Johnny Doc: Fumo Stole My Trash

Johnny Doc is pissed! And why would the IBEW Local 98 business manager be upset? Why, of course: :He says Vince Fumo stole his trash.

Okay, so it wasn’t Vince Fumo himself who allegedly nabbed the trash of John Dougherty and Local 98 prez Harry Foy. But Doc says Fumo’s nonprofit group, Citizens Alliance — which you may remember from Fumo’s recent indictment — did the trash pilfering on March 16. Doc says Foy’s wife saw the Citizens Alliance trashmen and asked them what they were doing, and the garbagemen refused to answer and sped off, presumably leaving a trail of trash in their wake back to Citizens Alliance.

CA prez Christian DiCicco said through a spokesman they were just emptying an overflowing trash bin a resident had called and complained about. But Johnny Doc has another side:

“This was as brazen and outrageous a dirty stunt as I’ve ever seen,” Dougherty said yesterday in a news release. I am calling upon the Attorney General, the Governor and the state Legislature to immediately take over this corrupt and out-of-control organization and suspend its funding and operations pending a thorough state investigation.”

The article doesn’t say whether Johnny Doc was storing important items in his garbage or why Fumo would do a dastardly trick like cleaning up things for his rival. But I am sure Trashgate will go on for months, leaving the city on edge. Where’s the missing banana peel, hey Vince? Where’s the missing banana peel??

Trash talk: Doc blasts Fumo group [Daily News]

Quickies: Trash, Trash, Everywhere

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• How did I miss this living stuffed toy-like Cavalier King Charles Spaniel before? [Cute Overload]

• The oil spill in the Delaware Bay is still being cleaned up. And — what a surprise! — they don’t know who or what caused the spill. [Inky]

Quickies: Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200

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