BUT SHE IS BLACK, SO IT'S ALL GOOD

by Bob Walsh

Beverly Chester-Burton, 59, is the mayor of Shivley, Kentucky.   She also teaches school there.  Tuesday night at about 11 p.m. she "fell asleep" (passed out) in the drive-thru at the local White Castle.  She hit a truck and a utility pole on her way out of the drive-thru, causing significant damage to her car and the pole and other vehicle.  She smelled strongly of alcohol and could not walk a straight line.  She refused a BAC test.  

 She at first claimed the accelerator of her car stuck.  She also claimed she hit the pole deliberately to avoid hitting other vehicles.  Her story does not line up with those of multiple witnesses.

She also claimed that she had had two martinis with dinner, more than two hours before the accident.  

She is the first Black mayor of Shivley and was elected in 2018.  She was booked but released the next day.  She will be arraigned today.