Union Boss Pleads Admits Embezzling Funds: "the genders of his hookers was not immediately clear"

Friends of Ours ^ | 06/17/10 | Friends of Ours

[AtlasStalled]

Daniel Hughes, the former president of the Field Supervisors Association Union Local 111-S for the Port Authority, has pleaded guilty "to embezzling nearly $300,000 in member dues and using the cash for tawdry hook-ups with prostitutes, casino trips and lavish meals" as reported by Philip Messing for the New York Post: Hughes, who stands 5-foot-11 and weighs more than 350 pounds -- after recent weight-reduction surgery -- used a Queens-based escort service that billed him $400 to $500 an hour, a source said. "He used an escort service quite often, nine or 10 times," said the source. "They hooked up in cheap hotels," the source added, including the Kew Motor Inn along the Grand Central Parkway, which bills itself on its Web site as "the most famous and exotic couples-friendly motel/hotel in Queens!!" He also took his dates to the Pelham Garden Motel in The Bronx and the posh Bowery Hotel in the East Village. Hughes also used the union's ATM card to access a Web site that advertises personal ads placed by transsexuals, although the gender of his hookers was not immediately clear.

At the Kew Motor Inn "the Arabian Nights room feature[s] a gold headboard and mirrored wall . . . , and the Southwestern room [comes] with a mirrored ceiling" as reported by the Daily News.

[Oceander]

[homegroan]

Between the hookers, the union, and the 350lb gorilla in the room, I need a shower after reading THAT story.

As my niece would say-”just ewwwwww”.

[Onelifetogive]

for tawdry hook-ups with prostitutes

I'm assuming that this is a euphemism for a campaign contribution to a Dem...

[Cyclone59]

All union members need to realize that their dues are being used for this kind of crap.

[hoosiermama]

Targeted Audience?

[maggief]

[hal ogen]

Unions...helping the working man.

[johngrace]

Yes, That local.

[FoxPro]

although the gender of his hookers was not immediately clear

This quote is confusing to me.

I guess I don't have the same tastes as this gentleman. lol