Scott PowersJanuary 6, 2020
8min535
Installation of an ignition interlock device, treatment, and community service, then no DUI conviction
Tag: Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Scott PowersJanuary 6, 2020
Phil AmmannDecember 28, 20174min363
With New Year’s Eve only a couple of days away, Uber is reminding users that the best ridesharing customers are living ridesharing customers. In a new email, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is joining Uber to call on users to “commit to being a #DesignatedRider by planning ahead to avoid drinking and driving.” Nearly 29 people in […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 2, 2017
4min255
When a drunken driver nearly killed Robin Powell during Tampa’s Super Bowl XXXV weekend in 2001, an air ambulance saved her life. On Thursday, Powell, along with Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and the Save Our Air Medical Resources (SOAR) Campaign, urge Tampa Bay citizens to avoid drinking and driving this […]
Peter SchorschDecember 27, 20164min222
As 2016 draws to a close, more Tampa Bay area residents than ever will turn to Uber for safe, affordable rides to and from New Year’s Eve celebrations. Once again, Uber is partnering with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Tampa Police Department and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), to provide area residents and visitors a […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 12, 2015
5min210
It’s not every day that a divorce lawyer reports her own client to the state child abuse hotline. But that’s what John Jonchuck‘s lawyer did. On Jan. 7, Jonchuck showed up at the firm’s office dressed in pajamas, toting his 5-year-old daughter Phoebe, along with a Bible he incorrectly believed to be written in Swedish. Jonchuck’s lawyer told the Hotline that her client was “out-of-his-mind […]
Guest AuthorOctober 27, 20136min151
There are any number of things I could have written about on this day: How HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is falling on her sword for her boss, the President, taking the blame for the horrendous debut of the Affordable Care Act website. How Texas Sen. Ted Cruz shouted “it is terrific to be back in […]