The Dallas Business Journal - 50 Cents - Issue 2
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TONY DOES DALLAS
By Greg Collins

As the violence on West Coast and in New York runs rampant and dominates headlines across the country, the forgotten city of Dallas just got more dangerous. Alleged mob boss Anthony “Tony” Porello has been seen on a construction site contracted out to Johnnie Walker’s Dallas Steel and Concrete construction business. Of course, Tony isn’t working in the hot sun with the labourers. Tony has been seen relaxing in a lawn chair receiving a tan and enjoying a beer.

When Mr. Porello was asked to give his job title he replied: “I’m a construction worker.” Tony then preceded to pick up a hammer before I quickly left the scene.

Porello is originally from Cleveland where he dominated the corn sugar business. He had a virtual monopoly on bootlegging from Cleveland to Akron and everywhere in between because corn sugar is a vital ingredient in bootleg beer. Porello has been indicted an incredible seventeen times for crimes such as larceny, breaking and entering, and mugging before he graduated to murder, extortion, bootlegging, and torture. However, Porello has never spent a day in jail and has no convictions for any crime. He worked his way up through the underworld in Cleveland eventually earning the title of Capo by the age of twenty-three. Porello is suspected in over twenty murders.

After the death of a powerful politician in the Cleveland area, Anthony Porello was told to leave the Cleveland by local Mafia chieftain Frank Greco due to the heat that surrounded him. He was spotted in the Dallas area about two weeks ago in Johnnie Walker’s office. Porello and Walker were seen smoking stogies and telling jokes to each other. Tony Porello will most definitely have an influence on the local crime scene immediately if his track record proves anything. If the crime rate increases, the murder statistics go up, or you're missing some jewellery, it will be no coincidence with the newly arrived Anthony Porello in Dallas.


A TALE OF TWO CITIES- THE DALLAS/ATLANTA CONNECTION
By Bud Silver

It was a fateful phone call by Deputy Sam "Hair Trigger" Burke to the office of FBI agent William Connolly on a warm Saturday lunch time that would prove to the catalyst for a submission from the Bureau's Dallas office for a budget increase in excess of two million dollars. Though the Bureau refuses to discuss the ongoing investigation that was opened up in the immediate aftermath of the phone call, local law enforcement have been much more forthcoming.

Deputy Burke explained in interviews with local press that he'd been at a gas station off of highway 95, Rockwall County, Texas, buying a few doughnuts while they took their break on one of the hottest days of the year. It was his partner, Officer Mike Cooley, who recognised the Ford Model T as it pulled up in the forecourt of the gas station. He immediately knew it to be a custom job of the car that had went out of production in 1927 and as he turned to point this fact out to Deputy Burke, they both recognised that face of alleged Atlanta Mafia Captain Donny_Belleti as he stepped forth from the vehicle and started to fill it up.

As they cruised past the vehicle, they also noted the presence of other men in the car, chief among them alleged Dallas Mafia Captain Johnnie-Walker in the front passenger seat. In the back seat was Dallas Wise Guy Anthony-Porello and two local toughs that Deputy Burke recognised from local mug shots. Their rap sheets indicated paid ties to organised crime.

As the two state troopers drove off, they held an impromptu council of war in their squad car. Both were in agreement that a high-level meeting of Mafia heads had either taken place or was due to take place. Burke reasoned that given the direction their car was headed in, they'd soon be taking off down highway 95, headed for Dallas city. Cooley suggested they pull in at a car show-room some 5 kilometres down the road and wait it out. Their gamble proved to be correct as within fifteen minutes the familiar Ford Model T passed them by. Making a quick decision, the two officers tailed it all the way to Dallas, stopping only once near another gas station while Deputy Burke made that fated call from a pay phone to inform the bureau.

The mobsters made a stop at Dallas Steel and Concrete Ltd and disappeared inside for a meeting that took roughly an hour, whereupon Belleti left. Once the Bureau became involved, the situation as far as local law enforcement were told, became much clearer. The mobsters have controlling interests in various industries that they were using to complement each other on inter-state racketeering. Belleti had begun to make serious moves in the hotel industry, with hotels either controlled or protected by him springing up all over Atlanta. Walker has long had a firm control of the construction industry and Bureau insiders began to speculate that chief among the benefits of their relationship was low labour costs, no trouble from the unions, money laundering through certain accountancy firms and even more bid rigging.

The state troopers who uncovered the meeting were authorised to keep on their targets and recorded more meetings, both at the offices of Dallas Steel and Concrete Ltd in Dallas and the newly built Cosca Trinacria hotel in the middle of downtown Atlanta. The hotel itself has come to symbolise what the Feds believe to be a major facet of organised crime in the central US. At twenty storeys high with a roof top pool and one of the best restaurants in the city, the hotel has made them more determined than ever to nail Belleti and Walker and put the respective Mafia Capos behind bars. Perhaps it was for this reason that the Feds pulled the plug on the local operation, pulling the state troopers who uncovered the whole thing.

