Grand Old Police Blotter: W.D.-40 Edition

That's 40 months (plus) in the hole for the former President of the Florida Senate, W.D. Childers.

More Republican election fraud in Florida, this time involving the purchase of an election rather than the theft of one:

Former Florida Senate President W.D. Childers was sentenced to 3� years in prison Friday for bribing a fellow Escambia County commissioner to vote for buying a disused soccer complex in Pensacola.

A jury last month convicted Childers, once one of Florida's most powerful politicians, of bribery and unlawful compensation for an official act. He was ordered to complete 250 hours of community service and 1� years probation after he finishes the sentence....

Childers, 69, was brought to the Okaloosa County Courthouse from the Escambia County Jail in Pensacola, where he has been serving a 60-day sentence since Tuesday for unrelated violations of Florida's open-government ``sunshine'' law. He will begin the prison term after the jail sentence.

Don't forget to send W.'s name to ChoicePoint, Jeb.