06-06-2017, 10:39 AM
We don't know the details of the 2 DUI's.
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the last one happened 14 years ago, it triggered his deportation instead.
Ortiz had too many drinks 14 years ago. Graham couldn't complete his paperwork due to an offense 30 years ago. Both of them did pretty well for themselves in the interim. Read the mostly positive comments about Graham that have been posted at the bottom of the news story since this morning. He helped a lot of people, and his contributions to Big Island residents was greatly appreciated.
Should mistakes follow a person around forever? Or just mistakes which might be considered victimless crimes? In contrast to, let's say, someone who bails on almost a billion dollars in accounts payable to his vendors. Vendors who are trying their best to run a business and support a family. In a case like that all that follows the bankrupt con-man around is seventeen years of tax free living, while the losers and chumps who thought they were dealing with a legitimate, honest customer struggle for years afterward.
As kalakoa pointed out, rules and laws. For everyone.
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the last one happened 14 years ago, it triggered his deportation instead.
Ortiz had too many drinks 14 years ago. Graham couldn't complete his paperwork due to an offense 30 years ago. Both of them did pretty well for themselves in the interim. Read the mostly positive comments about Graham that have been posted at the bottom of the news story since this morning. He helped a lot of people, and his contributions to Big Island residents was greatly appreciated.
Should mistakes follow a person around forever? Or just mistakes which might be considered victimless crimes? In contrast to, let's say, someone who bails on almost a billion dollars in accounts payable to his vendors. Vendors who are trying their best to run a business and support a family. In a case like that all that follows the bankrupt con-man around is seventeen years of tax free living, while the losers and chumps who thought they were dealing with a legitimate, honest customer struggle for years afterward.
As kalakoa pointed out, rules and laws. For everyone.
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”