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Philadelphia Local 98 Union Leader John Dougherty is Confusing His Life With Jimmy Hoffa’s
Someone has watched the Nicholson classic or The Irishman one too many times for his own good.
Imagine being a grown 56-year-old man, and still touting a nickname given to you in high school, proudly and publicly.
Better yet, imagine being a so-called leader of a local labor union — IBEW 98 to be exact — and acting like a child after being found guilty on Federal bribery charges by a Federal jury.
Eight out of eleven charges, you were found guilty on to be exact, and still, you have the audacity and gall to do your poorest Sopranos impression for the cameras on your way out of court. Just embarrassing, Doc, really.
Or buying a city councilman and turning him into your errand boy, in real life, not the season 4 finale of The Wire.
Well, what can I say other than Welcome to Philadelphia, and meet “Johnny Doc" and his pet City Councilman Bobby Henon.
Wow, would you just listen to those names? Better yet, watch their demeanors when they walked out of court after being found guilty just earlier yesterday. One carries on like an infant, touting all that’s on his priority list was to go get a booster shot with…
