Though I'm still reeling from the Cardinals brutal collapse in game 6 of this season's Fall Classic, it appears though as this town is moving in the right direction, with help of a sympathetic district judge, and a motivated attorney representing the ACLU, this is something I have been waiting for, at least 6 sasons since this scandal broke in early 2007: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/appeals-court-judges-hear-arguments-over-world-series-ticket-scandal/article_cb88a323-98e3-5602-9c92-bd35118df8f5.html Investigative Reporter Elliot Davis, who is a consumer advocate for the local FOX affiliate here capatialized on both the public outcry of disgust over this whole matter, and these dirty cops getting away with a major coverup, ran this story on his assinged Consumer Affairs segment, putting StL Prosecuting Attorney Jennifer Joyce Hayes's phone number on the screen and a invition for viewers to call her and "Tell her what you think". I called the phone # he gave and called to voice my opionion regarding my franchise that has meant so much to me ever since I was a little kid. Three days later, after coming home, after a long day of work, my land line was ringing off the hook, and guess what, it was Mrs Hayes calling me back! Coulnd't believe it at the time! We chatted for awhile, and she was very cordial, but when I pointed out to her that the bottom line was that the police officers involved blatently tampered with evidence, she responded with a bucket list of canned answers, very obviously protecting her own! She closed the call by asking me if I ever encountered her at a neighborhood watch meeting or any any public appearance, that I should introduce myself to her so we could further discuss this big coverup. Fast forward 5 years and 2 days after the Cards clinch WS title #11 in 2011, the day after returing from Cancun, 2 days after the Cardinals clinched over Tony Washington's Texas Rangers,I had to report to jury duty the following Monday morning after returing from abroad, the same day legendary Cardinal manager Tony Larussa announced his retirement. They tried to seat me for a 1st degree assault charge, the defendent had a public defender. I explained to the prosecuter, defense, and the judge, that I could not be non judgemental due to this whole previous scandal, going back to 2006. The sweest thing I got out of it was my response to the presiding judge was "Judge, how am I to know that the officer involved with this case was not one of th cops involved with the 2006 WS ticket scandall coverup? Obviously, I did not get picked for this case, and 4 days later recieved a letter from the presiding judge on the case thanking me for my sacrifice of my public duty! SWEET!! Stay tuned here folks, I'm hoping The Feds get involved with this. The best thing is one of the scalpers who got busted and got his WS tix squeezed, heard one of these asshat cops braggin' about it to a anouther cop , and filed a griviance on this getting this whole thing initiated! Stay tuned, this is going to get RICH.:aetsch004::biggrinbandit:
Hardly a "major" coverup when they were disciplined (as they should have been, maybe even should have been fired). Bad apples in every line of work.
I say I'd have to differ with you on this one. Those officers knew good and well what they were doing was wrong, tampering with evidence. The St Louis police department utilizes some very powerful attorneys here, and they are "Hell bent" if you will, trying their darndest to make sure the details never gets out here, because when they are named personaly, their credibility as a cop goes down the drain.....
