Republican Lawmaker Who Wrote Column Against Drunk Driving Charged with New Year's Eve DWI
Photo: Mike Groll/AP/Shutterstock Brian M. Kolb, the top Republican in the New York Assembly, was arrested on New Year’s Eve and charged with driving while intoxicated — just a week after he penned a guest column in his local newspaper warning about the dangers of getting behind the wheel drunk. The politican is currently out of county jail, awaiting a future court appearance,The Washington Postreported. A district attorney from the neighboring Yates County has been appointed as special prosecutor in an effort to avoiding claims of unfairness....