Joe Pilchesky wrote:

It's much more than the Doherty machine we're up against. It's the Lynett machine who has been giving us the screwing of our lives. Doherty is window dressing. If not him, they've have used someone else to get what they want around here. I'm not going to tell anyone who to vote for, but I will tell you this here and now, Washo wins translates into Doherty wins close relations with the commish office. Doherty is backed into a corner. He's deal-making like he has never had to deal-make before. He's going to need a lot of help to win an election around here and there's nowhere better to get it than to have his foot in the commish door and the SSD door. It's all bad news for us if he does. He's on his ass, but not counted out. Corrupt politician, among the worst, but as a politician per say, among the best.

Cordaro did approach me in the courtroom and asked if we could speak briefly in confidence. I'll honor that as I always have. I was somewhat suprised that he approached considering what I've done to him. Looking into the eyes of Bob Cordaro from two feet out, and I took a hard look, I saw a guy with a lot of fight left in him. Or, call it confidence, if you will, but I didn't see anything that I could call fear. Of anything. Interpret that how you will, just what I believed I saw for the two minutes he gave me to have that look.


On the union level, I've spoken with nearly all union reps, municpal and otherwise. Again, in confidence. Across the board, each and every union rep I spoke with is Pro-Cordaro/Munchak. Many of them know that Stevens and Lee, the law firm that O'Brien worked for, was active in trying to elimate union presence at CMC, which I didn't know until the told me. The unions are solidly behind Cordaro and Munchak. I don't know why they are because I don't know their working history, but they all know Doherty's strong anti-union stance and they all know he and Washo are dancing to the same music. For this election, Doherty is the kiss-of-death as far as the union vote is concerned. Making it worse is that Virginia McGreggor, Doherty's sister, has been very close to O'Brien since day one.

I forecasted that Cordaro would win the court decision, and he'll win if it is appealed. The letter of the law simply favors him, so we have a war to watch with a front row seat. Cover yoruselves with plastic to avoid the blood splatter, maybe wear boots while you're at it. This one will be like no other.

was just watching wrote: Joe, is your case against Cordaro still alive at the state level ? What about the recycling deal?

Joe Pilchesky wrote:

Alive and well. Waiting for a briefing schedule from the court regarding preliminary objections. Reihner claims that the action I've taken must be submitted to the Ethics Commission and that I have no standing. We'll see what happens. As you know, it will go before Munley and Minora when it's ripe to be heard.

Joe Pilchesky wrote: 10. I responded by filing preliminary objections to the preliminary objections that he filed, claiming they were lacking in specificity sufficient for me to be able to formulate an answer to them, which they are.

11. So, there are actually two sets of objections here. a) his objections to the complaint; and b) my objections to his objections.

Crow eaters wrote:

You have to understand, your credibility is always going to be at issue for all of us. I'm from Missouri.