Deputy Burke was particularly scathing of this decision, coming just at the time when they'd uncovered another bombshell:

"We'd been working on this thing for four months, ever since the sighting at the gas station. Last Friday, one of my guys phones me, early in the morning. One of our spotters in Atlanta spotted Belleti in the company of Oscar_McJunior. McJunior had taken over the Chicago Mafia after the death of Chicago Capo TrudgeSwagger during infighting between the Chicago, Detroit and New York branches of powerful Mafia family The Conceptualists. It seemed that the two had dined together in an Atlanta restaurant. A source early Saturday placed Walker in the company of McJunior at a race track. We began to speculate that the business arrangement was extending further afield and was possibly a trio of crews working in tandem. I phoned Connolly to provide him with an update and a week later, they pulled us."

Although not bitter about his part in helping open a case on what could potentially prove to be one of the biggest law enforcement wins against the Mafia in recent memory, Burke's tale did have a cautionary note. A week after the story first broke in the national news, the holiday home of his brother in law in Wildwood, New Jersey was burnt to the ground in what police have concluded was a case of arson. Though nothing has been proven, the fire prompted Burke to request to be put back on Traffic in Denton County, Texas.

"I just want to be able to move on with my life. The situation is out of my hands now and I've nothing more to say."


LOCUSTS CRIPPLE ECONOMY
By Tim Howard

A recent influx of locusts had surprised and concerned many cotton farmers in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. The sound of nails on a chalkboard could be heard for ten to twelve hours each night while the locusts mated. Locusts, known for their mating and migrating habits, settled into local farms about a month ago, but each following morning the crops would be in tact.

Yesterday, however, changed all that. When local cotton cropper, John Henry Clinton woke up at the crack of dawn yesterday, over ninety-five percent of his crops had been destroyed. Clinton had this to say: “Those dag gum crickets tore down my whole entire crop. Dallas ‘as already turned inta a gigantic dust bowl, people leavin’, people dyin’ by eatin’ that dag gum dust. I dunno what I’mma do now, maybe go prostitue myself out fer food.”

Clinton wasn’t the only one affect by the locusts. A local survey stated that over eighty percent of Dallas’s cotton crops had been destroyed, while almost all other agriculture was left alone. We interviewed Father Charles O’ Neil, a local priest, about his thoughts on the locusts only destroying the cotton crops, he had this to say: “Well, I think it was a sign from God. All this crime, death, and pain in the world now days, I think God is telling us something. The agriculture economy will be in shambles now and take a long time to recover.” When we asked what O’Neil thought the sign of God was his response was this: “I don’t know, but aren’t locusts a plague in the Bible? It‘s got to mean something.”

Dallas produces over one-third of the cotton in the United States. With crime being a major factor in Dallas already, expect it to increase. As John Henry Clinton said, he is ready to sell his body just to survive. He will have no trouble finding a pimp in this town. With many farmers out of a job this season, it will be interesting to see where they look for work in these troubled times, but expect looting to increase while people look for any means to survive.


EXECUTION BRINGS HOME THE REALITY OF CRIME FOR DALLAS GOOMBAS
By Teddy_Earnhart

It was the execution of Dallas Mafia associate FrankieBoborazzi_Jr that really brought home to the Dallas mob that they cannot consider themselves exempt from Presidential Decree. Some years ago it was President Carcass that intimated that the crime of identity fraud be punishable by death. In recent weeks The White House has been renamed "The Smite House" by the local press as it continues to refuse pardons or offer last minute reprieves for those found guilty of high crimes, instead opting to smite them down with excessive valour.

With the Senate committees on High Crimes and Offences against the State chaired by Senators Slander and Vodoo respectively, it has been a busy time for the judicial systems of the nine major cities of the US.

The execution of FrankieBoborazzi_Jr was the first "local" hit and it came swiftly. Locals in Lee Street where Boborazzi grew up who did not wish to be named explained that around 12 noon on June 18th was just a normal day. Boborazzi had hit a local Speakeasy early for a few Gin twisters and then stood around on his favourite street corner talking with Dallas Goombas, while they waited for the races. A few pills were also alleged to have been dealt out to wayward youths from his criminal hands at this time.

By 12:45pm, he was gone. The Dallas Business Journal spoke to one local man who said:

"I saw it. I'm the only one who did. There was two of them. Combined height of about 13 feet. Black suits. They put a black bag over his head and threw him into a big black car which sped off. Big damn car. Musta did about 100 around that corner and away. I never knew cars could drive so fast, this isn't Daytona."

At approximately 12:49 the first reports came in from DFWR Radio indicating that Boborazzi was scheduled for execution. By 12:50 a local lady from whom Boborazzi had stolen a greyhound and taken down to the track to run, only to shoot it when it refused, pushed the button on Frankie Junior and began by what all accounts was a horrific death courtesy of old Smokey. As thousands of volts of electricity began to course through his body, his hat, which authorities had quite mercilessly not removed, began to stick to his head. As he passed from this life one reporter ribbed that he looked like an old saxophone player at his local gin joint. One of our reporters asked Mr Walker for comment on this very graphic execution, to which he replied simply:

"He always did smoke too much."

