Archive for the ‘Legal’ Category:
Attorney Arrested After Snorting Cocaine In Court
Winona, MINNESOTA- Defense attorney Charles Alan Ramsay was arrested after leaving a men’s bathroom in the Winona County courthouse without flushing the toilet while “sniffing profusely” and pinching and wiping his nose.
A white powdery substance that was later found on the table, floor, and chair of the courthouse conference room was field- tested and positively identified as cocaine, according to evidence technician Angela Evans. Ramsay was arrested in the courtroom within the hour, when a subsequent search of Ramsay’s revealed a four-inch straw (with cocaine residue), contact lens case full of cocaine, and additional cocaine in a Mentos gum wrapper.
http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2009/01/17/news/00lead.txt
Man Sues Hooter’s Restaurant for Gender Discrimination After Turned Down for Server Position
CORPUS CHRISTI – A local man has filed a federal lawsuit against Hooter’s restaurant after being denied for a server position. After applying for the job in May of 2008, Nikolai Grushevski, he made several complaints to the labor department which were ignored. Subsequently Grushevski decided to hire lawyer, Martin Shellist, who believes they have a strong case against Hooters. Grushevski states that he doesn’t intend to prevent Hooter’s from hiring “Hooter’s girls”, but plans to make it an equal opportunity position to serve food at the restaurant.
Hooter’s Vice President of restaurants in Texas stated that Hooters hires without discrimination of gender just not for the server position, which is reserved for the more traditional “Hooter’s girls”. Martin Shellist plans to make the case a class action lawsuit, and is looking for more people who have been turned down by the company due to gender. The lawsuit is scheduled to go in front of the jury sometime this year.
I’m sorry, but Mr. Nikolai Grushevski is attempting to ruin the Hooters experience for us regular guys. If this case does go in front of the jury, and Mr. Grushevski wins, I will be outraged. He obviously is just filing the lawsuit for the money, and if this asshat causes the end of big breasts with beer and chicken wings he should die slowly
Attorney General Considers Legalizing Marijuana
Arizona – Attorney General Terry Goddard is tired of the Mexican drug cartels that terrorize both sides of the border, and he has a revolutionary new strategy to get rid of them; he wants to eliminate their biggest source of income. According to Goddard, marijuana sales make roughly 75% of the money that cartels use to fund other operations (such as smuggling other drugs and fighting the Mexican army and police.)
Goddard said that if a way can be found to control its distribution, he might be willing to consider legalizing marijuana. Goddard also agnowledged the fact that some serious hurdles remain before that would even become a possibility (such as establishing the legal means of distribution).
Mathew Allen, a special agent said. “The key is, they will no longer exist when people don’t buy marijuana” (in regards to the cartels) . “This is a market-driven economy and this is a market-driven activity.”
Read the full story from the East Valley Tribune:
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/133027
