Sticking it to The Man

The Advocate reports on a novel ideal presented to the State DWI Task Force by state Senator Reggie Dupre. Dupre contends that the state could be better off by violating federal mandates regarding open-container laws and license suspensions because safety dollars awarded by the federal government do not require matching funds, while construction and maintenance funds (which the safety funds would be converted into when the federal mandates are complied with ) require a 20 percent match.

Posted by AJR at February 20, 2003 10:42 AM