Some stories have legs. This one has at least 44 of them. That would be both legs of former Democrat New Hampshire House Rep Brian Poznanski’s and the legs of 21 others, all busted for possession of alcohol (under age drinking), at a house party in Bedford, New Hampshire, circa Halloween 2009.
Poznanski was newly elected, and had already submitted a request for a bill that would allow under age drinkers caught drinking under age to avoid arrest if they sought “help.” That request died with his arrest for, you guessed it, underage drinking. That contradiction never made the local media as I recall but that should not surprise. According to my buddy Ed Naile, there was quite a bit of reporting that did not get done regarding that same busted House party in Bedford.
Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, agrees that Dartmouth has a drinking problem, but that prosecuting underage drinkers is not the answer, Melanie Plenda reports in today’s Union Leader.