Try Googling D'Alesandro + Baltimore + corruption and you will get 194 hits. Why D'Alesandro? Well, Nancy Pelosi grew up as Nancy D'Alesandro. She was the daughter of one Baltimore Mayor, Tommy D'Alesandro Sr, and the sister of another, Tommy III. Both Tommys were crooked as a dog's hind leg, but only one ever got charged with anything.
Tommy III was charged with rape as a young man, and charged with bribery as Mayor (along with a City Councilman, Mimi DiPietro. In both cases the charges were dropped when the principal witnesses made themselves scarce. In the bribery matter, the witness surfaced in a Las Vegas hotel connected to the mob, the day after the charges were dropped.
Oh yes, Nancy Pelosi KNOWS the culture of corruption. She grew up in it, though the national press seldom looks backward into anyone's background more than a few years -- unless it is a Republican, in which case everything since birth is examined.
And yes, all these names are well familiar to me. (I was for a brief time the next door neighbor to Nancy D'Alesandro.)
P.S. info. My primary is over, but because of legal and ethical problems, the incumbent may withdraw/be forced out. He is also losing in the latest poll (5/28) to the Democrat challenger. I seek to be the replacement nominee. For more information see my website. I still need your help.
Congressman Billybob