Don’t get me started on the US Congress and its involvement in theft. That is a subject for a series of well-researched articles. But man, our politicians sure do seem like a bunch of thieves. With respect to the following “wanna-be” politician that is exactly the case.

A Real Winner

A former Southern California congressional candidate was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for identity theft. If that was not bad enough she was sentenced for ID theft while she was in jail for fraud.

Orange County prosecutors say 49-year-old Delecia Holt violated parole by committing identity theft while she was serving a 708-day sentence for defrauding hotels and a Mercedes-Benz dealer. She had been convicted of nine felonies in the fraud case.

Adding further insult to injury Holt was sentenced Tuesday to six years and eight months in prison for preparing a false federal tax return opening bank accounts and writing bad checks while she was in jail.

Holt ran as a write-in candidate in Orange County's 47th Congressional District in 2005 and San Diego's 53rd Congressional District the following year.

The sad thing is, if look hard, many of our state’s and nation’s elected officials are guilty of many of the same offenses. Society sure would be a better place if we all did not steal.