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  • Steve Pumper of D-A-S Construction charged in federal corruption probe

    07/08/2009 9:09:33 AM PDT · by Jim from C-Town · 17 replies · 1,357+ views
    CLEVELAND — Federal prosecutors this morning charged a Cleveland construction contractor with bribing Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora with $33,000 in cash, lawn work, Cavs and Indians tickets and hundreds of dollars in meals and drinks for county contracts. The charges said an unnamed public official whose description matches Dimora helped Steve Pumper's company, D-A-S Construction, obtain work on county projects, including brownfield and public housing projects. The bribery charges were filed in U.S. District Court, and they allege that Pumper also used bribes to win contracts in Parma schools. They say he paid former board President J. Kevin Kelley...
  • Signs that your garden spot is going to seed

    09/08/2002 9:52:25 AM PDT · by Leisler · 2 replies · 193+ views
    Boston Herald ^ | 09/02/02 | Howie Carr
    by Howie Carr Sunday, February 3, 2002 You can understand why East Boston was so angry last week about being singled out, however tentatively, as a potential new Combat Zone. After all, it's such a booty-ful, I mean beautiful, area. It is with deep affection that most of us refer to Ward 1 as Logan International Airport. And such a rich history. Eastie was the home of the first person ever admitted to the Witness Protection Program, one Joe ``The Animal'' Barboza. In olden times it was represented by a beloved city councilor known to one and all as ``I'll...