Target: DWI
Grievances aired, many questions left unanswered

Acting President of the Navajo Nation Ben Shelly addresses the crowd and a group of other panelists during a DWI town hall meeting in the Calvin Hall auditorium at UNM-Gallup on Thursday. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Phil Stake
Staff writer

GALLUP — The drunken driving problem in McKinley County showed its complexity Thursday night as tribal, state and local officials convened before the voting public for a DWI town hall meeting, sponsored by New Mexico DWI Czar Rachel O’Connor and the advocacy group Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

The meeting began about 5:30 p.m. Thursday and ran past its allotted two hours, ending about 8:30 p.m. — with many questions left unanswered. An estimated 100 people attended.

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