Maine’s secretary of state and judiciary are accomplices in Tina Turcotte’s traffic death by tractor-trailer driver Scott Hewitt; plain and simple.

How many license suspensions must occur before revocation takes place? Hewitt had 19.

How many license offenses must take place before license revocation sets in? Hewitt had 42.

And how many prior fatal accidents must be committed before revocation of license? Hewitt committed one, 11 years ago.

Now, Maine and New York are arguing over the status of Hewitt’s right to drive. It’s an example of run-for-cover government. Hewitt has continually been an accident going someplace to happen under the uncaring noses of our secretary of state and judges.

Gov. Baldacci enters the scene, saying Maine won’t tolerate bad drivers, implying we have tolerated them to date.

Maine law is adequate to bring about license revocations for the Hewitts on our roads, but Maine government lacks backbone to enforce them.

Pitiful.

John W. Benoit, Rangeley