Allred is simply a victim Posted: Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 Alamance County’s Representative Cary Allred is a misunderstood victim of partisan politics, of a vicious news media and of the N.C. Highway Patrol. The good representative was in a hurry to get to Raleigh Monday night to vote on important issues of state. The urgency of these matters prompted him to be just a little lead-footed. In fact, when the state trooper stopped Allred he was driving 102 in a 65 mile-an-hour zone. Allred flashed his legislative ID card to the trooper and was given a warning to slow down. The poor trooper just didn’t know who he had stopped since Allred was so inconsiderate as to not to be driving his car with the State House license plates.
“He wanted to verify that I had a good reason for going over the speed limit,” Allred told a reporter. Perfectly explainable. Most people going 102 in a 65 wouldn’t have a good reason. Why is the media badgering Allred?
After such a disturbing confrontation with the trooper it is easy to understand why Allred would have sought the comfort of a warm embrace and kiss on the cheek from a teenage girl who was a family friend serving as a page for the legislature. Various legislators, lobbyists, and staffers encountered Allred during the evening and speculated that he might be intoxicated. Not so. He was high on life after his reunion with this wonderful young woman
No doubt all this put Representative Allred in a fowl mood, which certainly explains the argumentative attitude he displayed to his seatmate and the House Speaker during the evening session. He is often the subject of criticism, he says because he speaks his mind.
But the tipping point came when someone forced the Highway Patrol to issue a speeding ticket to Representative Allred. Someone is obviously going to great lengths to embarrass this paragon of virtue. Allred says it is a case of reverse favoritism and he intends to hire a lawyer and challenge the ticket. No way would any other citizen have been cited five days after the fact for exceeding the speed limit by 37 miles per hour.
Cary’s momma would be proud of her boy for standing up to these bullies. But no prouder than the citizens of Alamance County who elected him. Show your patriotism, Representative Allred. Don’t you let them make you a victim.
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