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The Magistrate

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56. We're Pretty Much Done Here, Sir

Thu Mar 2, 2023, 09:43 PM

Mar 2023

I suspect I'd have backed Tammany against the 'good government' goo-goos.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2810/2810-h/2810-h.htm

George Washington Plunkett remains a good read, and I commend the link above to anyone with an honest interest in old-school municipal machines.

Show me a connection between the gift and the vote and we may have something to discuss. Otherwise, we're just spinning wheels and I've other things to do. I think you have demonstrated sufficiently your instinct for the capillary here, there's no need to tease it further out.

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Filing that one. maxsolomon Mar 2023 #77

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"Big Opera"! CTyankee Mar 2023 #46

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"Staff does what employers wish done"... brooklynite Mar 2023 #47

Pretty Much The Magistrate Mar 2023 #52

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We're Pretty Much Done Here, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2023 #56

"Staff does what employers wish done" MichMan Mar 2023 #58

So, You Say The Committee Staff Made A Mistake, Then, Sir? The Magistrate Mar 2023 #59

No, I wasn't the one that said "Staff does what employer's wish done" MichMan Mar 2023 #68

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That's Right The Magistrate Mar 2023 #50

So true. ' We all have a certain amount of concern in hand' I love how you put that. emulatorloo Mar 2023 #53

Best Of the Evening To You, Friend The Magistrate Mar 2023 #57

The OCE is non-partisan and independent. lapucelle Mar 2023 #23

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The House Ethics Committee has 10 members; 5 from each party MichMan Mar 2023 #29

:) This is happening because the GOP got a majority in the house. Hortensis Mar 2023 #32

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And they'll do their job on Santos, but that will be the real big deal. emulatorloo Mar 2023 #51

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