Auntie Charo's Soapbox

The other day, I had a quiet conversation at the airport while waiting for hubby's flight. A teenager was waiting for his flight to take him to some wrestling match. We were talking about the DUI arrest of the utility czar. I asked what he thought about it. He said that since he was in sports he didn't drink and was afraid of being hit by a drunk every time he got into his car. He told me that the teenagers were always blamed for drinking and driving and that though he agreed alcohol would hurt their brain and that they should prolong drinking as long as possible, that drinking was really a problem with adults. He said that it was really ugly to have the man who managed the power and water company to be arrested twice within a year of being drunk and fighting in a bar because it not only gave a bad example for those working for him but gives a bad example to teens. He said that when he and his friends meet that they talk about the fact that there aren't many good men role models for teens to look up to.
He talked about how people don't seem to care about cheating on their wives or stealing from the government or doing drugs. He brought up the story about the two men who were caught smoking dope at the Chinese park, one of them a reporter for the Stars and Stripes. He said that we live in an island where 'anything goes'.
I looked at the boy who was all dressed up to go and wrestle his heart out in some new place. He really wasn't a 'boy', he had the mind of a man. I pray that he'll grow up and want to run for some elected office, and remember that we need a government that doesn't stand for a system that allows for 'anything going'....I pray that he doesn't hop on an airplane and go away like others have done when they get tired of the 'anything goes' system.
Before the boy left, I asked if he thought the utility board would keep the twice arrested employee or if he thought he'd be terminated. The boy smiled, "Ma'am, you know the answer to that question. He's going to keep his job. I'm sure he's friends with everybody on the board, right?"
I was surprised that he knew there was a utility board. "You know there's a board?"
"Yes, Ma'am, my friend's father's on the board."
Whatever the reason.....we all knew there would be no termination....that just wasn't in the cards! It would have had to be a DUI with injury!