> > Frankly, New York City is a special case-- it's
>> unions have had a higher
>> degree of corruption than most of the rest of the
> > country. Your views on
>> both electoral politics and unions are pretty skewed
>> from taking atypical
>> New York City conditions as representative of the
>> rest of the country.
>
>
>Ahem. Hello? anyone heard about a little town on the
>shores of Lake Michigan that has a well known
>relationwhip with organized crime and deep
>comnnections with unions (at least historically) in
>the "fly-over" states, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas,
>Missouri, Nevada, and so forth?
Oh right. And Boston and Providence too. But those are exceptions to the rule. And thank god the nurses haven't taken up with the mob. That would be too depressing. Truckdrivers, ok. Pipefitters and elevator operators too. Just not the nurses.
Doug