Amazing. Nice job by 5150 calling this jackass out for spewing nonsense.
J Kenworthy Posts: 5 Date: Oct 19 9:17 PM, 2007 Views: 875 Quote | Reply Political rumors from a taxi driver Someone once said " If you want the answers to anything, just ask a cabdriver" I drove a taxi in Scranton for over twenty years. I have seen and heard many bizzare things and stories. I wish that I kept a record over the years of some of the "rumors" that I heard from folks in my cab. If just ten percent of those tales were true, we truly live in a corrupt, vile town. Here are a few tales in no real order,
1. I heard a story of two local judges who were caught together in a homosexual tryst. I won't mention Chester or Jim's last names either.
2. I heard a rumor the during World War II , even though the area had to endure severe rationing, the basement of Mayor Hanlons home looked like a supermarket. Anything and everything was available there.
3. My Favorite story was told to me by John O'Horo, we was at one time the editor of the Scranton Times. He rode the cab every night. He related to me,that he was waiting for the elevator in what was then The Sheraton Inn. The doors opened, in the elevator was Jimmy Hoffa, surrounded by a few goons. The goons told Mr. O'Horo he would have to wait for the next car. The doors closed and the world never heard from Hoffa again. John told me he was sure it was Hoffa, having interviewed him a few times. His attempts to tell his story to local police and the FBI fell on deaf ears. We have all heard the rumors of were Hoffa is buried, maybe they aren't so far fetched.
4. Larry Sparano was the news anchor for WDAU/WYOU CH 22. His wife was a member of City Council in Throop. She opposed the expansion of the Keystone Landfill ,it was a heated and contensious fight. Mr Sparano decided to do investigate Mr DeNaples. At one point he was threatened and evicted forcibly from Auto parts lot. Within a few days the television station was purchased by an unknown investor from New York. The first and only thing the new owner did was fire Larry Sparano. Then the station was resold. The Message was sent loud and clear to all news media in the valley...............Hands Off Louis DeNaples
Anyone else have any similar political tales to relate. I have many more, but I don't want to hog the forum.
Wow finally!! Why didn't anyone think to ask the goons before about this issue?? All the time they knew!! We are sure lucky to have them among us lol lol lol
Jimmy Hoffa's mug wasn't that well known until he went missing. Even now, if the guy was still alive, I could trip over the man and I wouldn't know him -- but this O'hara guy spots him in a split second in a crowded elevator?? A guy surrounded by goons -- that could have been any number of men -- hell, I ran into Buffalino in a restaurant once. I've had drinks with a few of the Baldassari's. What's that get me?
I went to Jr High with a Baldassari...and I actually bought a front quater panel for a '74 Plymouth Duster from the DeNaples. Gee, maybe I'm all mobbed-up and I don't even know it.
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Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.
Oliver Stone needs to come to Scranton and do a movie about the newspaper editor who spilled his guts to the anonymous cab driver who posts on dd.com, but never uttered a word about the Hoffa disappearance to the staff and management at his Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper.
That's how real life works.
Biggest disappearance of the of century, JFK-RFK, Mob, Senate hearings connection, but no - the guy never tries to print a word - he just tells the hack.
Teamsters, invasion of Cuba/Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, military industrial complex debate, but he tells Travis (DeNiro "Taxi Driver" reference) - never mentions a word to his newspaper.
The guy's had several children and siblings work for the paper in question, but he never utters a word - he confesses to the cabbie. Takes it to his grave two decades later.
Look no further than that explanation and you've struck comedic gold.
In Jr High I was tall, too skinny, had (and have) an enormous nose, a voice that cracked more than Edith will under cross-examination and bad skin. Enough said. I was lucky that Bobbi Ann ever acknowledged that I existed....although we did have lockers next to each other, which helped.
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Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.
Geez, it's the making of a conspiracy. By way of note, I was probably the least popular boy at East Intermediate....so much so that I ended up bailing and going to Hannan (where I experienced similar levels of success...or lack thereof).
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Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.
