Mothers Against Drunk Driving its 2014 tax return. Radley Balko, an advocate for decriminalizing drunk driving, argued in a December 2002 article that MADD's policies are becoming overbearing. "In fairness, MADD deserves credit for raising awareness of the dangers of driving while intoxicated. It was almost certainly MADD's dogged efforts to spark public debate that effected the drop in fatalities since 1980, when Candy Lightner founded the group after her daughter was killed by a drunk driver," Balko wrote. "But MADD is at heart a bureaucracy, a big one. It boasts an annual budget of $45 million, $12 million of which pays for salaries,
Gertie Shields Gertie Shields Gertie Shields (1930 – 30 July 2015) was the Irish woman who founded the Irish version of Mothers Against Drunk Driving Born Gertie Dempsey in Drogheda to Vincent Dempsey and Kathleen Balfe in 1930. She had 4 siblings, Deirdre, Vincent, Aidan and Raymond, who has been mayor of Drogheda. She married Gerry Shields and had nine children. She lived in Balbriggan in Dublin. Her mother had been a remarkable woman and Shields said she was a huge influence on her life. Shields' daughter Paula was killed by a drunk driver, with several of her friends, when Paula was