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Random thoughts about the news from New York City

I believe several Mayors of the city of Waterbury, Connecticut, have been indicted. Some have served time.  There are protocols for this in Waterbury. Regular training for what to do when the federal marshalls show up and want to speak to the Mayor.  Nobody who grew up in Connecticut is all that impressed with the indictment of Mayor Adams in the city to our southwest.  One neat thing about the indictment though, is that they don't play the cutesy games other indictments do when they are made public. The bill of indictment is readily available.  In fact, I'll just give you the link in case you haven't come across it elsewhere. https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/u.s._v._adams_indictment_1.pdf But what do I mean by "cutesy games"? The anonymization of terms with pretty obvious referents. Some US Attorneys would have referred to "Country Number 1" yet made it obvious what country was referenced. Maybe with a reference to a waterway that rhymes with the word...