Festival of Faith, June 7, 1980 --- With thanks to "DP"
Continuing to ignore me he said to my secretary, 'Have you got your license?' She showed him the license, which was in good order. He said he wanted the registration... I said, 'The car is gifted to a church a week ago, the registration's on the windshield there.' Three consecutive times he asked my secretary, 'Have you been drinking?' I said, 'Good Lord no, I'm a pastor of a church, I just told ya that.' Three times he repeated the question and each time she said no.
He walked around with his little flashlight, looked at the registration, came back around and I said, 'What's the problem?' He said, 'Erratic driving, going too slow and weaving.' I said, 'Aw hogwash.' Then he said apologetically, 'Maybe it's because the car is big and it's new and you've only had it a week.' I I said, 'My name is Pastor Gene Scott, what's yours?' He said, 'Johnston... what church?' I says, 'Faith Center...the big church 'cross from Forest Lawn Been 33 years in town.' He says, 'Who gave the car?' I said, 'I don't know to tell ya the truth... a lady up north.' He says, 'Somethin' else kinda contribution isn't it?' I says, 'Yeah, it's a good church.' Then he left.
I called Ed Masry and said, 'Will you tell the sergeant?' I'm not dumb...
here's a big, stretch, silver limousine he hasn't seen before... at 2:30 in the
morning and I'm havin' to be pulled over like I'm a pimp or a rock group... it's
pulled over 'cause he wanted to look around in it, thinkin' he was gonna
make a drug bust. And when I tell him I'm pastor of a church that sits on a
corner for 33 years, he oughta have enough brains to check that out first before
he starts askin' my secretary if she's drunk. And I said to Ed Masry, 'Will you
get on the phone with the sergeant and tell them to do their make on the car
I'm drivin?'... 'cause I don't wanna hafta go up and down the streets of
Glendale with every curious cop actin' like a jackass ever time I turn a
corner!
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