A large truth ...

Leadership positions are usually filled by people too dumb or too crazy to realize no one else wants the job.

Good freaky stuff from the Associated Press:

Press club award inquiry expanding
A scandal ensnaring one of the Southwest's top journalism awards may extend back two more years than previously thought, officials with The Press Club of Dallas said Monday.

The entries for the 2006 Katie Awards apparently never went before judges, and the competitions from 2004 and 2005 are also under investigation, club President Tom Stewart said.

Stewart said he believes that the competitions might have been rigged by the club's former leader, who has won 10 Katies in the past four years and has a criminal history of passing bad checks and a personal history of erratic behavior. Former press club president Elizabeth Albanese was fired Saturday...

After repeatedly being asked about her background last week, Albanese acknowledged that she had been arrested in Texas and Virginia on charges of passing bad checks. The Associated Press has found records confirming those arrests, as well as additional arrests for fraud, theft and forgery in Maryland.

Those records indicate Albanese's name is Lisa J. Albanese and that she is 41. In an interview last week, she had said her name was Elizabeth M. Albanese, and that she is 37.

Several board members of The Press Club of Dallas said Albanese was also known for making outlandish and sometimes conflicting claims.

She has told people that she entered the University of Texas as a 16-year-old and was a cheerleader there. After the allegations became public, press club members compared notes and discovered that Albanese also told some people she had been a widow, others that she survived several types of cancer.

Just to add some background to those that don't know. The Katies are pretty much the biggest journalism awards available in Texas and the surrounding states. You win a couple of those, you've got a pretty good shot of actually moving up to a position that doesn't pay joke wages.

They were also very popular because the awards used to be in the shape of a naked, well-endowed lady. They eventually uglied her up to make it less offensive.

Tho, now with this scandal thing, I want one even less.