Comments by CrimeDawg, Jim McGough, Local 2 member in good standing despite the unconstitutional efforts of Luskin's lackey, Robert "Bobby count the money" Bloch to persuade local 5 to not issue me a transfer, an absolute right I have under LIUNA's constitution.

Luskin

CrimeDawg

some other group What other group is Luskin referring to besides the members?
Schippers See Burke's letter and history of Schippers
skills what skills does Joe now lack that he apparently had as supervisor of local 5, as deputy trustee of the Chicago laborers District Council. Romano has more skills in dealing with contractors than Dalton. Has Dalton ever led a strike? Romano has more skills in his little finger than Dalton has in his body. Has Luskin ever met Dalton? What are Dalton's qualifications besides being a lackey for Riley?
interests Local 2 has jurisdiction over underground work that the district council locals covet.
leadership that is familiar with the operation of a LIUNA local union and with the District Council. Joe Romano was appointed a Deputy Trustee of the Chicago Laborers District Council, fired for promoting "Union Democracy" and was subsequently appointed trustee of laborers local 5 where he did an excellent job. If he wasn't familiar with the operations of the district council or local, why was he appointed deputy trustee in the first place? 20 Daltons would not make one Romano. One can not change a sow's ear into  a silk purse.
Local 2's jurisdiction and to its interests in dealing with employers Burke and Tomasik tried to protect local's 2's jurisdiction and were thwarted by Schippers and his incompetent, "Know Nothing" assistants, husband and wife team Al Tracy and Nancy Ruggero ( Schipper's assistant for many, many years, and reputed mistress) In the Cook County court case, Veitch vs Schippers, you will find motions to compel Schippers to answer the interrogatory on whether or not Nancy was both his assistant and mistress. Schippers refuses to answer the same question he put to President Clinton. (Hypocrisy I call it) Attorney Edward Hogan of Hogan, Marren & McCahilll is shown as counsel of record to defendants Schippers, Tracy and Ruggero, a fact Mr. Hogan denied at the last class conducted by Matt Cleland on understanding collective bargaining grievance procedures when I questioned him publicly on the matter..
speculates Joe is not speculating. When one lives as long as Joe in Chicagoland , the most racially  segregated area  in the USA, and one is trying to convince neanderthals to come out of the stone age and practice "Union democracy", promote racial harmony and racial justice, and one sees the look on the face of bigots when a black comes into the district council as a potential member, one knows-not speculates-the reasons for one's sudden demise and ouster. In Chicagoland, one knows certain things:
  • Organized crime controls the Laborers Union and intends to remain in control.
  • It will take another century before whites want racial harmony-when they constitute the minority
  • The Chicago Cubs will not win a world series, this year, next year, this decade, this century.
  • Lawyers are not to be trusted to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth but can be trusted to represent faithfully whoever pays their fee.
  • Lawyers try to make sure their clients act legally. Priests, rabbis and ministers try to get people to act ethically. There is a vast chasm between the two, one the floor, the other the ceiling. LIUNA lawyers never get off the floor in CrimeDawg's opinion.
  • Females by nature are ill suited to serve as Attorney Generals-they have "no balls"
  • LIUNA entities (The locals, pension funds, welfare funds, etc) are employment agencies and political patronage havens for those in power. ("Outfit", "Irish Mafia", you name it etc)