Criminal Enterprise in Niagara Falls needs to resign

[Bringthetruth]

http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/cover3.11.08.html


For more than three decades, Laborers Local 91 ran a terroristic campaign of violence and intimidation that saw critics and non-union workers beaten, millions of dollars' worth of construction equipment destroyed, contractors threatened with murder, and development in Niagara County grind to a virtual halt. Today many complain that prosecutions by the federal government since 2002 amounted to "too little too late" and say that the dearth of new private construction here remains as a sad legacy that will haunt the area for years to come.

Everyone knew what was going on. A generation of local politicians regularly drank at the campaign finance well drilled by the late union business agent Michael "Butch" Quarcini over the years, as union members were forced to tithe into various political action committees set up to ensure government cooperation with the corrupt organization.

While local politicians briefly spurned contributions from the Laborers just before and immediately after the federal indictments were handed down, the spigot was turned back on during the last election cycle, when District Attorney Michael Violante, Niagara Falls City Court judicial candidate Maria Massaro, former mayor Vincenzo V. Anello, Niagara Falls City Council candidate Nicholas Ligammari and Family Court Judge John Batt each accepted contributions from Local 91.

Whatever the reason for January's FBI raid, Laborers Local 91 -- and the city of Niagara Falls -- seem once again to be inexorably drawn to that dark nexus where politics and crime meet like old friends.

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So for all you guys who claimed LEO and local govt officials weren't involved or didn't know about what was going on really need to check the space between your ears.

OPEN THE LINK UP TOP FOR THE FULL REPORT

[Harlem World]

http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/cover3.11.08.html


For more than three decades, Laborers Local 91 ran a terroristic campaign of violence and intimidation that saw critics and non-union workers beaten, millions of dollars' worth of construction equipment destroyed, contractors threatened with murder, and development in Niagara County grind to a virtual halt. Today many complain that prosecutions by the federal government since 2002 amounted to "too little too late" and say that the dearth of new private construction here remains as a sad legacy that will haunt the area for years to come.

Everyone knew what was going on. A generation of local politicians regularly drank at the campaign finance well drilled by the late union business agent Michael "Butch" Quarcini over the years, as union members were forced to tithe into various political action committees set up to ensure government cooperation with the corrupt organization.

While local politicians briefly spurned contributions from the Laborers just before and immediately after the federal indictments were handed down, the spigot was turned back on during the last election cycle, when District Attorney Michael Violante, Niagara Falls City Court judicial candidate Maria Massaro, former mayor Vincenzo V. Anello, Niagara Falls City Council candidate Nicholas Ligammari and Family Court Judge John Batt each accepted contributions from Local 91.

Whatever the reason for January's FBI raid, Laborers Local 91 -- and the city of Niagara Falls -- seem once again to be inexorably drawn to that dark nexus where politics and crime meet like old friends.

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So for all you guys who claimed LEO and local govt officials weren't involved or didn't know about what was going on really need to check the space between your ears.

OPEN THE LINK UP TOP FOR THE FULL REPORT

[SundayNiagara]

Yawn!

[Bringthetruth]

Yea crooked minded people usually yawn at organized crime reports that has gone on for over 30 yrs in a small town like niagara and that's too bad.

This is another reason why the city won't prosper(organized crime), only a few have benefited and I bet their last names end in a vowel.

[SundayNiagara]

Find a live horse to beat, this one's long gone.

[Bringthetruth]

And you say you want change in WNY ?

No you want this area to stay cursed and depressed forever, with the same unions, the same crooks continuing to monoplize and control the entire tegion.