Former Democratic leader in the State House and current Pueblo County Commissioner Buffie McFadyen was the recipient of some special treatment by police during a potential DUI stop in Pueblo.
She was caught in a rather awkward situation — parked in a dirt lot at night, intoxicated and with a man who isn’t her husband. But she didn’t get a DUI – instead she got a ride home.
In an 11 News Call For Action Investigation we have video of a local county commissioner behind the wheel of a parked car. She tells 11 News she had one glass of wine. A sheriff’s deputy thought she was drunk, but instead of sobriety test, she got a ride home.
On the night of January 25, 2013, Pueblo County Commissioner Buffie McFadyen was in her SUV with Pueblo County Democratic Party Chair Ron Greenwell. A Pueblo County Sheriff’s deputy says he found them both intoxicated, although she’s telling us she had just one glass of wine.
After the police officer called the situation in, he returned to the car and had this rather, um, memorable exchange:
Deputy: “I’ve got an intoxicated Buffie McFadyen out here. Um, I don’t have her DUI, maybe just because she’s sitting in the driver’s seat. But the vehicle’s off so we’re good there…I don’t know. She’s being kind of mouthy.”
The deputy returns to the commissioner’s car.
Deputy: “I think you might need to call for a ride. I think you might have had a little too much to drink.”
McFadyen: “I’ll have him drive me.”
Deputy: “Have you been drinking sir?”
Ron Greenwell: “No.”
Deputy: “Can I talk to you outside really quick so I can make sure I don’t smell any alcohol on you?”
Then on the tape, you can hear Ron Greenwell take a sobriety test, and fail it.
Deputy: “The legal limit is a .08 and you’re .140.”
It is stories like this that will make it mighty hard for McFadyen to consider a run for office outside Pueblo, where she clearly has the skids greased.
Voters don’t usually take well to politicians who live outside the laws they try to pass.
Check out the video from the police officer’s dash, obtained by KKTV:
Well when she comes up for re election Pueblo is going to find out how truly crazy this woman really is..
Your withdrawal has nothing to do with a DUI and going parking with a man who is NOT your husband now does it???
Wake up people you're voting in those who claim to represent … but loathe you..and with a straight face tell you how good they are for you and Colorado your city your town …and of course above the law ..
I guess we get what we vote for or what was promised and never delivered
I already think the officer was unprofessional in yucking it up with her, allowing her to drop names and get chummy with him, but did anyone eles have an issue with WHY she was in a dark parking lot with her "democratic party chair" Ron? Anyone notice that Buffie's husband brought their child with him but not his drivers license to pick her and her "friend" up? That's awfully progressive of the husband to sit home with their child while she met up with Ron in that out-of-the-way parking lot so they could drive up together to the Hot Springs, drink some wine to what, hang out talk Democratic strategy; canoodling on budget items for the county? Is that where our public servants meet now? Nice behavior… great innuendo's, awesome Police work. Anyone else would have had to call their spouse from the drunk tank and beg for bail. My husband and I just aren't very progressive I guess.
Its all who you know in the "Just-us" System…………
Frank DeFilippo You might be right, but the woman used Buffy's standard greeting, "Where'd you go to high school..??" Now who else could it be…. Besides, The glass of wine..?? must have been a very, very large glass… like a gallon jug…
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo, not Buffie. Never, it must have been someone who looked like her.
She's a drink bitch…. She lives in my community. ….