Paris Hilton's revenge

It doesn't, of course, lessen Paris Hilton's offence any, but she might take a moment of pleasure from the discover that Rocky Delgadillo, Los Angeles' DA and the man responsible for her incarceration and re-incraceration, isn't any better a driver than she is:

We have watched with bemusement at first and now growing concern as early reports of Delgadillo's wife driving with a suspended license have deepened into a pattern of neglect, inattention and insincerity. Over the last two weeks, Times staff writers Patrick McGreevy and Matt Lait have reported that Delgadillo allowed his wife to misuse his city car, and that when she crashed it, he let the city pay $1,222 to repair the damage. He permitted his auto insurance to lapse, which he first denied and then admitted. And now comes the latest disclosure: He had subordinates baby-sit his children and do chores around his house. Throughout this gathering torrent of revelations, Delgadillo has alternately ducked questions, professed to coming clean and admitted to still more misstatements.

Of course, it's unlikely that any of this abuse of law would have come to light had Delgadillo not stepped so cleanly into the spotlight to pursue Hilton. In effect, it's a two-for-one deal.