To The Editor: (May 3) was a major victory for drunk drivers, when the Joint Budget Committee, under the “leadership” of Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick and former officer Justin Hill, eliminated funding for sobriety checkpoints without saving Missouri a dime.Shame on you, former officer Hill!My brother Tommy was killed (in Montgomery County) by a Mizzou college student on Feb. 25, 2012 when she drove the wrong way down the highway after inebriating herself at numerous Columbia bars. She can now feel free to drive drunk again without fear of being stopped at a checkpoint.She left two little boys without a father and a path of destruction in her wake.Now, thanks to our esteemed representatives, all drunks can feel free to take to the road.Only one of our representatives had the fortitude to stand up for the retention of checkpoints: Kathie Conway. Thank you, Ms. Conway!When Rep. Conway objected to the defunding, Fitzpatrick coldly stated “We should review the statistics for next year.” Translation: This experiment will be a victory if there are less drunk driving deaths and a failure if there are more.How many deaths will be enough? That’s a fairly harsh and dangerous test! Anyone who has lost someone at the hands of a drunk driver and most of the law abiding general public would feel that defunding sobriety checkpoints was an exceptionally poor choice and a disservice to Missouri’s residents (other than our representatives drunk driving constituents, like the one who killed my brother, whom they clearly support).The death of the father of two little boys was a preventable crime. Can you, Hill or Fitzpatrick, honestly look in my nephews’ eyes and tell them you have taken away an option to keep the drunks off the road to save another daddy? I can tell them that I tried! What will you tell them?David WarnerSt. Louis