Comments on: Ex-Union Boss Browne Out Of Prison http://www.browardbeat.com/ex-union-boss-browne-out-of-prison/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:10:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Unions Lobbyists and Crime http://www.browardbeat.com/ex-union-boss-browne-out-of-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-30808 Unions Lobbyists and Crime Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:39:04 +0000 http://www.browardbeat.com/?p=3786#comment-30808 Union lobbyists and crime go together like peanut butter and jelly. Natural fits. It has been this way forever. Long ago, instead of staying on a righteous path, unions allowed themselves to become criminally involved with organized crime and lost their sense of ethics. Government is the last stronghold of this corrupt union movement, the last place where they can still use political muscle to influence the weak elected officials into spending tax dollars lavishly on union member salaries and pensions. Unions don't even care what happens in government, they care not about public policy, they don't care what quality an offiial brings into office. The litmus test for union endorsement is a simple one: They pick the ones they think can win over which they can exert the most control. That's the litmus test. And then, the union leaders have the arrogance to cut special little deals for themselves. Trips, junkets, they just love trips and junkets, wrist watches and pay offs. No show jobs and patronage. Bribes and blue walls of silence. This is the ugly underbelly of organized labor in government. Guys like Browne were masters at it. Union lobbyists and crime go together like peanut butter and jelly. Natural fits. It has been this way forever. Long ago, instead of staying on a righteous path, unions allowed themselves to become criminally involved with organized crime and lost their sense of ethics.

Government is the last stronghold of this corrupt union movement, the last place where they can still use political muscle to influence the weak elected officials into spending tax dollars lavishly on union member salaries and pensions.

Unions don’t even care what happens in government, they care not about public policy, they don’t care what quality an offiial brings into office.

The litmus test for union endorsement is a simple one: They pick the ones they think can win over which they can exert the most control. That’s the litmus test.

And then, the union leaders have the arrogance to cut special little deals for themselves. Trips, junkets, they just love trips and junkets, wrist watches and pay offs. No show jobs and patronage. Bribes and blue walls of silence. This is the ugly underbelly of organized labor in government. Guys like Browne were masters at it.

]]> By: T. R. http://www.browardbeat.com/ex-union-boss-browne-out-of-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-30781 T. R. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:32:18 +0000 http://www.browardbeat.com/?p=3786#comment-30781 Walter was a victim of over-zealous federal agents who should have been looking at real corruption in this county. We now realize the real crooks are in office, not reprsenting the employees. Walter was a victim of over-zealous federal agents who should have been looking at real corruption in this county. We now realize the real crooks are in office, not reprsenting the employees.

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