Here’s part of the language in the indictment against the five teamsters who are charged with extortion by violation of the Hobbs Act. “Beginning in the spring of 2014, Company A, a non-union production company, began scouting locations to film . . . in Boston.” Why is the identity of the company hidden in the…
Author: mtc9393
Are Some People Too Big To Prosecute? How Money Rules Our Prosecutors
The laws I have set out below are being openly flaunted by people and nothing is being done. Walking through South Station the other day billboards announcing the ongoing taking of these bets were everywhere; watching football on television over last weekend it appeared that the people running these gaming operations were closing in on…
Mayor Martin Walsh’s Sit Down When It Was Time To Stand Tall
Here we go again. Are we going to see the old one-two-three-four play? Most of us are now familiar with the act. It has been used too often to fool us. The steps are one, the editorial or spotlight report slanting the facts; two, the follow-up news stories, three, the columnists then carrying the ball,…
How The Massachusetts Judges Stuck It to The Massachusetts People
Years ago when I was a young man the people of the Commonwealth got fed up with having judges who were very old deciding cases. At one time in Massachusetts a judge could sit in judgment of people even if the judge could no longer make a decision for himself or herself. Like we have…
It’s A Good Job if You Can Get It: Full Pay and Perks for 1/4 Time Work
Here’s a situation that occurs more often than you think. You will probably glow with envy hearing about it. You may think it is not true. But it is so pay close attention. Imagine that you are into your middle to late sixties. You feel yourself getting worn down and wanted to ease up a…
Black Massacre – Boston’s U.S. Attorney’s Woeful And Evil Pursuit of A Good Man
None of us like to be wrong. That goes in spades for government agencies such as the U.S. attorney’s office in a place like Boston or the FBI wherever it is located. You make a bad decision based on warped ideas or biased inputs and then find having started down the road you fear turning…