ADDISON, Ill. (WBBM) -- A suburban limo company has been inundated with support following news that one of their drivers turned in a bunch of North Shore High School students for underage drinking over homecoming weekend. They also received angry calls from some of the kid's parents. More on the story from WBBM’s suburban bureau chief Julie mann.
WBBM’s Suburban Bureau Chief Julie Mann.
Alex Mish is the General Manager of Any Time limo in Addison. It was one of his limo drivers who called police on a group of Highland Park high school students after they allegedly refused to hand over a bottle of booze.
Thirteen students were cited for underage drinking. Mish says some of the parents were irritated, “The attitude was, we have a lot of money, we have a lot of power, we’ll destroy your business financially.”
Mish says his company has the responsible to do the right thing, adding that his driver turned down the offer of a thousand dollars from the teens to look the other way.
School officials in Highland Park called the behavior of the students involved in the incident unacceptable, leaving no room for the defense that no matter however misguided the teens were, they attempted to make a safe choice by not driving themselves.
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10/08/2008 11:35AM
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10/08/2008 12:15PM
Heck no
You know the world is messed up as it's with crooks runing public office etc.Is good to see there's still decent people oout there good for him, and to the parents being angry at the guy...go fly a kite and quit spoiling those jack@$#QQ!!!
10/08/2008 12:56PM
Kudo's to the driver
People thinking that they are above the law plays a large part in our economic woes right now. And to think that they are teaching it to there children. God save our society. My hat is off to the limo driver for having the moral backbone to do the right thing.
10/08/2008 3:06PM
Limo Driver a courageous dude
Parents who contracted with the service knew upfront alcohol was forbidden. Now adults who are supposed to act like adults complain? God help me if I ever have to deal with these Highland Park parents, and I speak as a retired educator. Too many parents want to be buddies with their kids and forget that the parent is the rational adult.
10/08/2008 3:19PM
Where is DCF$ NOW ??
DCF$ should move them to foster care immediately until their parents admit they are bad parents and sign a "safety plan"
Oh wait, DCF$ bullies only attack people who cannot defend themselves.
10/08/2008 6:41PM
Entitlement
Praise to the limo driver. The parents are out of touch with the facts that the law is 21. 21 means 21. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. Society sets the rules and they must learn to live within them. Why do minors never have their names printed when adult crimes are committed. Maybe the parents names should be printed. That might wake them up. Public humiliation works!
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