billy was by far the most powerful person in massachusetts s government and his brother was a gangster and a mudderer. governor s came and went, democrat and republican, but they all had to deal with billy. most of the time, they had to do what billy wanted them to do. one thing all governors had to do is come to billy s st. patrick s daybreak fast where billy would sing, tell jokes about his politically powerful guests and bask in the pure joy of his power. here is billy 20 years ago joking, but not really joking with the republican governor bill about who really runs the show. looking well. enjoy your corned beef and cabbage. silver is coming back without natal natalie.
brothers. everyone understood that. billy never had to answer for whitey. a gangster brother would sink you in politics anywhere else, but not in my boston. billy loves the title president. when he left the senate, he gave himself the presidency of the university of massachusetts, which is, of course, owned by the state of massachusetts, which was then owned by billy bulger. billy paid himself a lot more as umass president than in the senate. he had no academic credentials or experience that made him qualified for a university presidency. by that time, whitey was a hunted fugitive, wanted for multiple murders and people outside of my very understanding neighborhood wanted to know what billy knew about whitey.
so, there s the republican governor, william weld, singing with billy about billy s gangster brother rigging the massachusetts lottery so billy would win. bill weld s job before becoming governor was local u.s. attorney. he was supposed to put gangsters like whitey bulger away for life and there he is singing about whitey with billy in public for all to see and all to laugh about. in my boss ton, it wasn t even slightly weird the president of the senate had a brother who was a gangster and murderer. we had outcomes like that. we didn t have to answer for our brothers. everyone understood that. billy never had to answer for whitey. a gangster brother would sink you in politics anywhere else, but not in my boston.
you re going to be a millionaire, there is no doubt for i had your brother pick these numbers out so, there s the republican governor, william weld, singing with billy about billy s gangster brother rigging the massachusetts lottery so billy would win. bill weld s job before becoming governor was local u.s. attorney. he was supposed to put gangsters like whitey bulger away for life and there he is singing about whitey with billy in public for all to see and all to laugh about. in my boss ton, it wasn t even slightly weird the president of the senate had a brother who was a gangster and murderer. we had outcomes like that. we didn t have to answer for our
i ll never forget the black man s name, ted landsmark walking near city hall when he was attacked for nothing other than the color of his skin. the attacker was one of the endless stream of protesters against school bussing in boston in those days. this is the image that black america has about boston. my boston. to this day, 37 years later, when i meet people and say i m from boston, i find ways to reassure them that i am not that guy. the guy with the flag. the school buses carrying black children into billy bulger s district were stoned. they threw eggs at ted kennedy in those days. boston was full of racist and hate. billy bulger s boston, my