Reading this story I am reminded why, growing up in North Carolina, I was taught my home state was a vale of humility and grace between two pillars of arrogance and ignorance.
Drunk at the helm of float
AP 12/6/06
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A man accused of speeding down Main St. in Anderson, South Carolina, has been charged with drunken driving -- of a float in a Christmas parade.
When officers caught up to David Rodgers, 42, he had an open container of alcohol in the truck he used to haul the children and adults on a float for the Steppin' Out Dance Studio, police spokesman Linda Dudley said.
Witnesses said Rodgers was driving in line in Sunday's parade when he pulled out to pass a tractor in the float.
CALLED 911
Rodgers sped down Main St. and ran a red light, while a witness on the float called 911 on a cellphone, police said. Officers started chasing Rodgers, who didn't stop for 3 miles. When he pulled over, he tried to attack an officer, Dudley said.
Rodgers, whose child was on the float, faces more than three dozen charges, including driving under the influence, 18 counts of kidnapping, and assaulting an officer, authorities said.
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