Chris Abele won't be bothered with obeying the law; and when he breaks it, he won't be bothered with facing the consequences and showing up in court until he feels like it.
Of course, he disregards parking rules, racking up a stack of tickets and over $2000 in fines.
When Chris Abele was arrested for drunk driving in 1996, it took 7 YEARS and a warrant for his arrest before he showed up in Municipal Court.
Now yet another instance of Abele dismissing the law has surfaced.
Liberal, union member Dan Bice, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, writes:
A Milwaukee Municipal Court judge hit Abele with a warrant in late 2006 for failing to appear at an arraignment hearing after he was ticketed for discharging fireworks in the city.
Specifically, Abele was accused of tossing a lighted firework over his fence at local attorney Michael Hupy, according to the police citation. Hupy had come over to Abele's $2.6 million home on N. Lake Drive on July 15, 2006, to complain that Abele was talking loudly and shooting off fireworks late in the evening.
"I interviewed Abele, who stated that he indeed threw the lit firework over the fence as a joke," wrote Officer Paul Martinez. "Abele stated that he has had numerous problems in the past with Hupy but was willing to apologize."
Abele eventually pleaded no contest and was fined. $175. He was 39 at the time.
Abele obviously has a strange sense of humor.
When a neighbor complains about noise and illegally shooting off fireworks in the city of Milwaukee, responding by throwing a lit firework over the fence into the neighbor's yard is not funny. It's behavior I'd expect from a rich, spoiled brat, not a reasonable, responsible 39-year-old man.
So Abele broke the law -- again.
And once again, Abele failed to show up in court.
...In 2006, Milwaukee cops were called to Abele's home shortly after midnight because of a dispute with Hupy, a personal injury lawyer with the firm Hupy & Abraham.
Hupy said he went to Abele's house next door because Abele and his then-girlfriend were talking loudly and shooting off fireworks. The girlfriend - now his wife, Miriam Abele - refused to let Hupy near Abele.
"Hupy stated he walked around Abele's home when someone threw a lit firework over the fence at him," wrote Martinez, the Milwaukee cop.
In response, the report said, the lawyer headed back to Abele's house and began writing down license plate numbers and taking photos "because he was investigating a crime." When the officer arrived, Hupy had parked his car in Abele's driveway in an effort to keep Abele or his girlfriend from fleeing one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the city.
Miriam Abele told the officer that she told Hupy to get off Abele's property repeatedly but the lawyer refused. Abele said Hupy spent 20 minutes on the property.
A couple of months later, Hupy and Abele were cited for, respectively, trespassing and discharging a firework in the city limits.
Hupy's trespassing charge was dismissed. He did not return calls Thursday.
Abele was supposed to appear at an arraignment hearing in November 2006 but didn't make it to court, prompting the judge to issue a warrant for Abele's arrest. He eventually entered a no contest plea and paid his $175 fine.
At the news conference Thursday, Abele said he was unaware of the warrant in the fireworks case. He noted that he later resolved the matter.
"I'm not above the law or the rules," he said.
Abele's right. He's "not above the laws or the rules."
However, he acts like he is. That's a problem.
Abele has some serious deficiencies in his character.
His unwillingness to play by the rules is very troubling. When he gets caught breaking the law, he doesn't take responsibility. He blows it off.
What a "stupid, stupid mistake" it would be to elect Abele as the next county executive.
Milwaukee County residents, vote for Jeff Stone.
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