Mariano Says ‘Union Yes!’

It’s been a while since Rick Mariano’s been mentioned in the news, but Dan Gross takes care of that for us today. Turns out that Mariano has returned to his old job as an electrician.

He even rides the EL to work, or at least he did the other day, when he got off at the Erie-Torresdale stop.

“Rick Mariano is currently working as a union electrician, which is his right as a card-carrying, dues-paying member of IBEW Local 98,” Frank Keel, a spokesman for the union, confirmed for us yesterday. “He has a right to make a living.”

Mariano, 50, has been working for Local 98 for about a month, sources say. He worked for many years as an electrician before being elected in 1995 to Council and has remained an active union member.

Now that’s the kind of moxie we like in a politician. In fact, we think this return to his roots could just help him get elected again once he gets out of prison.

Dan Gross | For Mariano, it’s electric [Daily News]
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