NEWS
A4 • FLORENCE-UNION RECORDER • JUNE 7, 2012
Letters to uninsured drivers an attempt to close loophole Clerk: Letter shouldn’t be ignored By Stephanie Salmons ssalmons@nky.com
Uninsured motorists will risk having their vehicle registration can-
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ers with personal vehicles, so when they come into the clerk’s office, employees can automatically see proof of insurance. However, Brown said there are loopholes in that because a driver could get insurance, drop it and not get it again for another year. “It’s closing the loophole, monitoring insurance on a monthly basis basically, rather than just once annually,” said Brown. If insurance drops off for whatever reason, it will generate a letter, he said. Some insured drivers may potentially receive letters because a number may be off with the vehicle’s VIN number or if the system says the insurance policy is commercial when it’s really a personal policy, said deputy clerk Cindy Taylor. “You’re going to get a letter if there’s a discrepancy,” she said. Whether insured or not, Brown said the letter can’t be ignored. Those who are “doing the right thing” will be good, he said, “but if you don’t have insurance,
you’re going to have to get insurance.” According to an announcement from Brown, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet estimates 787 Boone County residents will receive a notice of the 35,000 being sent statewide. The notices will advise those vehicle owners that registration for their personal vehicles will be canceled if required insurance isn’t obtained or proof of existing insurance isn’t provided within 30 days. The initiative is aimed at drivers skirting the law by dropping coverage once their vehicles have been registered, the announcement reads. Some people may be “inconvenienced a little bit and that’s unfortunate,” said Brown. “I’m not managing the system, the state is, so we’re just going to have to try to work through that. The big picture is we’re trying to keep uninsured motorists, at least identify them and try to keep them off the road.” For more information, contact Brown at 859334-2108.
Robinson’s 5th book available to public By Libby Cunningham Lcunningham@nky.com
FORT MITCHELL — Coffee shops on Dixie Highway might hold the key to Rick Robinson’s concentration. Robinson, a local author and attorney, celebrated publication of his fifth book, “Writ of Mandamus,” May 15 at the Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Crestview Robinson Hills Town Center. But his writing career is more than 30 years in the making. “I’ve been writing my whole life, but never had the guts to put out anything to be published,” he said. Growing up in Ludlow and Bromley he spent 30 years trying to write a coming-of-age novel about his youth, he said from a seat at Brewberry Coffee Company, where he occasionally comes to write. It didn’t work out. But it only took him 30 days to crank out 150 pages about other subjects near and dear to
him: law, politics and life in Northern Kentucky. Robinson gave a copy to his wife, to see what she thought. “She gave the ultimate wife endorsement,” he said. “(And said) ‘this isn’t half bad.’” After sending it to 30 publishers, three were interested in the story; Robinson’s writing career took off. His political thrillers are a series that follows Richard Thompson, a protagonist who starts out his career as a councilman in Ludlow, to Washington, D.C. The location isn’t the only Northern Kentucky tie to his series, though. Other prominent Kenton County locations and figures make appearances too, with Robinson tweaking their names and appearances ever so slighty, he said. “Everyone tries to figure out the names,” he jokes, saying he’s included names similar to friends such as Patricia Summe, chief judge for Kenton County Circuit Court, and Family Court Judge Chris Mehling. “You write what you know,” he said.
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