Should Price be doing county business as he awaits DUI outcome?

We believe in the legal process.

A man is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

That being said, there's been some unrest among local citizens about whether or not Pulaski Deputy Judge-Executive Dan Price should be doing county business as he awaits the outcome of last week's DUI arrest.

Last Monday, Price was pulled over in the Barnesburg area of Pulaski County after a Kentucky State Police trooper observed him weaving and operating a county vehicle carelessly. The trooper smelled alcohol on Price, conducted a field sobriety test -- which Price did not do so well on -- and then arrested the deputy judge after he refused to take a preliminary breathalyzer test. Price later refused to take a blood-alcohol test.

After a night at the Pulaski County Detention Center, Price was back at work the next day.

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