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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Fumo down the Shore, redux
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from the Johnny's Cafe website, one of its star sightings. No pix of Fumo, but that looks like Steve Schirripa, a.k.a Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri
Ah Vince, how we love you down the shore. And how you love the shore back! And we will miss you too, after you get sentenced, now scheduled for Tuesday. We loved trying to find your condo on the bay in Ventnor, and finding a parking space out front that said "Reserved for Senator." Who will park there now? How we loved all those conspiracy theories over the years that it was you, and your power, and your money that was behind the effort to stop the sand dunes from being built in Ventnor, and how awesome it was when testimony in your trial left little doubt that those conspiracy theories were true!!! Who will fight to get rid of those pesky sand dunes now? Actually, another awesome if less bullying power broker, the bobble-headed-into-immortality Pinky Kravitz is on that case, in Atlantic City. Then, just days before your sentencing, you propose to your girlfriend, Carolyn Zinni. Where? Down the Shore, of course. Of course, there is that awkward matter of you walking into Johnny's Cafe in Margate while the Inquirer's Craig Laban was there reviewing the place. Of all the gin joints, Vince... How awesome for Laban, who got to write that he saw you "strolling in for a meal of blackened scallops, crab cakes, and old-fashioned ricotta pie." Of course, then the prosecutors got to quote from that review, and cited it as evidence that your heart and other health problems should not be considered a mitigating factor in your sentencing. Bummer. "Judging by this menu, and as Fumo's medical records confirm, his heart disease is well in check," federal prosecutors John Pease and Robert Zauzmer wrote. Oh well. Probably should have skipped the ricotta pie. In any case, your photo has not yet been posted on the "Star Sightings" page of the Johnny's Cafe website, above, but we'll be monitoring it for an update. Hope to see you down here again soon.
Posted by amy rosenberg @ 8:02 AM  Permalink | 10 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:54 AM, 07/08/2009
    Nah, that's Vincent Pastore.
    — FairmountFrank
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:57 AM, 07/08/2009
    Ya blew it!
    — LennyFishcake
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:57 PM, 07/08/2009
    who says Fumo was eating the food he was picking up? Maybe it was for his lady?
    — dSmith
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:27 PM, 07/10/2009
    Why are these "guys" holding hands?
    — Fernwood
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:47 PM, 07/10/2009
    Vinny Smoke gets 12 years, out or dead in five. Book it. Ya treat people like he did, ya get what ya deserve in the end because the worm always turns.
    — feudi
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:22 PM, 07/11/2009
    amazing how this paper messes up even the easiest of tasks...can't even confirm the identity of the pictures it posts.
    — glensider54
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:33 PM, 07/11/2009
    feudi, you are not very well informed, in fact you are really stupid. There is no parole in the federal system.
    — bhs1944
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:47 PM, 07/11/2009
    oh well wishful thinking on my part. i stand corrected.
    — Amy S. Rosenberg
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About The Downashore Blog
Inquirer staff writer Amy S. Rosenberg has covered Philly police, city neighborhoods, Ed Rendell as mayor, the Jersey shore, Atlantic City, Miss America and the psychology of Eagles fans. She is now assigned to features. She moved to Ventnor on July 3, 1995, which makes her a local, but not really. Email her here: arosenberg@phillynews.com.

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