Former Mayor Who Won Ten Commandants Battle With ACLU Busted For Breaking Ten Commandments

Thou shall not steal candy bars is in there somewhere, right? The Friendly Atheist has the backstory:

In 2001, the ACLU filed a lawsuit over a Ten Commandments monument outside the new City Hall building in Grand Junction, Colorado. It was a Christian symbol — everybody knew that — so it had no place on government property. Knowing that they would likely lose the lawsuit, the city council members decided to put a disclaimer on the monument saying it was “not meant to endorse any particular system of religious belief.” Which is bullshit. They also created a “Cornerstones of Law and Liberty” plaza, retroactively creating a secular context for the monument, so it would be seen alongside other historical markers like the Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, and the preamble to the Bill of Rights. It cost the taxpayers $64,000… and it worked. The lawsuit didn’t go anywhere. Reford Theobold was the council member (and two-time Mayor) who led this charge, running up the taxpayers’ tab so the Ten Commandments monument could remain outside City Hall.

And here’s what just happened:

A former two-time Grand Junction mayor and city councilor told police he acted “stupid” when he shoplifted candy bars and maps from a Mesa Mall sporting goods store, according to a Grand Junction Police Department summons. Reford Theobold, 61, was ticketed at about noon on Friday on suspicion of theft by shoplifting after an employee of Cabela’s, 2424 U.S. Highway 6&50, observed Theobold take several “Big Hunk” candy bars, hide them in a file folder and walk past registers without paying, an officer wrote in the summons. The police officer noted Theobold was a vendor for Cabela’s. Theobold also had two maps which weren’t paid for, the summons said. The officer said Theobold repeatedly apologized, told officers he was embarrassed and that he’d acted “stupid.” Theobold also wrote out a statement for the officer at the scene. The episode was captured on store surveillance cameras.

(Tipped by JMG reader Jasun)