James 'the stain' Traficant REALLY doesn't care about the future, or even the present of the Mahoning Valley. If he did, he'd  stay away from the election process.

Wait two minutes - I do agree that he has every right to circulate petitions and run - but here's a guy that is  a poster-boy for corruption in office.

Everytime congressional corruption hits the news-Traficant's reputation rears it's ugly backside.

Most recently:

CBS Evening News 29July 2010 :http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/29/eveningnews/main6726164.shtml" rel="nofollow"> The stage is now set for the kind of spectacle that many of Rangel's colleagues had hoped to avoid. The last ethics trial was in 2002. James Traficant had been convicted of bribery and corruption.

Traficant's defense? Point fingers at colleagues who'd been found guilty of having sex with young pages but were not expelled.

At one point Traficant asked, "Is sex with a minor 17 years old rape?" When a colleague began to answer, Traficant continued, "And a felony, sir?"

CNN 29 July 2010: