TEAMSTERS
Indicted Kentucky Boss Retires
Lon Fields, Sr., retired as president of Teamsters Local 89 in Louisville
Jan. 12. In Sep., a grand jury indicted Fields and three others for allegedly
violating campaign-finance laws during Gov. Paul Patton's (D) 1995 campaign.
Fields was a boss for 25 years. His 1997 salary, excluding benefits, was
$145,838. Fields also serves as a member of the Kentucky Racing Commission.
He was appointed to that post by Patton in 1996. [Courier-Journal
1/13/99]
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