Not sure where your sudden hostility is coming from, but please don’t make this a race issue.

Couple things for you to realize:

1. I voted for Obama.

2. I voted for Les Ford in the primary.

3. I hosted Susan and Gloria’s victory party two years ago after the election.

And finally-

4. I USED to be a BIG fan of Linda…until she started displaying signs of insanity-

Oh, you want proof? Here’s your proof.

http://jerseymike.org/2008/01/linda-thompsons-city-council/

http://jerseymike.org/2007/06/giorgione-spills-the-beans/

http://jerseymike.org/2007/06/thompson-leads-council-in-authority-smackdown-tonight/

http://jerseymike.org/2008/10/reverend-al-sharpton-to-visit-harrisburg/

First, in criminal records that far back, it is important to be aware that Defendants often used false names, misspellings, fake first or middle names or initials, fake Dates-of-birth, bogus SSNs, bad addresses, etc. This appears true in larger urban centers so that repeat offenders could avoid being hit for any or all priors when cutting a deal on the latest charges. That is, they would concede the details the arresting cops had on hand (so some info is accurate), but then fudge and mix up the rest of the data. Thus, one needs to go through through BOTH the actual court records AND the arrest/police records. Records this old would be in storage for the Court system in DC.

The type of offender who would likely “play” the system this way would be the type who gets arrested from high risk public behaviors, i.e. hookers, addicts, low-level dealers, petty thieves, etc.

To determine the real identity of the person(s) in the cases, one would look to compare the details, including things like addresses, names of who posted bail and relationship, jobs listed, phone numbers and perhaps most importantly the mug shots. One would need the old court records first to check out the required file info so as to accurately ID the police officers involved in the arrest, hearing, etc. and other identifiers. Then one would take the identifiers on various court files and go ask the DC Metro police to pull their records (which are not usually fully open for public inspection) that match those identifiers to see mug shots. (Finger prints would be great but not likely to be run through any data system, as the purpose for such a search is not a law enforcement purpose.) That record search is a road map to answering the question here as to whether our LT was the same LDT in any of the DC-area reports of convictions. Why does that matter? Because under the PA Constitution, a felony conviction or other notorious crime bars any person from holding any paid public office.

I doubt it is her but as far as I know, no one has done the full leg work to determine the answer one way or the other.