Someone is Flipping
- The alleged bagman in a $2 million bribery scandal over Chicago's red light camera contract is cooperating with federal authorities and has testified in the ongoing grand jury investigation, the Tribune has learned.
Martin O'Malley, 73, the Chicago-based consultant for Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. since the contract began in 2003, has admitted that much of the $2 million he was paid by the company was used as payoffs to a top city manager who oversaw the traffic camera program from the beginning, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
Asked about O'Malley's cooperation agreement in an interview this week, his attorney acknowledged that O'Malley has testified before the grand jury and admitted his role in the alleged decadelong conspiracy. O'Malley, who is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, is expected to eventually plead guilty in the case.
Seventy-three and looking at the remained of your life behind bars far from home refreshes a lot of memories and loosens the tongue. Besides, confession is said to be good for the soul. So who is he sweating?
Labels: corruption
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
98 Comments:
I think it's time to get some popcorn because this could be fun to see who is going to go down.
Please dear God, let it be Daley!!!!!
"Someone is Flipping"
Beautiful!
How about Rahm forced to personally refunding every nickel stolen from the tax payers during the implementation of this shit-show?
May every lving ass that profited end up as joyously rotting skeletons in federal prison.
Who cares who he is sweating? -
It's a start.
Funny how out of SO MANY projects, this one may bear some fruit on routine payoffs and "deals".
When you think of ALL the "funny" deals, Redlight doesn't seem to make it even close to the top.
What about the Parking Meter deal? What about all the "contracts" handed out for Millennial Park? O'Hare?....the Olympics (that never happened)?
So why haven't they begun taking the cameras down?
Anyone?
Chicago is crooked from stem-to-stern.
Why would this contract be any different?
Wonder what area will do the death investigation?
Completely off topic but, several officers have children who are currently on the Jackie Robinson baseball team, they are currently at the Little League World Series, and playing quite well. I think we should give the young men some recognition on this Blog.
FUCKING WOW!! I can hardly believe it.
Now if that could only lead to FLIPPING on the same bribery that must have been involved in the PARKING METER SCANDAL.
D A L E Y
can someone recommend the most comfortable and durable uniform pants and shirts. don't want to waist my money on crap
The Big Question. Was O'Malley the bagman for Chicago, or did he give the money to the bagman? Does he have first-hand/witness knowledge of who was paid off?
I hope he does.
Just Keep building Maggie Crime Family Daley Park
BTW wheres the 1.4 Million from the taxpayers?
Oh my!
teespring.com/SupportDarrenWilson
T shirt supporting the missouri police officer
ot you guys missed it. A certain alderman of lakeview stated if Chicago ever gets a casino that 100 percent of the funds should go toward the pension fund. He's got my vote!
8/20/2014 06:37:00 PM
Same alderman has been asking since J-Fled how many cops there really are by requesting # of uniform checks and officers paying into the pension fund, etc. Also gave Cozzi a job
Who is the alderman?
8/21/2014 08:49:00 AM
Lakeview alderman = Tom Tunney.
BTW, long before he was an alderman, he fed cops and family at Cook County when they were there 24/7 praying for Mike Ceriale to pull through. Always perplexed why cops who don't know him talk smack about him here. I've known him for 30 years -- been otj for 20 -- and he's always been supportive of CPD rank and file.
Water in basement anyone?
Completely off topic but, several officers have children who are currently on the Jackie Robinson baseball team, they are currently at the Little League World Series, and playing quite well. I think we should give the young men some recognition on this Blog.
8/22/2014 12:59:00 AM
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Recognition? Recognition should also go to the parents for spending time with their kids and getting them into something where they can develop skills and get out of the two square miles they live in and see a totally different world.
Teamwork, responsibilities, some discipline, and a look at a totally different world.
That is part of what is lacking in many schools - activities where the kids can develop social skills, participate in contests, set goals and have responsibilities.
Sports, playing in a band, provides a huge amount of development. It's good the kids achieved something, but even more so - the parents achieved something as well - raising their kids right.
Congratulations to all.
Not a LEO, JAFO
OT anyone else not receive vri/cta checks direct deposit today?
Alan Dorfman should have taken this route. And many more.
