More Emmer family values: Pistol-packin' drunken pervert Big Dick Borrell is Emmer's pilot

[Minnesota Raindog]

Big Dick Borrell, the scandal-ridden Wright County Republican who held the legislative seat that Tom Emmer took over, is now Emmer's pilot. Emmer's latest campaign finance report shows $294.36 paid to Borrell for "air transportation." Borrell is a private pilot and owns a Cessna airplane, but that's not what's troubling.

Borrell has a sordid past that includes molesting his relative's fiance while he was in a drunken stupor, making false statements in a campaign, and trying to sneak a gun in his carry-on bag onto a commercial airplane. Here's the background from City Pages:

http://www.citypages.com/content/printVersion/2294/

"On a full-moon night in 1987, Borrell crept into the darkened bedroom of a relative's fiancée. Pretending to be her betrothed, Borrell allegedly then induced the oblivious woman to give him oral pleasure. After the woman discovered she'd been had--literally had--she filed a civil lawsuit; in 1993, Borrell settled for $20,000. In his deposition, Borrell attributed the boorish behavior to everything from the Ides of March (no kidding) to alcohol. By his own count, the consumption of spirits was heroic: a 12-pack of beer, five screwdrivers, and three kamakazes. Okay, you say, that was a long time ago. Let bygones be bygones. But there is little evidence that Borrell's bad-boy streak ever abated. Earlier this year, the 52-year-old Waverly native pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor charge of making false campaign statements--a fairly stunning thing when you consider how much lying occurs in politics, and how few criminal charges are leveled. In February, Borrell landed in court again, where he pleaded guilty to packing a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. Sadly, for Borrell's fans (and anyone else who enjoys the spectacle of imploding politicians), Borrell finally did display a modicum of shame. On the occasion of his second guilty plea in as many months, Borrell announced he would not seek another term come fall."

Would you want this guy flying your plane around? Then again, if you're double-drunk-driver Tom Emmer who has a son who likes to draw penises on passed-out girls, maybe it's not such a big deal.

DumpBachmann has the scoop, as usual:

http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2010/09/big-dick-borrell-flys-michele-bachmann.html

[Morning Dew]

1. Would you want this guy flying your plane around?

No.

Would you want this guy flying Emmer's plane around?

Fine by me.

Heck, it bothers me so little, I'd buy him a 12-pack of beer, five screwdrivers, and three kamikazes in the airport lounge.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Mr. Borrell just might have another problem as well.

I looked him up in the FAA's pilot database. He has a private pilot certificate. Fine. The problem here is that unless you have a commercial pilot certificate AND you and your aircraft are certified to carry passengers for hire, you can't fly passengers around and get paid for it.

The limitations of a private pilot certificate are as follows:

"(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) through (h) of this section, no person who holds a private pilot certificate may act as pilot in command of an aircraft that is carrying passengers or property for compensation or hire; nor may that person, for compensation or hire, act as pilot in command of an aircraft.

(b) A private pilot may, for compensation or hire, act as pilot in command of an aircraft in connection with any business or employment if:

(1) The flight is only incidental to that business or employment; and

(2) The aircraft does not carry passengers or property for compensation or hire.

(c) A private pilot may not pay less than the pro rata share of the operating expenses of a flight with passengers, provided the expenses involve only fuel, oil, airport expenditures, or rental fees." (FAR 61.113)


In other words: If you are a private pilot and you own a plane, you can, for example, fly somewhere that is incidental to your own business and get reimbursed by your employer for the expenses of the fight. You can also share the expenses of the flight with your passengers if, for example, you are all flying somewhere to go fishing. But you can't fly a passenger somewhere you weren't going yourself, just for their convenience, even if the expenses are shared. And you definitely can't charge them a fee for the flight.

The FAA does not look kindly on private pilots providing transportation in exchange for a fee. It's a good way to lose your license, if the FAA finds out. And now this is public, so they might...

[glinda]

3. So are you going to report him?

[mascarax]

5. I agree -- please do!

Also, where is Uncle Drew? Shouldn't he be getting' into some kind of trouble right about now? They've kept him muzzled for awhile.

[glinda]

4. K & R n/t