Council candidate learns from DUI
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So when a reporter asks him about a 2003 DUI when he was a student at Western Illinois University, Halfaday readily admits his deed, which occurred on St. Patrick’s Day, when a then 23 year old Halfaday barely blew a.08.
“I shouldn’t have been drinking,” he says, “I’ve learned from that,” he says. “That’s why I don’t drink. I drink milk instead. I can tell people a DUI is not worth it.”
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Halfaday ran afoul of former city councilor Rob Schilling by canceling a scheduled May 4 appearance on the Schilling Show. After a dozen communications with Halfaday and his campaign manager, says Schilling, “I had gotten canada goose uk black friday an email the cheap Canada Goose night before saying that he wasn’t coming on because he wanted to wait until more Democratic candidates come forward.” Schilling lambasted him on the show and came up with an ersatz recipe dubbed “Chicken Halfaday.”
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“He promised that if he didn’t appear,” says Schilling, “he’s going Canada Goose Outlet to buy 1,000 chicken dinners for citizens from Wayside Chicken.”
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