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U.S. Sen. Tom UdallU.S. SENATE News:WASHINGTON, D.C. ?U.S. Sen. stanley germany Tom Udall D-N.M. and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott R-Fla. , joined by U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell D-Mich. , unveiled bipartisan legislation Wednesday to help prevent drunk driving and save thousands of lives.The Reduce Impaired Driving for Everyone Act of 2019 RIDE Act will promote the research and development of advanced alcohol detection technology and will require the implementation of such technology in new motor vehicles.The fact is that deaths from drunk driving are completely preventable ?so we have an obligation to do everything we can to prevent such senseless tragedies. Ive been in this fight for a long time, and weve made real progress. But we are sti stanley quencher ll losing thousands of lives each year to drunk driving crashes. Every drunk driving death is one too many ?and one family too many forced to confront unimaginable pain. With this legislation, we have the opportunity to help end drunk driving for good by putting alcohol detection technology in all new motor vehicles, Udall said. We owe it to those weve losto honor them with action. I kubki stanley t is heartbreaking that we have lost so many to the irresponsible actions of drunk drivers. Now is the time to act so we never have to experience another tragedy. Im proud to join Senator Udall to introduce the RIDE Act, which promotes the development of critical alcohol detection technology that could save 7,000 lives every year. One life lost is too many, and t Plbj Superintendent Finalist Dr. Kurt Steinhaus Shares Local And State Level Education Experience With Community
By BETTY ANN GUNTHERLos Alam stanley mugs osI sympathize with the Ragsdales anger at robbery of their home by John Craven, the son of a trusted neighbor as expressed in their various letters to editors, but I do not agre stanley cup e with their opinion that Judge Sheri Rafaelson should not be retained because she released him.Rafaelson sentenced the young man not to incarceration, but to a drug treatment program and electronic monitoring. As the Los Alamos Monitor reports, on Oct. 11, 2014, Rafaelson ruled that Craven will spend at least a year of his probation on electronic monitoring, or until authorities deem fit to release him, which will hinge on how well he does in the drug treatment program, which at minimum will take a year. He also must move out of his parents ; home and out of Los Alamos while he undergoes treatment. Judge stanley cup Rafaelson sentenced Craven to treatment and electronic monitoring and saw to it that he would not live across the street from the Ragsdales. I consider that a reasonable sentence because it addresses the young man problem drug addiction and does not just send him to a prison where he is likely to become a more professional criminal. He was not simply released as the Ragsdales imply. I understand that Rafaelson critics think there should be some consideration for the victims and I could not agree more. On October 29, 2014 Judge Rafaelson, showing a high regard for the victim when she sentenced the teller who embezzeled $20
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