In the wake of this execution, Dallas Goombas have begun to rally around one another. The tale of the two black suited figures and the black car scared them so much, they holed up in "Dallas Spirits," a club in Dallas. Led by the white suited, cane carrying Jebus, they played cards and drank cheap whiskey until they got bored and forgot all about poor Frankie. A Mass card left at the wooden cross that marked his burial place, courtesy of the State, read simply:

"Bye."


BODYGUARDS NOT DEAD SHOCKER
By Mikel Fickle

It was with great shocker that this intrepid reporter contacted the DBU or Dallas Bodyguard Union to confirm that the greatest bodyguard in Dallas, Lee McLeish, remains alive and well. With a price fixed at 1.9 million, all the drug money in Las Vegas couldn't secure this guys services for more than a day. Unfortunately he also remains distant and hostile towards his rivals. In fact it appears that his nearest rivals, Dorian Battiston and Hank Ellis at 1.1 and 1 million respectively, have joined forces in a bid to unseat him as king of the pile.

"McLeish ain't shit."

insisted Battison as he smoked a Lucky Strike.

"I read what he said about us in the last edition. Well you can tell him from me that if I ever see him in the street, I'll kick his face off."

Tensions it seems, are high mainly due to the lack of employment for these men who consider themselves the games elite. It was at this point that Ellis spoke to emphasis this point:

"Look at Norman Russo. Someone from either the Vegas or New York mob even paid him to work. HIM! You know what we called him in school? Norman Riddle. Yeah. Exactly. Shoulda called him Norman Piss on account of what he did on his first day..."

Before I could investigate this point further, Battison resumed their tirade.

"A year ago, maybe even two, McLeish was up there. Not anymore. There's guys in Atlanta can get 2 mill plus. I even heard a rumour of a guy asking for 3..."

With the stand-off showing no signs of abating, Dallas Captain Johnnie-Walker is rumoured to have sent one of his top men, the aptly named Richard_Kilbane, down the DBU for negotiations in an attempt to get them to collectively drop their prices. While nothing is certain yet, negotiations with the safest bodyguards in the US are always going to take time.


BUSINESS WATCH
With Lee "Top Dollar" Urlacher

No real change in the Dallas business district today folks, the top businesses are invariably those run people from the city itself and from Atlanta. An honourable mention first for DB's Texas Steakhouse, run by former Atlanta resident DirtyBert. Although seeming to now operate out of LA for reasons that I don't dare speculate on lest he break my knuckles, DirtyBert homed in early on a reliable concept, namely give em big Steaks and make them regional. After all, who doesn't like a big steak? With one hundred plus visitors since opening, this guy is certainly top of the charts and Dallas Civic leaders hope that Hollywood won't keep him too busy to call past and give his customer that personal touch, something that he has thus far excelled at.

Honourable mention also to Atlanta Wise Guy Sullivan, with 105 visitors at Sullivan's, his take on a Dallas Country Bar. When he isn't there, his associate Kalista can always be seen propping up the bar and offering the odd wink to new customers.

Top of the tree however, is Dark Horse, a stone-built public house that always seems to have a yellow warm glow emanating from within. Run by Beautifully_Chaotic, a Dallas Street Boss rumoured to be on course for bigger things, this place has been visited by a staggering 116 customers, with the lady herself right behind the bar polishing glasses. My kinda gal.

Although I didn't want to include this, a late night visit from a guy called MiltonBeasley convinced me of the error of my ways and so special mention to the next place down, as 86 people have paid visit to the headquarters of Dallas Steel and Concrete Ltd, presumably to discuss the construction trade. And although 89 people called past The Muse, another bar in Dallas, it's owner Shinigami was the latest high profile victim in the ongoing New York Las Vegas war and so it was unsurprisingly empty when I called by. That about does it folks, stay safe!


SPORTS

The regular football and baseball season have both ended, with the Dallas Skyscrapers in particular failing to capitalise on a season of promise by reaching the Play-Offs. With pre-season upcoming, we hope to bring you more news on the strong arm of Star Quarterback, Ernie "Rocket Ern" Elander.


Classifieds:

J & W Distillers Ltd: Open 24/7 in the Chicago area. If you need strong whiskey by the bottle, come on down and knock three times.

The Night Owl Social Club in Dallas: Comfortable atmosphere, many liquors available. Want to book a sofa? Call 1800- 222- Tony.

Dallas Spirits: Newspapers for wallpaper, all food free on opening night, One dollar bottles. What are you waiting for?

Baraccuda: Evenly priced food and drink. Want to make a reservation? Call 1800- 1292- 4444 and ask for Luigi.

Milton's Bar: Strong oak door if safety is your thing. Large wooden Patio. Perfect atmosphere for the drinkers that want to take in the afternoon sun.

Donny's Place: Small cafe situated in Downtown Dallas. Voted the best in Dallas at the Coffee Bean Awards, 1930. Italian Food a Speciality.

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