Sharks Vunerable To Excessive Heat

Since the infamous Tommy the Loan Shark-turned-Frank Keel press conference, there hasn’t been much of Tommy seen around the city.

Where has he been? Was Frank Keel really correct, and he’s a Pagan motorcycle gang member from South Jersey? Did he die? Did Tom Knox capture him?

Gar Joseph has all the answers.

The Shark does not speak, but his bullhorn-equipped sidekick, Jim Nixon, does. Nixon denied Keel’s accusations and called him a thug for John Dougherty, head of Local 98 of the electricians union, who’s leaning toward Knox.

Nixon claims to be a humble grad student who dogs Knox on his own, for free.

Keel is pretty scary, but we don’t think he’d scare a shark. So we called Nixon. Tommy the Loan Shark hasn’t been around “because he’s been busy with final exams,” Nixon said.

Hmm. Maybe the Pagan motorcycle gang takes classes at CCP or something. But there’s another reason, too. Nixon says it’s gotten hot enough that wearing the shark costume is pretty much impossible for whoever’s inside it. So there you have it: Tommy the Loan Shark is nowhere near as tough as the Phillie Phanatic.

Also in his article, Joseph writes about how John Street encouraged people to commit fraud, but whatever.

A shark or a minnow? [Daily News, 3rd item]