“Please consider the ramifications of impaired driving,” Kolb wrote, “especially as we prepare to close out 2019 and welcome in a new decade.”It was a plea, Kolb later admitted, that he did not himself follow. On New Year’s Eve — just a week after his precautionary column was published in the upstate Daily Messenger — Kolb was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. AD“This is a high-profile individual, and I just want people to understand he’s going to be held accountable,” Henderson told The Washington Post. ADBut in the days since the arrest, at least one of Kolb’s Republican colleagues has called for his resignation. ADAnother Republican, Assemblyman Will Barclay, urged caution.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2020 02:10 UTC