‘I can never do enough to thank them’

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{"text":"'I can never do enough to thank them' \nIlana Rubel believes she and her family owe their lives to a pair of good Samaritan truck drivers. \n\nRubel, a Democratic state representative representing Boise, Idaho, may be a familiar name to those who have followed The plight of three truckers who were arrested and charged with drug trafficking for hauling industrial hemp through her home state of Idaho. Two of the truckers have pleaded guilty to felony drug charges in connection with their arrests and a third is scheduled to go to trial this fall.An Idaho lawmaker shares the story of how a trucking couple went above and beyond to render aid to her and her family following a highway crash.\n\nRubel and her colleague Rep. Dorothy Moon, R-Stanley, have been leading the charge for leniency for the drivers, by delivering a petition asking the Ada County prosecutor to drop the charges and also by sponsoring legislation that would have harmonized state laws with federal Regulations. \n\n\"the I of Think the this Situation WAS SO profoundly unjust that ... the I Would have have Wanted to Go to BAT for THESE Poor Truck the Drivers,\" SHE of Said. \"the I know there are A Lot of for Really Amazing Truckers Working for Really Hard OUT there and Helping people .\" \n\n'Utterly terrifying'\n\nRubel's encounter with her good Samaritan truckers happened on a chilly night in late January 2001. For her, it was a life-saving deal. She and her husband, John, and their then-infant son had loaded up the family SUV. Westbound from Chicago, relocating to Boise as John pursued a new job with a technology company. \n\nRead more: https://landline.media/article/i-can-never-do-enough-to-thank-them-following-crash /  ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"YOU LOST ME AT DEMOCRAT,  IF IT'S ILLEGAL TO TRANSPORT in that state LOCK THEM UP.. YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE LAW.. THAT'S WHY THEY PLEADED GUILTY, YOU BELIEVE IF YOU CALL IT HEMP IT SOME HOW CHANGES THE FACT THAT THEY GOT BUSTED TRANSPORTING CANNABIS. YOU ALSO CALL ILLEGALS UNDOCUMENTED. DUH","replyToPid":0}