MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Kathy Groob, 859-291-9001; Kathy@KathyGroob.com
National MADD President to Speak
WHAT: A press conference and rally to support H.B. 58, DUI ignition interlock legislation that cleared the House A&R Committee last week will include the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) national president, Laura Dean-Mooney.
WHO: Representative Dennis Keene (D-Campbell) and co-sponors from the House of Representatives, national MADD President Laura Dean-Mooney, representatives from law enforcement and victims.
WHERE: Capitol Rotunda, Frankfort, Kentucky
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, February 18, 2010
FACTS: 200 people died in Kentucky in 2008 in drunk driving accidents. In 2008 there were 34,000 DUI arrests and 32,000 convictions. 12 states have mandatory ignition interlock laws and Kentucky would become the 13th state. HB58 has 52 co-sponsors:
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Speaker Pro Tem Larry Clark Majority Floor Leader Rocky Adkins Majority Caucus Chair Robert Damron Representative Royce Adams Representative John Arnold Representative Thomas Burch Representative Dwight Butler Representative John Carney Representative Mike Cherry Representative Leslie Combs Representative James Comer Representative Wil Coursey Representative Ron Crimm Representative Myron Dossett Representative Ted Edmonds Representative C.B. Embry Representative Tim Firkins Representative Danny Ford |
Representative Jim Glenn Representative Jim Gooch Representative Derrick Graham Representative Jeff Greer Representative Keith Hall Representative Mike Harmon Representative Richard Henderson Representative Melvin Henley Representative Charlie Hoffman Representative Dennis Horlander Representative Thomas Kerr Representative Martha Jane King Representative Adam Koenig Representative Jimmie Lee Representative Thomas McKee Representative Charles Miller Representative Rick Nelson Representative Marie Rader |
Representative Rick Rand Representative Jody Richards Representative Carl Rollins Representative Sal Santoro Representative Charles Siler Representative Dottie Sims Representative Kevin Sinnette Representative Ancel Smith Representative Fitz Steele Representative Kent Stevens Representative Jim Stewart Representative Wilson Stone Representative Tommy Thompson Representative David Watkins Representative Ron Weston Representative Susan Westrom |