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Daily Camera - A Boulder man was arrested on suspicion of driving a city maintenance tractor while drunk at the Boulder Reservoir on the Fourth of July. Boulder police received a call a little before 7 p.m. Monday that a man had gotten into the tractor and driven it from an area near the maintenance building, past the boat launch area, to the parking lot near the volleyball court, Boulder police spokeswoman Kim Kobel said. According to a police report, the keys were in the tractor -- a John Deere 4200 with a forklift on the front and a rototiller on the back -- because a city worker was in the process of moving the vehicle, Kobel said. Police found the man witnesses said was driving the tractor at the volleyball court. According to the report, Phillip Harold Hall, 23, admitted to driving the tractor and said he had fun, before asking whether he was in trouble, Kobel said. When asked if he had been drinking, Hall told police, "I'm drunk for sure, but I'm trying to establish my independence," Kobel said. Hall was booked into the Boulder County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence and DUI per se.
This is a guy who gets it. Its July 4th for crying out loud, just let the man exercise his independence. If there was anything our forefathers stood for it was the fight against government oppression, and that's what we got ourselves a case of right here. The similarities are uncanny.
Tired of paying taxes and royalties to an absentee government with no representation our forefathers banded together to rebel and fight for this great country we live in today, just like what Phillip Harold Hall was trying to do this weekend...Tired of paying taxes used to purchase and operate municipal landscaping gear and reaping none of the fun, Phillip decided he was going to rectify the situation the only way he knew how. By taking back a piece of government equipment he helped fund.
Sure, you may point out the drastic differences in what each was fighting for, the original Patriots fighting for freedom and a right to fair government and politics, Phillip the right to joy ride on city property while intoxicated but at their core they're fundamentally the same issue. Phillip is a hero, a martyr if you will, he knew when to draw the line. If he just let that tractor pass, didn't take it for a drunken spin, then what next? It's a slippery slope, you give big governemnent an inch, next thing you know they're raising your taxes, foreclosing on your homestead and incurring the rights of Prima Nocta.
