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FBI searches target electricians union, Johnny Doc, Councilman Bobby Henon
philly.com ^ | 5 Aug 2016 | DAVID SWANSON

Posted on 08/05/2016 6:26:11 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Since 2000, the union funneled about $30 million into political races...

The union has a membership of 4,652, and assets of $37 million, records show....

A government filing shows that in 2015 Dougherty received $406,532 from the union, including $226,754 as salary...

(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: ibew; union; unions
About $30 million into political races, about 5000 members over about 15 years.

~$400 per member!

1 posted on 08/05/2016 6:26:11 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

per year, or 6,000 per member during the 15 year period. Yep, highway robbery for the union mob boss.


2 posted on 08/05/2016 6:36:05 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Corrupt unions in philly?????


3 posted on 08/05/2016 6:36:43 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

And now they are looking for him? He must be voting for Trump. ; )


4 posted on 08/05/2016 6:38:07 PM PDT by Chgogal (A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
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Electrician’s union...

If there are charges, wonder if they’ll be positive or negative?


5 posted on 08/05/2016 6:43:03 PM PDT by moovova
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I thought electrician union leaders were usually well insulated from things like this.


6 posted on 08/05/2016 6:46:00 PM PDT by moovova
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With most of their work being AC, hard to say?


7 posted on 08/05/2016 7:10:14 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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And at the same time, everything must be properly grounded!


8 posted on 08/05/2016 7:12:11 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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If not insulated, at least they should be well-grounded individuals.


9 posted on 08/05/2016 7:13:13 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Damn!

I’m trying hard not to be negative about what you did to me ;)


10 posted on 08/05/2016 7:15:15 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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Who remembers Nicky Scarfo?


11 posted on 08/05/2016 7:16:23 PM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: Dr.Deth

Cheer up, and always remember that ‘green is ground, the world around!


12 posted on 08/05/2016 7:26:31 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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There was a major article in 1999 on the Mob in Philadelphia and S. New Jersey. Author’s last name was Paul (?) Anastasia. (Wonder if he was the brave Greek writer who fought the KGB/Greek Communist Party in the 1970’s with the help of British millionaire Lord Goldsmith?)

It lays out all the Mob’s connections with corrupt unions.

Google “Scarfo and Philadelphia Mafia” or “Angelo Bruno and Philadelphia Mafia”. THe 1999 article should show up.

It is long and detailed. You’ll love it.


13 posted on 08/05/2016 7:33:50 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Who remembers Nicky Scarfo?

Google does!
OH MY!!

Status Alive
You don't see too many described like in that way!

14 posted on 08/05/2016 7:36:56 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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Thank you and your relentless positive nature good sir! :D


15 posted on 08/05/2016 7:40:18 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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Shocking to think, anyone would believe that I have a good nature!


16 posted on 08/05/2016 7:53:14 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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Hope he gets zapped by the Feds.


17 posted on 08/05/2016 9:28:45 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Holy cow...that's some crime history. Makes this electrical union stuff look like cheating at pinochle.

I see that George Anastasia wrote a book about the Philly mob...Blood and Honor: Inside the Scarfo Mob--The Mafia's Most Violent Family

From one of the articles I read, the Scarfo lawyer tried to keep Anastasia out of the courtroom..."By putting Anastasia on that (witness) list earlier this month, the defense, in effect, had barred Anastasia from visiting the courtroom as a reporter." The judge overruled that.

The odd thing...in every other paragraph in the article, Scarfo and his "family" members/henchmen were going to jail. Once under the Fed microscope, they were constantly being investigated. Those investigations often led to prison time. What a crazy life.

Thanks for the references...interesting reading! (Disclosure..I've lived in Philly AND Sicily.)

18 posted on 08/06/2016 5:11:16 AM PDT by moovova
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They better amp up the investigation.


19 posted on 08/06/2016 6:11:21 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hey now baby, get into my big black car, I just want to show you what my politics are.)
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No way!
They are out of juice!


20 posted on 08/06/2016 7:10:23 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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