You sorta had to know this was coming. Ever since news first broke in the Washington Post on January 29 that D.C. Council member and former mayor Marion Barry had failed to file his taxes for the 11 millionth time, our collective Spidey Sense told us that those same federal prosecutors who were pushing for jail time for Barry for violating his parole in 2007 would be back. Now the Post is reporting that prosecutors are once again seeking to imprison the “mayor for life.”

Here’s what’s happened to date: Barry pleaded guilty in 2005 to failing to pay taxes from 1999 to 2004, for which he is still on probation. Then he failed to file his 2005 returns, and prosecutors wanted him thrown in jail because complying with all tax laws was a condition of his probation. But a judge threw out that request on a technicality. Now, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom Zeno has filed a motion arguing that Barry’s failure to file his 2007 returns (he did file in 2006) constitutes yet another violation of his parole, and that Barry should therefore be jailed.

Barry’s parole was supposed to be up in about a month, but we’re guessing this latest development at the very least calls into question whether that parole might now be extended.

Does anyone have a spare copy of TurboTax for Council member Barry?