Geyser in the basement! These idiots just did a month long sewer project too. Unreal. This city really is a shit show
I thought Bills was the first on the bus.
DALEY is not concerned one bit. He's still suffering from retardeditis.
OT: Regarding JRW baseball team.
If they would stop harping on the all black team and inner city team.....that's all they talk about. They are from Chicago so we should support them. Can you imagine if there was an all white team from Mt. Greenwood? How would the media report abou them? They would never mention race. Mary Mitchell would ask...Where is the diversity?
Is this the same O'Malley that was the connected restaurant owner some years ago?
Daley does not touch cash he has bag-men. Clouted neighborhood friends throughout the city.
You may know some of them because many of them were exempts who retired to other city and county jobs.
And judges if you have not noticed are pawns to. They are slated for election by the democrats and they always seek higher officer just picture Alderman Burkes wife!
So expect low level dupes to get banged on this because daley is sickly and can't remember how many part time gigs he has now...
If the media had any brains they would drive by 52nd and Wentworth and notice a giant bill board going up on city land.
Remember when Rahm was pushing for LED signs by the expressway against Federal law regulating Highways???
Rahm did it again backroom deal with the land!
Who is the contractor?
What is the lease the city set up?
BGA???
Goudie???
Carol Marin???
I know Karen Lewis house in Hawaii is what Rahm wants you to look at and he wrapped up all the info on a thumb drive.
Oh well.
My double wide did not take in any water.
i hear all the money in madigans
walls are wet....
Please dear God, let it be Daley!!!!!
Even if it is, he would just get another doctors note stating that he's sick and can't be charged with any crimes.
So why haven't they begun taking the cameras down?
Anyone?
Because the city is run by arrogant assholes. They are continuing to collect from the cameras while this plays out in the hope that the final judgment falls in their favor.
And even if it doesn't and the city is ordered to pay back all the fines collected, they will simply just drag their feet.
Water in basement anyone?
Nope. Looks like the flood control system I had installed is paying off.
"...alleged decade-long conspiracy..."
Watch out, Daley. Gonna be "too sick to testify" again because you're going out for drinks and dinner?
The truth will set you free.......honesty is the best policy......truth be told,it's over rated!
I've known the Tunney Family for over 30 years, salt of the earth, and all self made. otj 28yrs.
OT....Ferguson just keeps getting better and better. Big Mike's buddy, cigar carrier, and main eyewitness, Dorian, has a criminal background for theft and false reports. And, he popped a warrant to boot! None of which will effect his veracity, says his lawyer. Oh yeah...it does....
OT
http://www.ijreview.com/2014/08/170048-star-witness-michael-brown-shooting-charged-theft-filing-false-police-report/
Dorian Johnson, the primary witness to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, has an outstanding warrant for a 2011 theft in Jefferson City and pleaded guilty for filing a false police report related to that theft.
St. Louis ABC affiliate ABC 17 cross referenced Johnson’s name against several records and discovered the warrant.
Johnson will be the star witness for any potential prosecution proceedings against Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Brown. Johnson was walking with Brown when the shooting occurred.
He has already done multiple media appearances where he falsely claimed Brown was shot by Wilson in the back. He also has claimed that Brown never reached for Wilson’s gun, was “shot like an animal” and that Brown had his hands up and told Wilson he was unarmed.
At what point does the ghetto criminal class lose ALL credibility??
Daley is packing to move to Burkes castle.
014 under the scope at comstat. Mission team and tact doing $hit. Frank get some working police in there!
I cleaned my gutters before the rain anticipating heavy rains and it was very beneficial no basement trickle,nothing,remarkable....pass it on!
Anonymous said...
Wonder what area will do the death investigation?
8/22/2014 12:56:00 AM
The same area that did Michael Scott's suicide Did you forget about him ?
Didn't know that about Tom Tunney. Thanks! Good man!
This could get very interesting unless he's just going to take the hit for the Daley crime family!
OT --
Ever-helpful CNN is really digging, trying to finger Ferguson MO officer Darren Wilson for the people who marched in the street chanting "How do we want him? DEAD!"
Ferguson shooting: Where's Officer Darren Wilson?
