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St. Louis union prez allegedly took bribes
St. Louis Post Disgrace ^ | October 13, 2009 | Robert Patrick

Posted on 10/13/2009 5:23:18 PM PDT by Clintons Are White Trash

The president of a national labor union was arrested Tuesday for allegedly taking $20,000 in bribes from a St. Louis lawyer, the U.S. Attorney's office said.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: bribery; corruptdems; mafia; surprisesurprise; unions
And in other news, the sky is blue and water is still wet...
1 posted on 10/13/2009 5:23:18 PM PDT by Clintons Are White Trash
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

A corrupt UNION president?!?!

oh, glory be... I’m totally shocked I tell you... totally stunned....


2 posted on 10/13/2009 5:24:33 PM PDT by J40000
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

LOL! It woul;d have been news if he didn’t.


3 posted on 10/13/2009 5:24:35 PM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash
A corrupt union official?


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

4 posted on 10/13/2009 5:25:47 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Taking bribes when you’re a union boss is still illegal? I thought that The One repealed that silly rule. Who knew?!


5 posted on 10/13/2009 5:25:50 PM PDT by Redcloak ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash
St. Louis Union Prez Allegedly Took Bribes

Union and bribes in the same sentence??

Blasphemy!! /s

6 posted on 10/13/2009 5:30:21 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: J40000

I doubt only 20,000 in bribes - sure not $2,000,000 seems 200,000 would have gone to his local politician. Maybe he did not pay enough to the local cops that are corrupt as everyone else in the system.


7 posted on 10/13/2009 5:32:20 PM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Dog bites man.


8 posted on 10/13/2009 5:33:58 PM PDT by Rocky (OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Yeah, more like “Union official stupid enough to get caught.”


9 posted on 10/13/2009 5:35:30 PM PDT by PLMerite (Speak Truth to Stupid.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash
Union Official got caught taking a bribe......

Sounds like he ticked off the real boss

I guess he's lucky he didn't end up next to Hoffa.

10 posted on 10/13/2009 5:39:21 PM PDT by txroadkill ( 9/12/2009 another win for the Gipper!)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash
do I really have to say it???

11 posted on 10/13/2009 5:40:58 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: edcoil

My first thought was that this was a shot across someone else’s bow. Nothing like a little discipline to keep the troops in line!


12 posted on 10/13/2009 5:41:22 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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Well slap my knee and cook me up some grits! A blind squirrel found a nut today.


13 posted on 10/13/2009 5:42:50 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Only $20K? He’s a disgrace to Union Bosses everywhere!

Minimums, Man! They have MINIMUMS when it comes to bribes! *SNORT*


14 posted on 10/13/2009 5:49:13 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Let’s save FR’s precious bandwidth for true news, like reports of union officials who are NOT corrupt or communists.


15 posted on 10/13/2009 6:08:00 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (I'd rather be a teabagger than an ankle-grabber.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Just spreading the stimulus around.

Pray for America and Our Troops


16 posted on 10/13/2009 6:08:22 PM PDT by bray (Hope and Corruption)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

I’m shocked! Shocked I say! cough


17 posted on 10/13/2009 6:21:50 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (I will not be silenced.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...

Somewhere along the line the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen got off track. I’m sure they’ll engineer a comeback and not go off the rails. This guy hasn’t been conducting himself in an upright way, and will probably get kicked right in the caboose. Yes, I can’t take any more of this either. I gondola so long before I make myself sick. It’s nice that its distribution will be transcontinental. Kinda ties everyone together.


18 posted on 10/13/2009 6:23:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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Edward W. Rodzwicz, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen,

Took bribes from a lawyer, steered injured workers to said lawyer. Now he's been railroaded, his career has come of the tracks and the only lite at the end of the tunnel is a train.

19 posted on 10/13/2009 6:27:59 PM PDT by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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Unreal! Not! Par for the course if you ask me?


20 posted on 10/13/2009 6:36:47 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Did they happen to be dressed like a pimp and a hooker?


21 posted on 10/13/2009 6:36:58 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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Gomer was unavailable for comment.


22 posted on 10/13/2009 6:52:01 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ($$$$$OBAMA MONEY!!!$$$$$ /s)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

...so it was business as usual at the Union shop?


23 posted on 10/13/2009 6:55:26 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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