The Station nightclub plea deal

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 21 Sep 2006 Donna Halper wrote:

> Oh dear.  Can we avoid turning this into a political rant during such
> a tragic time?  We have seen BOTH parties do corrupt and vile things
> over the years.  This one wasn't so much about which party is in
> power, since evidence shows that in times of crisis, either party will
> go for butt-covering and face-saving immediately.  What bothers me is
> that we saw this movie before-- the Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942
> contained many of the same elements, including over-crowding, blocked
> exits, fire inspectors who didn't do their jobs, and big political
> figures who wanted everything covered up.  Supposedly laws were passed
> to prevent this sort of thing from happening again, but alas, if the
> laws are not enforced, ordinary people end up being badly mistreated
> while the truly guilty are never punished. 

The Cocoanut Grove fire took place in Boston.  Laws may have been 
passed, but they were passed in Massachusetts, not Rhode Island.

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