By Fatih Karimi and Michael Pearson, CNN
updated 10:26 AM EDT, Fri August 22, 2014
"(CNN) -- As the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson calmed early Friday after nights of protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, the question remains: Where's the police officer who pulled the trigger?
"Officer Darren Wilson, 28, shot Michael Brown on August 9. The shooting sparked days of violent protests in Ferguson as residents demanded his arrest.
"Separate federal and local investigations are under way, and Wilson -- who has received death threats -- has disappeared from public view.
"Here's what is known about his whereabouts.
"Where is he now?...
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/22/us/ferguson-shooting-where-is-darren-wilson/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
Reporters Karimi and Pearson should be reassigned to Iraq, to go knockin up doors asking, "Where is the leader of ISIS?"
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"It's for the children". "If it saves just one child". Since when did "children getting run over" become an epidemic? I recently golfed with 3 retired coppers and with our combined 117 years of being on the street I asked? How many fatalities involving children being run over have you guys handled? The answer 1,and that was a 3 year old who ran in front of the ice cream truck in humbolt park in the 70's.
Move the hair spray, Blago! Company's comin'!
--No Cop Here
(OT) from drudge report national new and Chicago's very own channel 9 news major terrorist threat to Chicago hope obummer gives us resources but wait we have not hired for how long? We are how short?
http://wgntv.com/2014/08/21/photo-implies-isis-threat-to-chicago/
This should turn into another Chicago style "suicide"
Well, someone pass the Depends, because Himself t'will be shitting his pants in a moment.
Word is Commander of 10 is getting sent to 004 to get things straightened out. Management is on the chopping block because the Supt is livid. Tact Lt is first to go supposedly. All kinds of bosses hanging around there. Good luck to 004.
They must not have taken the "ethics test" that all police officers are required to take every year. Even though there isn't one question on it pertaining to law enforcement. There is however many questions pertaining to the corruption we all see out of city hall year after year.
O.T Anthony V Napolitano running for alderman 41st ward, former blueshirt who crossed over to fire side, really great guy that remembers and misses the job. He would be a great voice for us, if you can please vote for him.
Anonymous said...
Completely off topic but, several officers have children who are currently on the Jackie Robinson baseball team, they are currently at the Little League World Series, and playing quite well. I think we should give the young men some recognition on this Blog.
8/22/2014 12:59:00 AM
I had a feeling when I first saw this team that some had CPD parents. All those kids seem like good kids with strong family support. Hopefully they can all withstand the peer pressure as they get older and stay on the right track. Lets face it - it is not easy growing up surrounded by gangs and drugs which I imagine some of those kids are. Strong family structure and good parenting make all the difference. So go JRW
Off Topic, but very important info.
Legitimate site for making donations to Officer D. Wilson, for his legal defense.
https://www.gofundme.com/OfficerWilsonFundraiser
I just gave. Pleas do the same. It's not about black vs. white , it's about good vs. evil and right vs. wrong. What the media and DOJ are doing is unethical and WRONG.
Corruption occurred DALEY in this city is an understatement!
OT from the original post, but...
If anyone would like to donate to Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, please see the attached link. You know that he's going to need all of the help he can get. The first Go Fund Me goal of $235,000 was met very quickly. This is the second Go Fund Me campaign for him.
http://www.gofundme.com/OfficerWilsonFundraiser
Anonymous said...
Please dear God, let it be Daley!!!!!
8/22/2014 12:14:00 AM
This would be a dream come true for nearly everyone in Ilinois, but remember, he's "too sick" to testify to anything. And if he did he wouldn't remember anything anyway.
Oh please please let Daley spend the rest of his life in prison. Take the aldermen and every other politician with him. Politics, the biggest organized crime entity in the world.
Would Daley remember the red light cameras? Would he remember taking a bribe? Would he remember being mayor? Mayor of what?
can someone recommend the most comfortable and durable uniform pants and shirts. don't want to waist my money on crap
8/22/2014 01:54:00 AM
Sorry OT, but please, I need the advice. Thank you
Let us hope that this be the "snowball" that starts an avalanche of "talking" & sending the corrupt bastards that have plagued Shitcago to the Federal prison System. Let's pray that that evil gnome Daley is among those caught !!!
