DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Jane Hambleton has dubbed herself the "meanest mom on the planet."
In one of our very first posts, we told you about 4th Ward Alderman James Allspaghetti and 3rd Ward Alderman Don DreadBach's apparent lack of support for enforcement of Park Ridge's Zero Tolerance law: Lullaby and Goodnight to Zero Tolerance?
After Allspaghetti and DreadBach, along with the rest of the aldermen, were treated to nearly 90 minutes of citizen comments at the August 20, 2007 city council meeting in support of the law, the issue faded away.
We were recently reminded of the zero tolerance "dust up" when we read about the self-described "meanest Mom on the plant". This is a woman who practices the zero tolerance she preaches.
After finding alcohol in her son's car, she decided to sell the car and share her 19-year-old's misdeed with everyone -- by placing an ad in the local newspaper.
The ad reads: "OLDS 1999 Intrigue. Totally uncool parents who obviously don't love teenage son, selling his car. Only driven for three weeks before snoopy mom who needs to get a life found booze under front seat. $3,700/offer. Call meanest mom on the planet."
Hambleton has heard from people besides interested buyers since recently placing the ad in The Des Moines Register.
The 48-year-old from Fort Dodge says she has fielded more than 70 telephone calls from emergency room technicians, nurses, school counselors and even a Georgia man who wanted to congratulate her.
"The ad cost a fortune, but you know what? I'm telling people what happened here," Hambleton says. "I'm not just gonna put the car for resale when there's nothing wrong with it, except the driver made a dumb decision.
"It's overwhelming the number of calls I've gotten from people saying 'Thank you, it's nice to see a responsible parent.' So far there are no calls from anyone saying, 'You're really strict. You're real overboard, lady."
The only critic is her son, who Hambleton says is "very, very unhappy" with the ad and claims the alcohol was left by a passenger.
Hambleton believes her son but has decided mercy isn't the best policy in this case. She says she set two rules when she bought the car at Thanksgiving: No booze, and always keep it locked.
The car has been sold, but Hambleton says she will continue the ad for another week -- just for the feedback.
January 16, 2008
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'Meanest mom on planet' sells son's car
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6 comments:
We could sure use more parents like that Mom. There are too many parents that act like their childrens unhappiness is the end of the world.
Yeah, compare that Mom to the dad in yesterday's Sun-Times story about the dad who stood out in freezing weather with his 7 year old daughter for two hours for the Hannah Montana concert because "my little girl just loves Hannah and I want her to be happy." But, then, what do you expect from a Hoosier?
Boring picture today.
I know it's you. The answer is still no. Knock it off.
PRU.ADMIN
But we all like the picture at the meeting . . .
We could have used alot more mom's like this one.
The number of kids killed from DUI
from PK is too many.
Yes - I agree with most here - you can't be a buddy/friend and still
expect them to respect you.
Take the keys!!!!away.........
Thank you.
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