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Hells Angels clubhouse now owned by Arizona
azstarnet.com ^
| 06.29.2007
Posted on 07/10/2007 11:35:29 AM PDT by bad company
PHOENIX — The state of Arizona is the new owner of a clubhouse that belonged to the Hells Angels. The state will pay a member of the biker group $102,500 for the Phoenix clubhouse, money that comes from anti-racketeering funds forfeited to the state. "We've eliminated the home base of a criminal enterprise," said Chuck Johnson, an assistant attorney general. "This was a very useful and even laudatory use of $102,500."
The state outbid the Hells Angels for ownership of the clubhouse that's been used for twice-weekly meetings of the biker gang since 1999. Some of the options for the home include tearing it down, building low-income housing or turning it into a community center. The home should belong to the state in about 30 days. And just because the state got their clubhouse doesn't mean it's the end of the Hells Angels in the Phoenix area. "They wanted to kick us out of the house. It's a house. We'll get another one. We'll move into Scottsdale or Paradise Valley," said Bob Eberhardt, president of the Cave Creek Chapter of the Hells Angels.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; govwatch; hellsangels; revenue; ricco; wod
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Words fail me.
To: bad company
Like they can’t move somewhere else.........
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:36:27 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
To: bad company
Sonny Barger is in Az. has been for years.
To: martin_fierro
Ping the crew....
To: bad company
I guess spending $102,500 on education would have been a frivolous waste of money.
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:37:59 AM PDT
by
stm
(Fred Thompson in 08! Return our country to the era of Reagan Conservatism)
To: bad company
McCain should get a tattoo.
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:37:59 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: bad company
To: bad company
The state outbid the Hells Angels for ownership of the clubhouse that's been used for twice-weekly meetings of the biker gang since 1999. Eet's not a gang, man. Eet's a club.
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:39:15 AM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub ~ Þ)
To: bad company
The state will pay a member of the biker group $102,500 for the Phoenix clubhouse...Um...how exactly will that solve anything?
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:39:24 AM PDT
by
PBRSTREETGANG
(Apparently my former party considers me an "ugly nativist".)
To: GovernmentIsTheProblem
waste of freaking money.
Notice that it's also asset forfeiture money, so a good bit of it is probably funds simply stolen by the state.
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:39:47 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
(Keep your friends close; keep your enemies at optimal engagement range)
To: bad company
"They wanted to kick us out of the house. It's a house. We'll get another one. The guy has a good point.
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:41:37 AM PDT
by
SIDENET
(RUH-ROH)
To: bad company
I personally know a member in the Boston area.
He seems like a normal average guy. Of course I’ve never been to one of his meetings. LOL.
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:42:25 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: bad company
"We've eliminated the home base of a criminal enterprise," said Chuck JohnsonNot the sharpest knife in the drawer, is he?
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:43:19 AM PDT
by
Pistolshot
(Every woman, who can, should learn to shoot, and carry a gun.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Hell, I thought he was dead!.......
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:44:37 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
To: bad company
Some of the options for the home include tearing it down, building low-income housing or turning it into a community center.Good, as long as they don`t use it as a Kawasaki retailer.
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:48:29 AM PDT
by
Screamname
(On this date in history; Al Gore invents the Algorithm)
To: SIDENET
He makes MAKES MORE SENSE than the DUmmy DA..........
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:49:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
To: bad company
“We’ve eliminated the home base of a criminal enterprise,”
What? Then why did you pay a member of that very organization 100+ large for it? To buy another?
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:51:44 AM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: bad company
We've eliminated the home base of a criminal enterprise Hell, if you know it's a criminal enterprise, maybe you should arrest the criminals ??
...or turning it into a community center
Yeah, that'll fill it up with peaceful law-abiding citizens !
In other news, city officials have towed away the car used by a drive-by shooter. That'll teach 'em
.
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posted on
07/10/2007 11:52:58 AM PDT
by
repentant_pundit
(Go Jorge Go ! And don't ever come back.)
To: bad company
Think of how much Saudi money they could seize if they shut down criminal mosques.
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posted on
07/10/2007 12:12:44 PM PDT
by
weegee
(If the Fairness Doctrine is imposed on USA who will CNN news get to read the conservative rebuttal)
To: bad company
More proof that most government officials and bureaucrats have been “educated” far beyond their intelligence.
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posted on
07/10/2007 12:33:46 PM PDT
by
BoneShaker
("There is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." - Mark Twain)
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