Dad gets 9 months for stealing from football booster clubPLN#12

In the article Dad gets 9 months for stealing from football booster club, I thought that it is so ridiculous to see how crazy people are about getting as much money as they can get their hands on. In the article the father of a former Golden High School football player (43-year-old William Hilborne)was sentenced to 9 months in jail for stealing money from the booster club for his son's football team, Not to mention that he had been on a two year probation for drug use. After pleading guilty to cashing checks that his 39-year-old wife, Kelli Hilborne wrote while serving as treasurer of the Quarterback Club, and she previously was sentenced to 20 days in jail and three years probation. "This is a pattern for him," said prosecutor in asking for incarceration. "He takes money that isn't his." The couple also used the club's credit card to charge meals and entertainment for themselves! About $8,000 was embezzled from the club in which most of that money was raised by the student athletes, they paid back much of the money but they still owe about $1,200 dollars. The last quote in the article is, "This was a huge blow to them," said public defender John Morrison. "It was shameful and embarrassing and destroyed a lot of their relationships here. They moved away to spare their son from suffering the consequences of their embarrassment." I think that these are very strong words said in a statement. What matters in this article is that stealing is wrong, and no matter what you will always get caught sooner or later. How this affects the world is it shows how far some people are willing to go for any extra money that they can get their hands on. This can be a warning to those in the world that are dishonest and are willing to make poor decisions with there lives. How easily people fall from bad situations to worse, and how it is difficult to learn to trust people in this world is how this article affects me. This article reminds me of a quote by Warren G. Harding, "I have no trouble with my enemies. But my friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor nights." This article reminded me of this quote because, many of the people of the community trusted the Hilbornes to be honest because they were there friends. It is like what Harding said, you know who your enemies are, but when it comes to your friends it is easy to trust them until it is to late.