PALM COAST — A 76-year-old woman whose car careened into a Publix supermarket in April and injured 10 people, some severely, said in court Thursday she was unaware that her driver’s license had been suspended. County Judge Sharon Attack found Thelma Wagenhoffer guilty of careless driving and fined her $500 and suspended her license for three months, the maximum allowed under the law. Wagenhoffer license had already been suspended indefinitely by the state Department of Motor Vehicles. Attack also ordered that Wagenhoffer must retake her driving test before she can get her license back. Wagenhoffer had entered a plea of not guilty in June to careless driving but Thursday she changed continue
State Rep. Jefferson Smith, a candidate for Portland mayor, acknowledged shortly after jumping into the mayor’s race that his driver’s license had been suspended in 2004. But newly obtained records from Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services show Smith received three additional suspensions, including one as recently as 2010. On Jan. 12, 2010, records show that police in Woodburn cited Smith, then running for his second term in the Oregon House, for the improper display of stickers and failure to show proof of insurance. His license was continue
As a high school student in Phoenix, Carla Chavarria said she felt left out when her classmates turned 16 and started getting driver’s licenses. An undocumented immigrant brought to the U.S. at age 7, Chavarria, now 19, thought her wait was nearly over, thanks to a new federal program offering young immigrants work permits without fear of being deported. Then came an executive order from Arizona Governor Jan Brewer instructing state agencies to deny driver’s licenses and any other state benefits to those qualifying for the Obama administration program. “I was almost there,” said Chavarria, who runs her own advertising and graphics-design business, after a protest against Brewer continue
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