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December 06, 2007

Wesley Snipes has jumped out to an early lead in our Taxpayer of the Year voting. Vox Populi, Vox Dei and all that, but we shouldn't ignore worthy candidates just because they aren't movie stars. We will therefore introduce you to some of the more obscure, but no less deserving, nominees.

Today we mention psychic Richard Guardino. He has had a rough time in recent years. For example, while awaiting trial on federal tax charges, he had a little domestic run-in:

Police say a self-proclaimed psychic charged with tax evasion is now accused of forcing his way into a motel and attacking his wife and a man she was staying with.

David Marius Guardino of Caryville had been allowed to remain free pending trial in federal court on the tax evasion charges.

Now, a petition to revoke his pretrial freedom has been filed following the alleged April 27 incident with his wife.

As we said at the time,

Very strange. He filed a return he had to know would get him in trouble, and he married a woman he had to know he'd find in a motel with another man. Clairvoyance must be overrated.

The 64 year-old, 366 lb. Mr. Guardino clinched his nomination at his sentencing hearing:

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a whole stack of them did not suit this self-styled seer to the stars.

"Can I show you my legs?" Caryville psychic David Marius Guardino, 64, asked Senior U.S. District Judge James H. Jarvis Tuesday.

"Come on up here," Jarvis responded, setting the stage for a surreal courtroom encounter in which Jarvis stood up from the bench and peered over it to watch as Guardino hoisted his pant legs to convince the judge he deserves judicial mercy because of health woes.

There's no way judges get paid enough for that.

Cast an informed vote every day through December 31!

Tags: taxpayer of the year - 2007.

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