The Fall of a City Attorney

In the City of Angels, there are awesome ascents and even more spectacular descents. Today, we witness the beginning of the end for the hypocrtic Los Angeles City Attorney, Rocky Delgadillo.

As Rocky was in court yesterday to argue for an even longer sentence for his nemesis Paris Hilton, Rocky was cornered by reporters and forced to shed light on the skeletons in his own closet. The public has heard the bones rattling for a while and yesterday Rocky was forced to open the door and let everyone see what all the noise was. And what an amazing glimpse it was.

Paris Hilton sits in the Lynwood jail for driving on a suspended license. This was a violation of her November 2006 probation. The probation stemmed from Paris' September 2006 DUI conviction.

On July 25, 2004, Rocky Delgadillo's wife, Michelle, had her license suspended for three years. The suspension was the result of an accident Michelle had where she failed to provide proof of insurance. Michelle failed to file a report of the accident with the DMV as required by law when the accident involves injury or damage in the amount of $750 or greater. The other driver filed the report with the DMV. That same month, Michelle crashed Rocky's city-issued SUV into a pole. Rocky had the vehicle repaired at tax-payer expense to the tune of $1,222. Rocky decided on Monday he should reimburse the city for this cost - three years after the fact. On Sept. 13, 2005, Michelle was ticketed for another traffic violation, but was not even cited for having a suspended license. Michelle, of course, did not have insurance this time either.

Rocky was quick to point out that Paris was driving drunk, making her crime much worse that Rocky's wife's crimes. Paris, however, did not hit anyone. Paris did not hit anyone without insurance. Paris did not crash her car and make tax-payers pay for it. No, Paris' crime was a victimless crime, which cannot be said of Michelle Delgadillo's escapades which left an accident victim unreimbursed and tax-payers victimized.

I only hope that Rocky can summon the courage and honor to be the professional he has thus far failed to be by submitting his resignation immediately.