The Indy editorship calls the Flathead Lake Boat Crash investigation "maddingly slow." As if to underscore this characterization, there comes news that - hey! - the test results on Barkus' BAC are ready! Only...
The forensic analysis of state Sen. Greg Barkus' blood samples was completed Wednesday by an out-of-state lab and should arrive in Flathead County by the end of this week, said Judy Beck, a spokeswoman for the state Attorney General's Office....
The lab, National Medical Services, sent the findings back to Missoula for an administrative review, Beck said, and the results were then postmarked in certified mail and sent to the Flathead County sheriff and county attorney.
Apparently they're shipping out the results by Pony Express.
There's this thing, this device, that's probably right at your elbow - or, if you've got one of the new-fangled kind, right in your pocket! - and it's called a "telephone"...
And expect on Friday to hear that the Flathead authorities need to wait until their official test-results reader is back from vacation, which will be Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, before they can open the envelope. That is, if the results aren't thrown out for being "overly partisan." |
