Sunday, April 15, 2012

Rep. Chuck Sims (R - Ambrose) Cited for DUI in Atlanta

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Who is Rep. Chuck Sims (R - Ambrose, GA)? 

Well, here's a little of what we know...

Rep. Chuck Sims (R - Ambrose, GA) is the person who single-handedly killed the HB 1197, a DeKalb County local bill that had the support of 16 of 18 local delegates and would have banned cell towers from school grounds, protecting our neighborhoods and school children. 

He is the person who represents a county of 380 people, who live in a 3.5 square mile area in South Georgia.

Look at it this way:  If Ambrose were an elementary school in DeKalb County, our school board would have closed it by now for under-enrollment!

Or, look at it like this:  The number of people who signed petitions to stop the cell towers in DeKalb County could make up their own county that would be more than FIVE TIMES the size of Sims' entire district.

Who is Rep. Chuck Sims (R - Ambrose, GA)??

He  is the person who took the liberty of stopping the will of the people in DeKalb County and apparantly thinks that he is superior to our court system, too.  The judicial system would be the only place to determine accurately if anything in HB 1197 was unconstitutional, as he claimed was his reason for stalling it.

He also supported the idea of placing a question on the ballot in DeKalb as a way to appease the people, or more  likely as a way to help the telecomm industry pinpoint where the objections are coming from so they can figure out a new strategy. 

He likely wrote the question, too.


Nevermind that the question doesn't give anyone the chance to say they don't know or are not familiar with the issue.  Nevermind that people might be opposed to it for an elementary school, but not for a high school.  Nevermind that a nonbinding referendum does nothing to help the protestors if it goes in our favor, but can be used against us if the voters are ignorant to the issue or confused about the meaning and the vote goes the other way.

What really concerns us is that someone like Rep. Chuck Sims (R - Ambrose, GA) can impose his own will, based on his own reasoning, without having to explain his reasons or jusification, to stop a bill that we have been working for nearly a year.  And, we were trying to have a state bill passed that would do the same because we are trying to look out for others, not just ourselves. 

If we could warn the smaller, more rural counties of what might be in store for them, we would.  But, with people like Rep. Chuck Sims in office, that looks as unlikely as being able to protect our own homes from dangers that we are supposedly already protected from by law.

So, who is Rep. Chuck Sims (R - Ambrose, GA)?  

Well, he is a person who doesn't always worry about his own safety or the safety of others.  He is a person who doesn't mind putting others in harm's way.  He doesn't mind breaking the law.  In fact, he doesn't even know when he should call a cab after too many cocktails in Atlanta, likely on the dime of a wealthy telecomm lobbyist.  He is a risk-taker.  And, thanks to him, everyone in DeKalb County will have to continue taking risks with the health and safety of our children.  How do we know this about Rep. Chuck Sims (R - Ambrose, GA)? 

Read* this report and see for yourself:

State Lawmaker Cited for DUI
Updated: Friday, 30 Apr 2010, 5:45 AM EDT 
Published : Friday, 30 Apr 2010, 4:50 AM EDT 
Reported by Tacoma Perry | Edited by Steve Dixon

ATLANTA - A state lawmaker is apologizing after being stopped for DUI.

The incident happened Wednesday night.

"I was pulled over in my hotel parking lot and that's all there was to it," said State Representative Chuck Sims.

But that's not quite all -- according to his own admission, State Representative Chuck Sims, said he'd been drinking earlier in the evening with his meal.

"I had had some alcohol earlier in the day or earlier in the night," said Sims.

Atlanta police officers pulled Sims over at the Baymont Inn at Piedmont and International.

He was cited with a DUI

Sims said he plans on talking to counsel but did release this statement:  "I realize this impacts my family, friends, colleagues and constituency, and I'm truly sorry for any embarrassment that I have caused. I am cooperating fully with the Atlanta Police Department to resolve this matter."

Sims has been serving in the state house since 1996 and represents Ambrose.

*  On May 5, 2012, we realized the link to the video for the FOX5 news story was missing.  We now realize it is missing from the FOX website as well as ours.  We have to wonder if someone noticed we were playing it here and pulled some strings at FOX to get it removed.  We have to wonder if any other person would have equal treatment with getting a story featuring them removed.  C'mon FOX, you're going to have to be a little less obvious if you want to claim you are providing your job of being the watchdog of government.  You are more like the government lap dog on this issue!

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