Driving drunk from the Wisconsin Tavern League party
The short version:
The PAC representing bars in Wisconsin (a fairly powerful political force - we like our beer here) held a party for Wisconsin politicians, who had to pay $5.00 to get in. According to Wisconsin law, the difference between that $5.00 and the $27.00 per politician that the party cost the Tavern League is an illegal gift. They would have gotten away with it, but one of the politicians got busted driving drunk after the party.
The long version: Tavern League fined for reception.
The amusing part: the Tavern League’s latest big campaign was to keep the drunk driving limit at .10, instead of the .08 that the fed’s, in their state’s-rights respecting Republican wisdom insist on. The Tavern League lost. The politician’s blood alcohol content was .09 - would have been legal if he and his colleagues had listened to the Tavern League. I wonder how he voted?
Maybe a full member of the Reality Based Community could see this as an illustration of some political horror, be outraged one way or the other, or something. I’m just amused.
