State GOP leader arrested for reckless driving

[Wetzelbill]

Source: Associated Press

State GOP leader arrested for reckless driving

Associated Press - May 6, 2009 9:04 PM ET

PHOENIX (AP) - The executive director of the Arizona Republican Party has been arrested on charges of criminal speeding and reckless driving.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety said 30-year-old Brett Mecum was captured by a photo enforcement camera on the morning of April 10.

DPS officials said Mecum was clocked driving a 2008 Shelby GT at 109 mph in a 65 mph zone on the Loop 101 and 59th Avenue in Glendale.

DPS officers arrested Mecum at state party headquarters Wednesday morning and booked him into jail on charges of criminal speeding and reckless driving.

A call to the state Republican Party spokesman was not immediately returned Wednesday afternoon.



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[MaineDem]

1. An ED gets to drive a Shelby GT???

They must be paying him more than our ED gets.

[Tansy_Gold]

2. And I thought the speeders were bad in Scottsdale!

I'm glad they got this guy. NO ONE should ever be going 109 mph on a public roadway.

But there are too many pukes who think they can do any fucking thing they want.


wankers




Tansy Gold, formerly of the far west valley and now of the far east valley

[Fumesucker]

3. The executive director is 30 years old?

I wonder who he is related to?

[Alcibiades]

7. My thought exactly

But then, look at the picture. Not a young 30. No wonder he needs to go 109.

[TygrBright]

9. Heh. "Mecum?" Didn't AZ useta have a Goober named Mecum?

And wasn't that particular Goob a real standout doofus, even for AZ?

curiously,
Bright

[Tansy_Gold]

10. That was Evan Mecham

Same pronunciation, different spelling

[MaineDem]

15. 30 is not an uncommon age for a Party ED. n/t

[stevedeshazer]

4. More:

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2009/05/brett_mecum_accused_of_doing_1.php

Brett Mecum, Arizona Republican Party Exec Director, Accused of Doing 109 MPH in His Ford Mustang



Arizona Department of Public Safety's Photo Enforcement Unit arrests Brett Matthew Mecum for criminal speeding and reckless driving


On April 10, 2009, at approximately 12:38 a.m., a stationary photo enforcement camera captured the image of Brett Matthew Mecum driving a 2008 Blue Shelby GT 500 Ford Mustang eastbound on State Route 101 near 59th Avenue at a speed of 109 miles per hour. The posted speed limit is 65 miles per hour.


This morning, officers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety's Photo Enforcement Unit arrested Mecum, 30, at his place of employment, on charges of criminal speeding and reckless driving stemming from the incident.


Following his arrest this morning at about 10:30 a.m., Mr. Mecum was booked into the 4th Avenue Jail in Phoenix for criminal speeding and reckless driving.

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Asshole.

[benld74]

5. Do you know who I am!!! I'll have ur badge!!

[Wetzelbill]

6. lol

I bet that's pretty close to it.

[Alcibiades]

8. Bet he's pro-life

Never mind that, at 109, he easily could have killed a child and never even noticed.

[Wetzelbill]

11. more from Huff Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dawn-teo/az-gop-top-director-arres_b_198458.html

[Doctor_J]

12. Any Repuke who hasn't been caught boning teenagers is in the upper 2% of the party,

morals-wise.

[agentS]

13. Another day, another crooked Republican

the police should backtrack the perp's story and see what he was speeding AWAY FROM.
The desert is vast and empty, y'know?
I'm just saying...

[POAS]

14. His defense will be to rail on about

the unfair invasion on our privacy by these surveillance cameras.

[Tansy_Gold]

16. Indubitably

At least he didn't go out and shoot one. :-(



TG

[VaYallaDawg]

17. Yet.