Cuyahoga County Democrats find Humor in Corruption Probe

At a time when most connected democrats from Cuyahoga County should be hanging their head, Prosecutor Bill Mason & his cronies find the corruption probe funny!

Mason first took offense at reporters being present at his annual golf outing...

Mason didn't take kindly, at first, to the unprecedented media attention to a golf outing that attracts staffers, politicians and labor leaders. He confronted a Plain Dealer team puttering around the course in a golf cart.

"Hey, come on, what are you doing?" Mason said. "People are trying to enjoy themselves and you're taking their pictures. This is bulls---."

Nor was Mason pleased when told the joke about the FBI.

"Yeah, real funny," Mason snapped. "How long are you guys going to be here?"

Mason eventually cooled down, but only after a club official had repossessed the golf cart and banned the newspaper team from the course "for insurance purposes."

Supplying his pals with bouncing boobs & flowing beer at his $150 per ticket fund raiser/golf outing, these area democrats had a time of their life laughing about what may be the largest corruption scandal in the history of Cuyahoga County.

From the PD -- (Italics added)

It was a beautiful day for golf, which was followed by a steak dinner with all the trimmings. Comely young women zipped around the course in golf carts bringing golfers all the ice cold beer and soft drinks they desired.

The clubhouse chatter at Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason's annual golf outing Friday brought an air of frivolity to one of the local Democratic Party's darkest weeks.

The appearance of a news photographer with a telephoto lens on the Ridgewood Golf Course in Parma tickled funny bones in the fairways.

"Hey, look! The FBI's here to take our pictures," called a member of a foursome on the 17th tee.

The jocular mood continued throughout the morning, fed by the appearance of Channel 19 investigative reporter Carl Monday in the parking lot to interview golfers as they unloaded their clubs.

Although Mason assured that Commissioner Jimmy Dimora and Auditor Frank Russo aren't golfers and never attended any of his 19 golf fundraisers, their legal predicament provided an undercurrent to much of the gallows humor at the event.

The course was packed with foursomes of Mason's friends, family and supporters, though Dean DePiero's group only had three golfers. That prompted the Parma mayor to jokingly inform anyone within earshot that the group's fourth golfer didn't cancel after FBI agents raided their homes and offices on Monday.

We will see how hard Mason's monkeys are laughing when HE becomes the next target in the probe! Doesn't speak too highly of his competence that all this alleged corruption went on under his watch.

All I have to say to Mason is... remember what I told your office & Asst. Prosecutor Dave Lambert! You were warned, now it is play time for me & you! Your Next!

One last thing... Billy Boy, if you want to construe my above remarks as a threat and charge me with a crime of some sort - I dare you!