After being denied admission to the White House as he hung under a cloud of felony charges, State Representative Travis Ismay has taken a plea bargain where he made an alford plea. That is, a type of guilty plea where a criminal defendant maintains their innocence but admits that the prosecution has enough evidence to convict them at trial.
In other words, he didn’t want to own up, but admitted the evidence is there to show that he’s a dope.
According to court records, Ismay was sentenced Friday to pay $1,750 in restitution and $78.50 in court costs after entering a plea of no contest to a charge of destruction of a highway, grade or ditch, while dropping his original felony charge.
In a joint press release, Butte County State’s Attorney Brian D. Knox and Ismay’s legal counsel, Tim Rensch, said the plea agreement saved both parties and the county the expense of a jury trial.
Maybe now Ismay will realize that being a legislator does not include self-help on fixing county roads.
“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.”
Sun Tzu
The Art of War
Being a legislator and a dope is not mutually exclusive.