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Vito encouraged ALL of us to back and check the articles about his dangerous clubs and illegal parties. So, uh, we did. And here's what we found...
It's a THREAD! https://twitter.com/VitoBruno718/status/1305707991379988480
It's a THREAD! https://twitter.com/VitoBruno718/status/1305707991379988480
New York Times, 1983.
Vito said, “that he had given cash Christmas presents to officers. Asked if those gifts were more than $100, he replied, 'Let's just say a lot more.'"
Read it: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/22/nyregion/fbi-inquiry-on-after-hours-clubs-strains-links-with-police.html
Vito said, “that he had given cash Christmas presents to officers. Asked if those gifts were more than $100, he replied, 'Let's just say a lot more.'"
Read it: https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/22/nyregion/fbi-inquiry-on-after-hours-clubs-strains-links-with-police.html
In SPIN Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 6. 1987, Vito said of his own club, “If we’d go through the night and no one would get shot, that was a success.”
Read it: https://books.google.com/books?id=-eDfuEXUHp8C&pg=PA16&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false
Read it: https://books.google.com/books?id=-eDfuEXUHp8C&pg=PA16&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false
In "Wired: The Short Life & Fast Times of John Belushi," Vito Bruno told Bob Woodward: “We got two grams of coke and two black beauties for him [that night].”
Go ahead, check: https://books.google.com/books/about/Wired.html?id=ZWcPqPzYUCsC
Now he says he was misquoted. Sorry, but what could he have possibly meant?
Go ahead, check: https://books.google.com/books/about/Wired.html?id=ZWcPqPzYUCsC
Now he says he was misquoted. Sorry, but what could he have possibly meant?
NYT, 1994. The community intervened to shut down one of his rowdy, dangerous clubs.
One fed-up neighbor said: "Sleep was virtually impossible Friday & Saturday nights between 1-5 A.M. & residents were fearful to venture into the streets."
There were 5 shootings in the vicinity
One fed-up neighbor said: "Sleep was virtually impossible Friday & Saturday nights between 1-5 A.M. & residents were fearful to venture into the streets."
There were 5 shootings in the vicinity
Confronted with these facts, Vito ACTUALLY said:
"'We've been given a bum rap, and the noise will still be there when we're gone.' He accused critics of opposing it 'for racial reasons,' because many of the club's patrons were black and Hispanic."
"'We've been given a bum rap, and the noise will still be there when we're gone.' He accused critics of opposing it 'for racial reasons,' because many of the club's patrons were black and Hispanic."
SERIOUSLY?
This from the guy running such a despicable dog-whistle, fear-mongering, divisive campaign that it would make Trump blush?
His views sure have changed a lot.
Care to share why, Vito?
Couldn’t have anything to do with you wanting to get elected at all costs?
This from the guy running such a despicable dog-whistle, fear-mongering, divisive campaign that it would make Trump blush?
His views sure have changed a lot.
Care to share why, Vito?
Couldn’t have anything to do with you wanting to get elected at all costs?
And yes, you can read it all here: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/22/nyregion/neighborhood-report-chelsea-bowing-to-irate-neighbors-nightclub-will-close.html
Look. It’s about character. When you go back & read these articles, think about what kind of person you want representing you in the State Senate:
The person who will do or say anything to benefit himself, or the person who has spent his life giving back?
We’re #TeamGounardes
The person who will do or say anything to benefit himself, or the person who has spent his life giving back?
We’re #TeamGounardes
Also, please don’t challenge us to go back and read the articles unless…you actually want people to go back and read the articles.