I'm sure there's some nervous stomachs, tight sphincters and some Fedheimers all going around in certain connected circles about now.
Squirm, baby squirm.
May akk the right parties scream like a little bitch, jump out of their skins and shit the seat out of their pants when they get the ol' federal "tap on the shoulder."
Recall a funny story about an old mobster walking down the street thinking he cheated justice, karma, the hangman and other such...
He noticed that several younger men in dark suits were angling in on him from all directions...
He promptly and very involuntarily blew his last supper into the seat of his drawers and collapsed in a heap.
Supposedly there was never a rotten m/fer more happy to see that his "executioners" were actually Feds.
"Tell ya everything ya wanna know... Never you mind the smell!"
Or something like that...
"So why haven't they begun taking the cameras down?"
The continued plunder and because too many people can't shake their illusion these are for safety is why they stay up.
I suspect that this entire scandal is the result of in-fighting in the automated ticketing business. Chicago is the jewel of RLC contracts and some competitor took redflex out at the best possible moment.
"Politics, the biggest organized crime entity in the world."
Indeed. Yet so many serve it willingly.
ot you guys missed it. A certain alderman of lakeview stated if Chicago ever gets a casino that 100 percent of the funds should go toward the pension fund. He's got my vote!
8/20/2014 06:37:00 PM
Same alderman has been asking since J-Fled how many cops there really are by requesting # of uniform checks and officers paying into the pension fund, etc. Also gave Cozzi a job
Who is the alderman?
8/21/2014 08:49:00 AM
Lakeview alderman = Tom Tunney.
BTW, long before he was an alderman, he fed cops and family at Cook County when they were there 24/7 praying for Mike Ceriale to pull through. Always perplexed why cops who don't know him talk smack about him here. I've known him for 30 years -- been otj for 20 -- and he's always been supportive of CPD rank and file.
Tom Tunney also takes care of the police in the 019th District every Thanksgiving and Christmas with a Hugh Breakfast Spread.Staight up nice man to the police
hat Jake tapper from CNN should have his balls kicked up around his ears what an asshole.
OT anyone else not receive vri/cta checks direct deposit today?
8/22/2014 05:34:00 AM
???? CTA checks have never been direct deposit.... always a hard check
Anonymous Anonymous said...
OT from the original post, but...
If anyone would like to donate to Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, please see the attached link. You know that he's going to need all of the help he can get. The first Go Fund Me goal of $235,000 was met very quickly. This is the second Go Fund Me campaign for him.
http://www.gofundme.com/OfficerWilsonFundraiser
8/22/2014 02:13:00 PM
The first one was closed out in favor of the new one, which is a charitable foundation and your donation will be tax-deductible.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Word is Commander of 10 is getting sent to 004 to get things straightened out. Management is on the chopping block because the Supt is livid. Tact Lt is first to go supposedly. All kinds of bosses hanging around there. Good luck to 004.
8/22/2014 12:47:00 PM
Why? What happened to Berscott?
Johnson will be the star witness for any potential prosecution proceedings against Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Brown. Johnson was walking with Brown when the shooting occurred.
He has already done multiple media appearances where he falsely claimed Brown was shot by Wilson in the back. He also has claimed that Brown never reached for Wilson’s gun, was “shot like an animal” and that Brown had his hands up and told Wilson he was unarmed.
At what point does the ghetto criminal class lose ALL credibility??
8/22/2014 10:02:00 AM
Never,as long as the media can exploit them.
They're too stupid to realize they're being used.
Anthony Naps will make a great Alderman in 41. I heard that former Republican Alderman Brian Doherty and his key advisor will work behind the scenes for Naps. OConnor is a asshole, the only thing that could save her will be money from Rham through Pat OConnor. Rumor has it that Karen Bartuch is running also.Stay tuned....
We would love to have Berscott Ruiz back in 10!
Getting rid of the evil witch would be great, just take her coven with her.
The Feds?
March the Stuttering Prick into a prison cell?
Lol!
Holder & DOJ will pay the public cash bounties to hunt Policemen down on the streets before THAT happens.
Daley will do the following if somehow dragged into federal court...
Giggle...
Shit himself...
Rummage around in the seat of his pants and use it to write on the wall...
