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Smarmie Doofus

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5. Hard to say. I think this NY Federal Prosecutor makes *everyone* in the NYC political class ...

Reply to Squinch (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 09:53 PM

Aug 2014

nervous. I would include the union leadership in the "political class".

People like that have a tendency to overreach. Maybe even a subconscious desire to get caught.

I don't think the politicians per se are going to be much help in reforming the unions. But the court system *might* be.

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Well THAT's useful! elleng Aug 2014 #1

He appears to have weathered the storm about his sister's graft better than I would have expected. Squinch Aug 2014 #2

There WAS no storm. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 #3

I noticed that. And how is it that the leadership feels they can support it when the membership Squinch Aug 2014 #4

Hard to say. I think this NY Federal Prosecutor makes *everyone* in the NYC political class ... Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 #5

Good commentary here tying the two ends together: Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 #6

That is interesting. And it makes me wonder why his sister would leave a COO job of a company Squinch Aug 2014 #7

I'm past trying to figure out why these people do the things they do. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2014 #8