo a psychological evaluation and give up her teaching certificate.

Kaminski remains free on $25,000 bail pending sentencing before Superior Court Judge Francis P. De Stefano on May 23.

Drunk Norwegian goes on rampage in Salzburg

A drunk Norwegian sailor 25 years of age has gone on an overnight rampage at a parking garage in Bad Gastein in Salzburg's Pongau.

The man vandalised 23 cars parked there, causing an estimate 30,000-to-40,000 Euros of damage.

He dented car hoods and roofs, smashed exterior mirrors and windshields and broke signal lights.

The man then passed out and was found asleep by a woman early the next morning.

She called police, who found the man's shoes on an upper floor of the garage and found that they fit him.

He said that he could not remember much about what had happened but blamed it on alcohol.

He offered to pay for the damage that he had caused. The man was in Bad Gastein on a skiing holiday.