Before moving to NH, I lived in Tierney’s district. My congressman was Nicki Mavroulas, who makes Tierney look like an altar boy.
Mavroulas was basically a Greek mafia figure and went to jail after pleading guilty to corruption charges. (I actually think a Repub beat him in his last run for re-election.)
And now we have Tierney living up to his legacy.
I’ve lived in this district my whole life.
Mavroules, former mayor of Peabody, was convicted for corruption (5 “bottles of wine” = $5,000) and served time. He was beloved on the North Shore, etc. for getting business to
the G.E. in Lynn. My dad and sister, now both retired, used to work at that G.E. aircraft engine plant.
Howie Carr would play the old song Bottle of Wine by The Fireballs in honor of that code saying. “Bottle of wine,
fruit of the vine. When you gonna let me get sober.
Leave me alone, let me go home. Let me go home and start,
over.”
I forget the year, but Mav. was beaten by Republican Peter Torkildsen (no, not the guy from the Monkees—that was Peter Tork). Tierney beat Torkildsen in ‘97, IIRC, narrowly