"After release, Galluccio says he’s now a new man; Acknowledges his trouble with alcohol" by Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff | July 15, 2010
CAMBRIDGE — Former state senator Anthony Galluccio, a career politician whose legacy plunged six months ago when he was sent to jail, appearing thinner and more refreshed, did not address whether he thought he was an alcoholic....
Then HE STILL IS!
I have BEEN THERE, DONE THAT and it is called DENIAL!!!!
For the remainder of his sentence, Galluccio must attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at least three times a week and undergo counseling for substance abuse.
Now repeat after me:
Hi, my name is Tony and I'm an alcoholic.
Hi, Tony!
Oh, they are going to LOVE YOUR WAR STORY!!
And they have to sign your card to validate attendance.
You a forger, too, Tony?
He will also be randomly tested for alcohol and drugs with a portable alcohol-screening device.
How does life look on the other side, Gooch?
Galluccio was originally sentenced in December to six months of home confinement with orders that he stay away from alcohol after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of a car crash, an incident that injured a father and his teenage son. Galluccio fled the scene before he could be tested for alcohol use, but he had been so drunk 13 hours earlier that a Cambridge police officer gave him a ride home so that he would not drive, according to police reports.
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Grounded "Gooch"
Party is over, huh?
Three days after he was sentenced to home confinement, Galluccio failed a breathalyzer test — immediately after it had been installed and the first time he was required to take the test.
Galluccio had argued that a substance he digested from the toothpaste he used may have triggered a false positive result, but a District Court judge rejected the argument.
My New Year's Eve Party
"Gooch" Going to the Big House
Globe Gives It Up For the Great Gooch
Why don't you buy him a drink?
He eventually yielded to a chorus of calls for him to resign.
I'd like to think I had a small part.
The October car crash was the most recent of Galluccio’s problems. He had been convicted twice for driving under the influence, though he received a pardon for one of those convictions.
It SURE DOES HELP to have CONNECTIONS in this world, huh?
In a third incident, in 2005, a clerk-magistrate ruled that he had been drinking before causing a four-car accident in Boston, but that there was not enough evidence to sustain a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.
Wouldn't you at least grab his license at this point?
Galluccio said yesterday that, after months of confinement in a jail cell, doing kitchen work, and participating in programs, he hopes to work in the community to teach others what he’s learned....
Or MAYBE THEY COULD TEACH YOU if you LISTEN to THEIR WAR STORIES, Gooch!
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Why are all politicians so narcissistic?