"OMG! YOUR HONOR!"
This court is NOW in recess until... Well, UNTIL!"
"MR. DALEY! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!"
>Wheeeee! Hee-Hee! I made a little stinky! -SQUIRT!- Dere it goes again! Wheeeee! Wanna See it? I wuv twees an' flowers!<
Anonymous said...
can someone recommend the most comfortable and durable uniform pants and shirts. don't want to waist my money on crap
8/22/2014 01:54:00 AM
Sorry OT, but please, I need the advice. Thank you
8/22/2014 05:43:00 PM
Huh? Are you dressing up for Halloween? Are you soft?
Carhartt is the best.
The lesson here is the more people who are involved in the crime, the more people will flip when faced with jail time and becoming someone's bitch. If these idiots think someone will be standup and not flip, then I got a bridge to sell them. Those days of being a standup guy are gone. Jail time has become too stiff.
Anonymous said...
"It's for the children". "If it saves just one child". Since when did "children getting run over" become an epidemic? I recently golfed with 3 retired coppers and with our combined 117 years of being on the street I asked? How many fatalities involving children being run over have you guys handled? The answer 1,and that was a 3 year old who ran in front of the ice cream truck in humbolt park in the 70's.
8/22/2014 11:23:00 AM
In 019, around 2006 or so, a stolen SUV running from the police ran over a kid on Sunnyside east of Ashland. Dead on the scene. Mom was hysterical, she was walking with the kids, the SUV pushed them all out of the way, the little boy was run over and he died with head injuries. I as on the hint for the occupants. On a porch, of course.
L. Flores is taking the helm in 010. Has the smarts of a turtle.
let's start a list of where kickbacks probably occurred.
Off the top of my head...
(Tadin) land deal.
Lollapalooza & waiver of entertainment tax.
Park Grill
Parking Meter deal an waiver of Lease Tax
Miegs closing.
Millennium Park Parking Garage
Millennium Park
O'Hare expansion and -- all -- concessions.
City Recycling
Bus Stop Advertisements and awnings.
Pension money to investment groups
...
-Citizen
8/22/2014 09:25:00 AM
Wait....you did something responsible with your VRI money? Imagine that. I figured you were supposed to buy cars, electronics, beer, gold teeth....you know, all that stuff you need.
But does this crook look buff in a black muscleshirt like his namesake the governor of Murderland?
Anonymous said...
ot you guys missed it. A certain alderman of lakeview stated if Chicago ever gets a casino that 100 percent of the funds should go toward the pension fund. He's got my vote!
8/20/2014 06:37:00 PM
Same alderman has been asking since J-Fled how many cops there really are by requesting # of uniform checks and officers paying into the pension fund, etc. Also gave Cozzi a job
Who is the alderman?
8/21/2014 08:49:00 AM
Lakeview alderman = Tom Tunney.
BTW, long before he was an alderman, he fed cops and family at Cook County when they were there 24/7 praying for Mike Ceriale to pull through. Always perplexed why cops who don't know him talk smack about him here. I've known him for 30 years -- been otj for 20 -- and he's always been supportive of CPD rank and file.
Tom Tunney also takes care of the police in the 019th District every Thanksgiving and Christmas with a Hugh Breakfast Spread.Staight up nice man to the police
8/22/2014 07:15:00 PM
Treated entire 017 3rd watch to Holiday buffet dinner last year. Sister of a cop on the watch had ordered it and Tunney wouldn't let her pay. Sounded like they've been friends since college.
Anonymous said...
OT: Regarding JRW baseball team.
If they would stop harping on the all black team and inner city team.....that's all they talk about. They are from Chicago so we should support them. Can you imagine if there was an all white team from Mt. Greenwood? How would the media report abou them? They would never mention race. Mary Mitchell would ask...Where is the diversity?
8/22/2014 07:46:00 AM
I've seen quite a bit of news coverage on them and I have not seen any harping on them being black and from the inner city yadda yadda. I heard a guy say so much is going on in Chicago right now that the team gives him hope and he's proud of them but that's about it. If there was an all white team from Mt. Greenwood they would still get coverage but probably not as much. Baseball is exactly as popular among blacks as it is with whites. That definitely is the source of some of the media attention. You rarely hear a black kid interested in baseball, let alone a league dominated by black players that compete on a national level. All in all ease up. This is great for the city and great for the kids.
