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nolabear

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4. I'll bet.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 14, 2024, 01:00 PM

Aug 2024

I’ve heard that the mob is involved in garbage collection, probably since that show made people bring it up. Where I grew up on the Gulf Coast and New Orleans the mafia controlled so much we weren’t sure they weren’t running the churches.

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Trash hauler won coveted garbage pickup rights after donating to Mayor Adams' campaign [View all] RandySF Aug 2024 OP

Adams, at minimum, has the appearance of a corrupt clown and thereby RockRaven Aug 2024 #1

Stories like this make he homesick. Conjuay Aug 2024 #5

The Sopranos! nolabear Aug 2024 #2

NYC has had a long history of organized crime controlling garbage pick-up. Not a storyline only for Sopranos hlthe2b Aug 2024 #3

I'll bet. nolabear Aug 2024 #4

Yeah, it was all fun and games up until someone was found Conjuay Aug 2024 #6