Republican refuses to pay for cab ride home from strip club.

[mwb970]

Source: cops called after Sweeney cab ride
WNYT, Albany, NY, January 7, 2008

Former Rep. John Sweeney had another brush with the law recently. Sweeney narrowly avoided being charged with theft of services after refusing to pay a cab fare for a ride from a strip club. A law enforcement source tells NewsChannel 13 that the former congressman summoned a cab for himself and two friends while at a club in Clifton Park early on the morning of Dec. 27. When the cab arrived, Sweeney wasn't ready to go. So he asked the driver to bring two of his friends home and come back and get him.

The source says Sweeney still wasn't ready to leave when the taxi returned. The driver waited 45 minutes and then Sweeney got in the car and the driver brought him to his Clifton Park home.

The source says Sweeney refused to pay the $80-plus cab fare. The cab company called police. State troopers showed up at the Sweeney home, but he didn't answer the door. The source says troopers called Sweeney's attorney and asked that Sweeney come to the barracks to be formally charged. However, according to the law enforcement source, Sweeney's family brought payment and "something for the driver" to the cab company. The company then notified state police that they wanted to withdraw the complaint.

This incident follows Sweeney's arrest and conviction for driving while intoxicated on the Northway on Nov. 11, 2007.

The article doesn't mention that Sweeney is a Republican, presumably because it is obvious from his behavior.

I recommend checking out this fascinating Wikipedia article on Sweeney. Page down to the "Controversies" section and marvel at the ten examples of typical Republican behavior listed. This guy is a one-man crime spree!

I continue to be amazed by the lawlessness and hypocrisy of the Republican Party and its "leaders." What a worthless group of losers!

[marmar]

1. The Republican sense of entitlement is mind-boggling.....

.... Once they get elected, they assume that their life is supposed to be subsidized.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Shame that the police can't at least charge the taxi company for

their services, since they were used as muscle men.

[Crazy Dave]

2. About five years ago

Wasn't there some republican senator or congressman who committed a fatal hit and run on a motorcyclist and tried to get out of it?

[progressoid]

4. Bill Janklow of South Dakota.

William John "Bill" Janklow (born September 13, 1939) was an American politician with the Republican Party. He was a four-term Governor of South Dakota, and briefly a member of the United States House of Representatives until his manslaughter conviction. He is currently a lawyer and lobbyist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Janklow