Thursday, April 23, 2009

Teen queen dethroned by MADD

I have no doubt that MADD's agenda goes much, much further than drunk driving.  I actually believe it is a 20th Century temperance movement.  The following solidifies my belief:

Connecticut’s teen pageant queen still has her crown but no where to wear it after police busted an underage drinking party at her parents’ Wolcott house last month.

The Miss Connecticut Scholarship Corp. pulled the reins on the reign of Rachael Ramonas, 17, after the Feb. 21 party, where 24 teens were cited.

The names of the teens busted have not been because they are juveniles. It's unclear if Ramonas was among those issued a ticket.

Ramonas had planned to act as spokesperson for Mothers Against Drunk Driving as part of her yearlong reign but the state chapter no longer is working with the teen, who once organized a benefit for the families of friends killed in a car crash in which the teen behind the wheel had a history of drunken driving.

MADD officials have not heard from Ramonas since before the party, said Janice Heggie Margolis, executive director of MADD's Connecticut chapter.

"An apology was not made, and her behavior was not befitting what we would consider a role model," Heggie Margolis said.

On May 2, Ramonas will not march alongside her pageant peers during a MADD walk-a-thon in West Hartford, nor will she be allowed to perform in a May 8 MADD-sponsored high school talent show in North Haven.

While I do not condone, underaged drinking, is anyone else as puzzled as I am why MADD is so mad with Ms. Ramonas, since there was no driving involved?




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