-Caveat Lector- Friday June 1 2:51 PM ET Bush Daughters Fall Victim of Law Signed by Their Dad AUSTIN (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites)'s teenage daughters, cited for misdemeanor alcohol offenses on Thursday, have fallen victim of a ``zero-tolerance'' law on underage drinking signed by their father in 1997 when he was Governor of Texas. Jenna Bush, in her second such run-in with the law in just over a month, was ticketed for misrepresenting her age when she ordered a margarita at a Mexican restaurant, while her twin sister Barbara was ticketed for possession of alcohol by a minor. Both sisters are 19 and Texas law forbids anybody under the age of 21 from buying or drinking alcohol. The Texas legislature adopted tougher penalties for underage drinking during its 1997 session in a bill that was signed into law by Bush in June of that year. Among its various provisions, the law allows authorities to suspend the driver's licenses of minors caught driving with even the slightest trace of alcohol in their blood. Minors convicted of an alcohol-related offense that does not involve driving, like the Bush twins, can lose their license for 30 days for a first offense and 60 days for a second offense. Minors convicted of a third offense can lose their license for 180 days, be fined up to $2,000 and jailed for up to 180 days, under a so-called ``three strikes and you're out'' policy. Jenna, a student at the University of Texas, pleaded no contest earlier this month to a charge of possession of alcohol by a minor after undercover police found her drinking beer as they checked for underage drinkers in an Austin bar. She was ordered to perform eight hours of community service and attend a six-hour alcohol awareness course. In the latest incident police said Jenna presented an identification card that belonged to somebody else as proof of her age, prompting the restaurant manager to call police. Witnesses told police that Barbara, a student at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and a friend, Jesse Day-Wickham, had already been served with margaritas. The friend was also cited for possession of alcohol by a minor. ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
