Tribune Opinion: Strodtman conviction a message to others

In a way, Mark Strodtman is the poster child for much of what has gone wrong in this country. Strodtman, 52, was convicted last week of 11 counts of theft, 11 counts of forgery and one count of racketeering under the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act. He's looking at spending the rest of his life in prison. Strodtman led a real estate scheme in which he falsely inflated the price of homes he ...