America’s favorite crack-smoking mayor is back in the legal limelight.  Marion Barry, former mayor and current city council member of Washington, D.C., has been charged with failure to file his income tax returns.  It’s a misdemeanor charge that could bring 1 1/2 years in jail.

Conviction won’t mean Barry loses his job as a city council member since by law he would only lose it if he gets felony jail time.  Even better, at the end of his current term in 2008 Barry will be qualify for pension benefits and a lifetime income.  So that’s what happens when you help run a city into the ground for over 30 years.  Sheesh.