Entries by Fitrakis

Bob Bytes Back: Archive 7/16/98 The Shapiro Murder File

Columbus Alive obtained a copy of the “Shapiro Homicide Investigation: Analysis and Hypothesis” report through a public records request on Friday. As previously reported in Alive, the report confirms that the name of central Ohio billionaire Leslie Wexner was linked “with associates reputed to be organized crime figures.” The names of businessman Jack Kessler, former Columbus City Council President and current Wexner associate Jerry Hammond and current City Council member Les Wright also appear in the report.

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The Dispatch Goes For The Re-kill Of Arthur Shapiro

Bob Fitrakis March 6, 2010 The specter of Arthur Shapiro continues to haunt Columbus, Ohio. A partner in the prominent Columbus law firm Schwartz, Shapiro, Kelm, and Warren that represented transnational corporations like The Limited, Shapiro took two bullets in the head 25 years ago in a Mob-style slaying. Columbus’ daily monopoly, owned by the […]

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Mind Control And Understanding Shutter Island

Bob Fitrakis February 21, 2010 To understand Martin Scorsese’s well-crafted psychological thriller Shutter Island, viewers should do an internet search on the following three terms: MK-Ultra, Manchurian candidates, and Operation Paperclip. For the extended value-added search, throw in the combination of “CIA” and “LSD.” Shutter Island is being released at a very propitious time. Just […]

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Bob Bytes Back Archives: 10/23/1996 Deja V

Who says crime doesn’t pay? Not the V Group, the Voinovich group of companies that specializes in building jails. You see, the Guv’s younger brother Pauly is at it again. His Cleveland-based architectural construction company may be connected to a man under indictment and investigation for alleged “influence peddling.”

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Bob Bytes Back Archive: 10/16/1996 Smoking Guns

10/16/1996 by Bob Fitrakis As former Sheriff Earl Smith sees it, “That guy in the other paper missed the whole point….I wasn’t obsessed with pornography, we had a health problem, an AIDS epidemic. And when we tried to close the bookstores we ran right into organized crime.” Referring to a recent front-page article in a […]

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Et Tu, ACLU?

by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman January 27, 2010 The Supreme Court’s atrocious Citizen’s United green light for unlimited corporate campaign spending had a willing accomplice—the American Civil Liberties Union. Why? As long-time supporters, we are horrified by the ACLU’s betrayal of political reality and plain common sense. Standing proudly with the victorious corporate hacks […]

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Will Diebold Steal Ted Kennedy’s Seat – And The Senate?

by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman January 18, 2010 The same types of machines that helped put George W. Bush in the White House in 2000, and “re-elect” him 2004, may now decide who wins the all-important “60th Senate seat” in Massachusetts. The fate of health care and much much more hang in the balance. […]

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