Henderson City Attorney Busted For DUI. So What?

The City of Henderson (NV) city attorney was arrested yesterday for DUI and a few other charges after she was involved in a 1 car accident.
From the LVRJ: Henderson City Attorney Elizabeth Quillin told police she'd had "bottles" of wine before she crashed her Lexus and then nearly ran over a woman who stopped to help her Monday afternoon.
According to a Henderson police report of the incident, Quillin admitted to drinking before the 2:45 p.m. crash at Paseo Verde Parkway and Carnegie Street, west of Green Valley Parkway.
Witnesses said Quillin was turning left onto Carnegie when her sport utility vehicle went off the road and hit a fire hydrant, a boulder and a tree....
Police found a full-size bottle of Barefoot Chardonnay, open and nearly empty, in her back seat and a large puddle of wine on the floorboards in front of the driver's seat.
After she failed a field sobriety test, 51-year-old Quillin was booked into the Henderson jail on charges of drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident and having an open container in a vehicle.
She was released on her own recognizance at 2:49 a.m. Tuesday.
She is scheduled to be arraigned in Henderson Municipal Court on June 20.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/arrest-report-shows-henderson-city-attorney-admitted-drinking-before-accident-122518534.html
This is a sad case where an attorney is making a lot of money and clearly has a drinking problem and I hope she is getting the help she needs. (Channel 3 reports she is going for treatment)
Quillin is taking a leave, which is great. However, people have called for her resignation. Why? She wasn't on duty, not driving a city car and she admitted she screwed up.
Further, her job is not prosecuting criminals- she gives advice to the mayor and the aldercritters. She rarely goes to court as a city attorney.
So, let the justice system run it's course, let her receive her punishment and let her return to her job. Maybe a suspension for a couple of days, but that's it.
No one is perfect, especially lawyers, where cockroaches have more class than most attorneys. Let her do her penance and then let her do her job for the City of Henderson.