JUST THINKING THROUGH THIS POSSIBLE ORGANIZED CRIME CONNECTION BETWEEN MEDINA AND CLEVELAND

Since I've come upon the fact that corrupt Medina County judge COLLIER, has changed his name from either CALAFATO  or COLAVECCHIO, depending on who you talk to, and learning that he is from the Collinwood/Euclid area just set me to thinking.


A trip to the Cuyahoga County Probate Court should straighten the name issue out.


Be that as it may, in years bygone, the Collinwood area spawned a number of local Mafiosi and hangers-on.  Many are now dead, imprisoned, or just retired because they've just become too old to keep up with the younger generation.

However, old habits and old family ties are hard to die.

It appears that there may very well be an Organized Crime connection between Medina and Cleveland that we have stumbled upon.

Acknowledging, first and foremost, judge COLLIER a/k/a COLAVECCHIO a/k/a CALAFATO is a transplant from an Italian area in Cuyahoga County, that he was appointed to the position of judge, and that he has never had any Democrat opposition in the last two General Elections gives me pause to consider just how "lucky" COLLIER a/k/a COLAVECCHIO a/k/a CALAFATO has been.

Or is it purely luck?             

The political corruption corruption in Medina County may very well run much deeper than I had originally contemplated when I first began to publish this blog.  In fact, it now appears that Medina public corruption is linked inexorably to the public corruption in Cuyahoga County.

Consider the following:

Corrupt judge COLLIER a/k/a COLAVECCHIO a/k/a CALAFATO purports to be a Republican, yet he is strictly obedient to DINO HOLMAN, the Democrat county prosecutor.


They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.  That may be true, but a common bond of public corruption makes them all kissing cousins.

I have been told by a reasonably reliable source of information that Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy DiMora, a mover and shaker in the Cuyahoga County Democrat Party, has been able to "accomplish some things" in Medina County through his contacts with Democrat politicos in Medina County.  That information appears to be pretty solid.

Of course, as most already know, DiMora has been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for his alleged involvement in Cuyahoga County public corruption.

As fate would have it, DiMora lives in a $450,000.00 home in Independence, Ohio, directly across the street from Russell J. Papalardo, a real estate agent and owner of Carriage Hill Realty in Independence, Ohio.

Now, one can rightly assume that DiMora and Papalardo, both of Italian descent, and being neighbors, just might be friendly with one another.

There is, however, just one little wrinkle.  PAPALARDO is reputed to be the current head of the Cleveland Family of La Cosa Nostra, the Mafia.

One can easily imagine how, PAPALARDO might want something done in Medina County, say like making sure that COLLIER/COLAVECCHIO/CALAFATO did not have any Democrat opposition in the Medina County General Elections.

Just a gentle word from PAPALARDO to DIMORA could easily result in a phone call from DIMORA to one or more Medina County Democrat politicians, perhaps even DINO HOLMAN himself, and it's a done deal.  So, that's how it's done, with hardly a ripple.

Think this scenario too far-fetched?  If so, just look to the north to Cuyahoga County and reconsider.
You may wish to read this revealing article at http://www.cleveland.com/countyincrisis/index.ssf/2008/12/dimoras_neighborhood_attracts.html

MUCH MORE TO COME ....