This past weekend, Renee's son Logan had an opportunity to stop by a party to see some friends. The party was held at a campsite not far off Route 33. Attended by some of Logan's friends, the group was a mix of gender and ages. Logan shared that he stayed about 10 minutes, long enough to check things out, then decided to leave.
As Logan was about to turn onto Route 33, the all too familiar blue lights came on out of nowhere. The trooper asked Logan if he had been drinking? Logan replied no, do you want to smell my breath? Logan said it was okay to breathalyze him, but that did not occur. After looking around Logan's truck, with Logan's permission, the trooper asked what was going on back there - meaning the party? Logan didn't want to lie, so he truthfully said there's a bunch of drinking and smoking going on. Logan recounted the whole story with flourish when he got home just before midnight. He said his heart was pounding all the while he was stopped.
This is just a small example of one young man making the right decision at the right time. As a parent and step parent one can only hope that their children make wise and correct decisions. Peer pressure is no higher than it is today for our teens and young adults. I was told that in certain settings, teens in high school, especially boys, purposely under perform so they are not singled out as a smarty or a geek. How sad it is that peer pressure has come to doing poorly in school.
Hats off the all the young men and women who have made the right decision at the right time. If you are a parent reading this blog and have a teen or young adult who recently made a good decision, celebrate it with your child and make a big deal of it. Reinforce the benefits of making hard and correct decisions. The rewards will benefit all.
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Scott, I give Logan a thumbs up for honesty. However, I am curious about you and your small group of members of the self appointed advisory board for the city police. You had a meeting and its documented that your group didn't want the city to routinely patrol the four lane and to my understanding they have been told not too. What about the businesses on the four lane that pays for city services mainly police and fire protection.If they can't be on the four lane then you are denying them services they are paying for..Sounds like a liability and possibly another lawsuit for failing to provide that service. Also, I see far more county police doing traffic stops in the city and now the State Police, maybe people are complaining on the wrong group of police. Also, I saw minutes from the advisory board about no dui grants or checkpoints and no underage drinking grants. Since you are a member of city council, Does that mean you endorse Underage Drinking and DUI's? Grants provide money that usually isn't available and since you want to do away with those grants are you going to do away with all the other city departments getting grants for things like sewer upgrades, sidewalks, water upgrades. Since you and your group have singled out the police and no other department for scrutinize is not that DISCRIMINATION....Sounds like another lawsuit in the works.....
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