Keith, come back, all is forgiven
or so says the govenor of Arkansas:
Ark. governor to pardon Rolling Stones’ Richards
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) – Keith Richards, lead guitarist for the Rolling Stones, has been promised a pardon for an old traffic offense – courtesy of a fan, Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Richards was fined $162.20 for reckless driving in 1975 after being stopped in tiny Fordyce, 70 miles south of Little Rock, between shows in Memphis and Dallas.
His car swerved when he tried to adjust the radio, Richards explained, but police said they smelled marijuana and took him and three others to jail. All were freed after a Stones lawyer posted bond, and Richards paid the fine by mail.
Asked whether there might be objections from Arkansas voters, Huckabee deadpanned, “Not from anybody with an IQ above plant life.”
</i>Well, he is in Arkansas, after all…
