My mother was secretary to the Chairman of the Democratic party of the county. At that time, democrats had a lock on the area (steel industry/mines--USW and UMW and AFL-CIO). I heard all about how things actually worked.
If you wanted ANYTHING from the state (like a state job (which were really good …
My mother was secretary to the Chairman of the Democratic party of the county. At that time, democrats had a lock on the area (steel industry/mines--USW and UMW and AFL-CIO). I heard all about how things actually worked.
If you wanted ANYTHING from the state (like a state job (which were really good jobs) or for a problem to disappear, you had to go through him. As a kid when I drove to school, I would park illegally and get a ticket. Ticket never got paid, it just poofed. After a while the cops stopped writing them once they figured it out. All kinds of that little shit and some really big shit too.
In the late 80s things finally caught up to him and he ended up having to actually flee the country to avoid arrest and prosecution. He dies before they could actually get him.
I grew up in western PA in the 60s-70s.
My mother was secretary to the Chairman of the Democratic party of the county. At that time, democrats had a lock on the area (steel industry/mines--USW and UMW and AFL-CIO). I heard all about how things actually worked.
If you wanted ANYTHING from the state (like a state job (which were really good jobs) or for a problem to disappear, you had to go through him. As a kid when I drove to school, I would park illegally and get a ticket. Ticket never got paid, it just poofed. After a while the cops stopped writing them once they figured it out. All kinds of that little shit and some really big shit too.
In the late 80s things finally caught up to him and he ended up having to actually flee the country to avoid arrest and prosecution. He dies before they could actually get him.
I'd kill for a retirement job at one of the state liquor stores, but I have a feeling you have to know someone like your wife's boss to get one.
Would not surprise me. I doubt that things have actually changed that much.