QUOTABLE QUOTE
"[Walter J. 'Buster'] Browne became the
most visible and politically powerful union boss in Broward [Fla.] He loves
the image of the dangerous bad boy. He looks and acts like he stepped out
of On the Waterfront. But he is a thoroughly modern union boss, charged
with using a credit card and a pen--rather than brass knuckles--to violate
union trust. . . . [At his arraignment], this political powerhouse was
just another guy in a plaid shirt, his belly hanging over his belt, his
voice almost a whisper as he answered questions from U.S. Magistrate Barry
Seltzer.
Seltzer reminded Browne that he could no longer travel outside southeast Florida while out on $150,000 bail. Browne nodded. Seltzer said Browne must give up his union credit cards. Browne stood mute. The judge said Browne couldn't own a gun while on bail. 'I don't own a gun,' Browne said. Some tough guy."
-Buddy Nevins, Columnist, Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale), Nov. 3, 2001, commenting on the recent indictment of the Nat'l Fed'n of Public & Private Employees' boss.
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