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.