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On Sep 11, 11:29 pm, "JS" <a...@gmail.com> wrote:
> MADD Canada would not let a Winnipeg man convicted of a serious drunk
> driving charge donate money prior to his sentencing hearing.
>
> (ok i can understand that)
> Court heard MADD rejected 26-year-old Daniel Tooth's one thousand dollar
> gift. Tooth recently pleaded guilty to a charge of drunk driving causing
> bodily harm and has now been sentenced to 10 months of house arrest plus a
> year probation.
>
> (so now he has been sentenced so why not accept the money now)
>
> MADD Winnipeg Chapter President Rod Sudbury stresses they will not accept a
> donation on the backs of someone injured or killed. He says a number of
> convicted drunk drivers try to give money in an attempt to get a more
> lenient sentence from the court.
>
> (Does anyone else find it rather odd that the manitoba MADD president is a
> MAN. After all it isn't the group called MOTHERS against drunk driving)
>
> CJOB's Jeff Keele reporting.

Not odd at all. The organization has merely expanded its membership to
include guys. I would guess MADD has become such a brand that to
change the name might very well hurt the organization in terms of
media attention and in donations.


Glen