8 openings at o hare, 4 at midway, 10 openings in16 and 17 the district. Get the par forms in guys and gals.
"Geyser in the basement! These idiots just did a month long sewer project too. Unreal. This city really is a shit show"
8/22/2014 06:31:00 AM
Year 2001. Daley put "flow preventers" on the sewers to "hold the bad water on the streets." Then heavy rains, basements flooded like the end of the world. Just west of St. Adalbert's, it took a front-end loader and three "hired trucks" to clear ONE BLOCK worth of destroyed paneling, furnishings, carpeting, etc. from the alley.
Then 9/11.
Then Daley sent Bush to the Norwood "for lunch" on his way to O'Hare for the "We're flyin again" speech. I watched everyone turn out crying, waving flags, etc...and they forgot all about their damaged homes.
Daley used the Prez like a Kleenex to wipe up his local mess, and no one saw it.
A genuine, pathetic low point in 016...
O.T Anthony V Napolitano running for alderman 41st ward, former blueshirt who crossed over to fire side, really great guy that remembers and misses the job. He would be a great voice for us, if you can please vote for him.
8/22/2014 01:31:00 PM
Great guy and so is his brother Andy. He comes from a police family. Stand up guy and someone that will fight for
Us blue shirts.
Anonymous said...
I cleaned my gutters before the rain anticipating heavy rains and it was very beneficial no basement trickle,nothing,remarkable....pass it on!
8/22/2014 10:32:00 AM
I'll second this. Got lazy last year and didn't clean them. Got water. This year I totally cleaned them out and no water. You live and learn ...
Anonymous said...
can someone recommend the most comfortable and durable uniform pants and shirts. don't want to waist my money on crap
8/22/2014 01:54:00 AM
Just go to the FOP Fall uniform sale and buy anything that fits your rank, regardless of size or condition. No one on the job respects uniform codes anymore anyways. Save some money for Itunes.
How can anyone still think the Feds are legit after the premature pulling of the Blago wire? Feds will go after all the low hanging fruit like these dummies and the leave the rest alone.
If you are assigned to a ghetto , bid for 16 or 17 . It will be worth the ride from Beverly .
Alderman Mary "POTHOLE" O'Connor's of the 41 st has GOT TO GO..........I'll support anyone but her except Karen Bartuch, who couldn't find a phone in a phone booth.....she's a self promoter, never was a team player in 023, only looking out for herself, beware of her.......
Off Topic
SCC, I have worked in patrol in "high crime" areas for almost 20 years now. I am, as most of us are, disgusted by the national news treatment of Darren Wilson. This could have been any one of us. Where is the outrage by our local and national union leaders? Where are the letters to the editors of newspapers supporting this officer? Where are the news conferences? Where are the news stories stating Darren Wilson could have been my son? Where is the support by us, the police, and our families and loved ones? Where is our lobbying power to get politicians to support us instead of only being concerned for the "minority vote"? Imagine the horror this officer is living, his family is living, because he did what he had to do to go home! I am aware of the battle we face with the media but if we continue to do nothing to defend ourselves this will happen again and again.
"Politics, the biggest organized crime entity in the world."
... and they get to make the rules !
>>> Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
I cleaned my gutters before the rain anticipating heavy rains and it was very beneficial no basement trickle,nothing,remarkable....pass it on!
8/22/2014 10:32:00 AM
I'll second this. Got lazy last year and didn't clean them. Got water. This year I totally cleaned them out and no water. You live and learn ...
8/23/2014 06:34:00 AM<<<
Divert your gutter downspouts from going into your sewer to dumping out onto your lawn and street.
OT: Feds subpoena emails of Quinn's ex-chief of staff
A federal grand jury subpoenaed emails of Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn's former chief of staff and two other onetime top aides as a criminal probe into a botched $54.5 million anti-violence grant program continues ahead of the November election.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-quinn-grant-subpoena-met-0824-20140824-story.html#page=1
Time to put the whole state into Fed receivership and SCROOT the whole crew.
this has the makings of the 19th ward all the way
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