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...department of environmental protection, has experience and approachability. She served under Browner in the Clinton-era EPA, and though she is not as well known as Browner or Chu, what she lacks in name recognition she makes up for in workplace recognition, with the firm support of her boss, Governor Jon Corzine. Politico and ProPublica report that some New Jersey environmentalists believe she's too close to industry to be effective, but that might not prove a negative as she assists in the massive work of beginning to regulate U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions from utilities. Her accessibility will also...
...deputy police superintendent and city budget director, helped run the Hired Truck program under Daley. That investigation ultimately ensnared Daley's former patronage chief, Robert Sorich, who was convicted of mail fraud and rigging promotions and job fills at city hall. Harris, widely considered a tough, prickly boss, was not charged as part of the probe...
...Others doubt that Harris presents any threat to his former boss. "Daley has always been smart enough to insulate himself enough," said one longtime city official. "It's not money, really, that pushes Daley. Ego and votes do. The feds keep throwing darts at the board and nothing has stuck. They've never been able to catch him in a lie. Now Harris may be able to do that, or he may not. All we know is Harris fell in with a den of thieves, and he got hooked...
...What d’ya want boss?” “Don’t talk to me like I’m some plantation owner” “What da fuck d’ya want then?” The above dialogue sums up the first meeting between sharecropper-turned-blues legend Muddy Waters and Leonard Chess, Chicago club owner and soon-to-be head of Chess Record Label. Chess and Waters are the subjects of “Cadillac Records” from writer/director Darnell Martin. Along with a stellar cast and soundtrack...
...recreation area shootout last March seemed to pit Guatemalan trafficker, Juan Jose "Juancho" Leon Ardon, linked to the Gulf cartel, against members of the Sinaloa cartel, believed to be led by Mexican drug boss, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera. Local newspapers reported that Leon Ardon and his group had stolen a drug shipment from the Sinaloa cartel, which then allegedly sought vengeance by killing Leon Ardon and 10 of his men. The 12th victim was Arturo Damian Casanova, a Mexican national and suspected member of the Sinaloa cartel. In April, the Guatemalan police detained Mexican national Daniel "El Cachetes" Perez...