Mitt Romney

===Minor political issues===
Two family incidents during this time later surfaced during Romney's political campaigns.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.deseret.com/2012/5/7/20502075/the-story-behind-mitt-romney-s-1981-arrest-for-disorderly-conduct|title=The story behind Mitt Romney's 1981 arrest for disorderly conduct|first=Jamshid Ghazi|last=Askar|newspaper=[[Deseret News]]|date=May 7, 2012|access-date=February 6, 2020|archive-date=February 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206173242/https://www.deseret.com/2012/5/7/20502075/the-story-behind-mitt-romney-s-1981-arrest-for-disorderly-conduct|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wapo-dog">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-dog-on-the-car-roof-story-still-proves-to-be-his-critics-best-friend/2012/03/14/gIQAp2LxCS_story.html|title=Mitt Romney's dog-on-the-car-roof story still proves to be his critics' best friend|first=Philip|last=Rucker|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 14, 2012|access-date=September 5, 2017|archive-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902184247/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romneys-dog-on-the-car-roof-story-still-proves-to-be-his-critics-best-friend/2012/03/14/gIQAp2LxCS_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A state park ranger in 1981 told Romney his motorboat had an insufficiently visible license number and that he would face a $50 fine if he took the boat onto the lake. Disagreeing about the license and wanting to continue a family outing, Romney took it out anyway, saying he would pay the fine. The ranger arrested him for [[disorderly conduct]]. The charges were dropped several days later.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/61957067.html?dids=61957067:61957067&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720230245/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/61957067.html?dids=61957067:61957067&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT |title=GOP hopeful arrested in 1981; Charge dismissed in boating case |author=Phillips, Frank|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=May 5, 1994|page=37|archive-date = July 20, 2011}}</ref> In 1983, on a 12-hour family road trip, he placed the family's [[Mitt Romney dog incident|dog in a windshield-equipped carrier on the roof of their car]], and then washed the car and carrier after the dog suffered a bout of diarrhea.<ref name="bgseries4" /> The dog incident in particular later became fodder for Romney's critics and political opponents.<ref name="wapo-dog"/><ref name="bg-seamus">{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/01/08/what_our_fascination_with_mitt_romneys_dog_seamus_says_about_our_culture/ |url-status=live |title=What our fascination with Mitt Romney's dog Seamus says about our culture|author=Swidey, Neil|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=January 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610211419/http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2012/01/08/what_our_fascination_with_mitt_romneys_dog_seamus_says_about_our_culture/?page=full|archive-date=June 10, 2012}}</ref>