A Grimm Good-Bye

Here at Writing The World, we've been keeping an eye on Representative Michael Grimm (R/New York) all year. He first gained notoriety back in January after the State Of The Union address, when he threatened to throw a reporter off the balcony at the U.S. Capitol. Then after the November mid-terms I noted that unlike kissing congressman/caught on video Vance McAllister, Rep. Grimm did win reelection to his house seat. Shortly thereafter he got in some legal trouble:

From CNN: The Staten Island congressman was indicted in April on 20 counts relating to his health food restaurant, Healthalicious, including charges that he filed false tax returns; engaged in mail fraud, wire fraud and perjury; and knowingly hired undocumented workers.

Initially Rep. Grimm said he would not resign from Congress, even after pleading guilty to felony tax evasion. Now reality seems to have caught up with him, possibly in the person of a very pissed off House Speaker John Boehner, and Grimm has announced that after much thought and prayer, he will, in fact, step down effective Jan. 5.

A new representative will have to be either appointed or elected; whoever that ends up being, he or she can't possibly be as entertaining as soon-to-be-former Representative Michael Grimm.