Another Emmer (R-MN) campaign manager arrested for DWI (Emmer of Target fame)

[catgirl]

Re-posted from LBN:

Emmer himself, has had DWIs in the past. David Fitzsimmons was arrested in May and Mark Buesgens was just arrested
with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit.

Buesgens is up for re-election to his state house seat in November.

Link to WCCO article (includes mug shot):

http://wcco.com/local/Mark.Buesgens.arrested.2.1921971.html

More scandalous Emmer news to come...

[catgirl]

1. Emmer’s DWI bill written at the request of DWI attorneys

Just found this interesting blog when I started to dig into this story a bit.

I already wrote about this a bit below, but I buried the lede. The more I think about this, the more I think it’s a major story that Tom Emmer’s DWI bill was written at the request of DWI defense attorneys, especially because he’s obviously trying to mislead the public about that:
On his campaign website, Emmer said: “At the request of local prosecutors, Rep. Emmer agreed to author their bill to reform the court system and how DWIs are handled. The legislation prepared by the prosecutors and other interested parties with the assistance of nonpartisan House research staff would have provided incentives for early and immediate prosecution of first-time offenders.”
The Emmer campaign identified the “local prosecutors” as Tom Weidner and Sean Stokes, and said they are based in Stillwater, Washington County. Stokes and Weidner are attorneys specializing in DWI defense, according to the website of their law firm Eckberg, Lammers, Briggs, Wolff & Vierling.
Local prosecutors? Excuse me? Once again, Emmer may not technically be lying, but he’s also definitely not being straight with us. He’s trying to make it sound like this bill was written to help local law enforcement officials, when in fact it was written at the request of DWI defense attorneys.
And let’s be completely clear: these weren’t attorneys contacted at random by WCCO. According to their story, they were specifically identified by Emmer as the attorneys he was working with. He was also identified by Emmer when WCCO first wrote about the story, after Marty Seifert brought the same attacks against Emmer.

http://mnpublius.com/post/881186050/emmers-dwi-bill-written-at-the-request-of-dwi

[Generic Brad]

3. At least Emmers stands for something

Why he chose relaxing DUI laws as one of the things he wants to take a stand on is a bit perplexing. Why he wants to cut wages for restaurant workers is odd too. He would have gotten more mileage out of crusading against puppy mills or something. We all like puppies more than drunks.

[catgirl]

4. Making the world a more dangerous place

That is hardly standing for something.

[Canuckistanian]

2. It sounds like "permanent happy hour" at Emmer campaign HQ

I think the cops should raid them for keeping an unlicensed drinking establishment. We're talking about public safety here.