Adele Ferguson - Will drunken driving bust mark end for Dorn at SPI?

IS SUPERINTENDENT of Public Instruction Randy Dorn all washed up or can he convince the voters by 2012 that his repentance is real?

If he chooses to run for reelection, that is. The head of the state’s schools pleading guilty to driving under the influence is not the kind of thing you run in your ad asking for voter support. He pled guilty and has served a day in jail, with 364 more days hanging over him if he falls off the wagon and is caught driving so it’s up to him now.

But let’s go back to 1983, the year the state passed its new tougher drunk driving law. The first lawmaker nabbed under t...