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https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/01/05/sheriff-dave-hutchinson-resignation-fernando-lunde/


Yeah sure Dave, and we've all wrecked a vehicle too, just like you.  

He sure as hell isn't taking real responsibility for his poor and potentially very deadly-to-others decision with a blow off comment like that.

And in a series of media interviews on December 26, he never mentioned the story he told about the cab driver. He may very well not have remembered it, but he would surely have been told about it during the investigation.

Along with his arrogance in not only refusing to resign, but insisting he is running again.

In this day and age, a decades-long seasoned law enforcement official with his knowledge and responsibilities driving with a 0.13 BAC, even the most bend-over-backward wonderfully wonderful liberal instinct in me cannot turn a blind eye.

For those who think it's no big deal for a first-timer and it's a disease and addiction blah blah blah, do you think the same after the 2nd, 3rd, 4th DUI? If not, precisely exactly why not? If it's just a disease, kumbaya, we are enlightened and loving wonderfully wonderful progressives after the 1st DUI,

then it is a disease, kumbaya, after the 2nd, 3rd, 10th, whatever DUI.

Hennepin County Commissioner Irene Fernando January 5 letter to David Hutchinson:

Change the "xxttps" to "https" in the above URL to see the letter. I didn't want to embed the whole thing here.

Anyway, if one really believes it is such a tough disease that is impossible or almost impossible to control, I would think that one would take every opportunity to at least try to get control of it ASAP. Or resign.


I've been in hundreds of A.A. meetings in Minneapolis and western suburbs. While the disease concept is probably prevalent, nobody ever argued that it was an excuse for past behavior or behavior going forward.

Update: 5 of the 7 Hennepin County commissioners have called for his resignation. But since he holds elective office, they can't force him to resign. He's up for reelection this November, 10 months from now.