An embarrassed Oregon Liquor Control Commission appointed a new acting director Friday following the arrest of the agency's executive director in connection with a drunken-driving crash. Steve Pharo, director of the OLCC's distilled spirits program, will head the agency while the commission searches for a permanent replacement for Teresa L. Kaiser.
Kaiser submitted her resignation Wednesday after commissioners learned Portland police had arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence and reckless driving Saturday night following a two-car crash. Police said a breath test showed her blood alcohol level was 0.16, twice the legal limit for adults. Her resignation is effective May 15.
Although there is such a rich vein of schadenfreudian irony to mine here, the bottom line is that it really does sadden me. Look at Proverbs 23:30-34 from the Message:
It's those who spend the night with a bottle, for whom drinking is serious business. Don't judge wine by its label, or its bouquet, or its full-bodied flavor. Judge it rather by the hangover it leaves you with-- the splitting headache, the queasy stomach. Do you really prefer seeing double, with your speech all slurred, Reeling and seasick, drunk as a sailor?
Well Teresa, but for the grace of God go I; and I'm sure many others. I doubt you'll ever read this but I paulsed and said a prayer for you, and I hope you get the help you need.
