Politics, corruption and sports

[Lady's Human]

It's not just at the major league level:

http://www.pressconnects.com/story/n...ourt/25806405/

The owner of the local AA franchise didn't want the possible sale of the franchise to a group who would move it to become public knowledge. Why? Because he didn't want the sale to impact the re-election of our local State Senator, who is under indictment in a federal racketeering probe involving him getting his son a job with a downstate law firm, and funneling state business to the same law firm.

Ya just can't make this stuff up.

[Karen]

It's not just at the major league level:

http://www.pressconnects.com/story/n...ourt/25806405/

The owner of the local AA franchise didn't want the possible sale of the franchise to a group who would move it to become public knowledge. Why? Because he didn't want the sale to impact the re-election of our local State Senator, who is under indictment in a federal racketeering probe involving him getting his son a job with a downstate law firm, and funneling state business to the same law firm.

Ya just can't make this stuff up.

Wow, convoluted, anyone? The Senator is under indictment - when is the election? Isn;t anyone [planning on running against him! Surely in all of you area, there's gotta be someone not actively part of a criminal investigation who might want the job!

[Lady's Human]

The election was last November, the Primary was in September, at the end of baseball season (for AA). The owner of the AA team was heavily invested in the re-election of the sitting Senator, hence his reluctance to have any news of a possible sale of the team to out of state owners announced during primary season.

[Lady's Human]

As an addendum, as the edit isn't working properly on this computter, the Senator's son was convicted, and while the Senator is still in office (he handily won re-election) his home computer and his wife's home computer were recently seized by the FBI when they raided his home.

How did he win re-election? Frankly, his opponent was a loon, and the good Senator has been in office so long he's a major power-broker in Albany.

[smokey the elder]

Oh, a state senator in NY...that explains a lot. Albany is such a hive of scum and villainy...

[Lady's Human]

I've never seen a more wretched hive of scum and villainy....

Oh, wait, sorry, wrong movie.

On the upside, it looks like Skelos is going down with his buddies as well.