In what is certainly a "culture of corruption"...

From here:

CHICAGO — A state lawmaker who didn't live in the district she represents was found guilty of using fake addresses on re-election paperwork and voter registration cards, and must resign.

Rep. Patricia Bailey was found guilty Tuesday of election fraud and perjury after a one-day trial.

"You never had a heat, electric, a telephone, a cable bill," Cook County Judge Diane Gordon-Cannon told the Chicago Democrat. "You never lived for 30 minutes inside your district."

Bailey, 52, first elected in 2002, faces up to five years in prison when sentenced Dec. 21. She wouldn't comment as she left the courtroom.

State law requires her to give up her 6th District House seat on Chicago's South Side, but prosecutors were working to determine whether she had to do so immediately or could wait until she was sentenced.

Bailey also will have to leave her job as a Cook County probation officer. She will be ineligible to hold a government job for five years after her sentence is completed.

What this story leaves out is Ms. Bailey's political affiliation. To paraphrase some of our democrat brethren, Ms. Bailey's behavior is emblematic of a "culture of corruption", from their influential leader of the world, to Bob Torricelli, to good ol Rosty to their current congressional leaders.

Yes, when it comes to a "culture of corruption", our good friends on the left side of the aisle appear to have written the book.

(Filed under limousine liberals)