Abramoff's hiring doesn't change kosher pizzeria

[superconnected]

Source: Yahoo News

BALTIMORE – A lively mix of regulars and families with small children ate lunch at a kosher pizzeria in northwest Baltimore on Wednesday, and several said they have no problem with the restaurant's new employee: disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Tov Pizza's owner hired Abramoff because he thought his business savvy could jazz up the shop's marketing. Abramoff could not be spotted behind the counter, and owner Ron Rosenbluth said he would not be working in the kitchen.

"He's in the back. He's working," said Rosenbluth, who declined to make Abramoff available for an interview. He said it was his understanding that Abramoff could not speak to the media while he remains under the supervision of the Bureau of Prisons, which lasts until Dec. 4.

Abramoff was released from a minimum-security prison camp in western Maryland on June 8 after serving about 3 1/2 years for fraud, corruption and conspiracy. He spent three days in a halfway house in Baltimore before he was placed in home confinement, in part because he has a job, said Edmond Ross, a spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lobbyist_probe

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He's not in prison. He's working in a pizza place.

[YOY]

1. What? You mean the Jewish folks of Baltimore aren't impressed???

Who'da thunk that they wouldn't appreciate criminals???

[superconnected]

2. A pic from Yahoo, of Abramoff

[Judi Lynn]

3. He really should be in prison. n/t

[thelordofhell]

4. He should be working in an Indian Casino

[SnowCritter]

5. It would be great if he would learn something

about what over 90% of Americans have to go through to make ends meet. But, alas, I doubt that will happen.

[sabra]

6. pic

Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, seen here at Tov Pizza in Baltimore, Maryland, served more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials. He is now living in a halfway house in Maryland and working at the pizzeria. Collapse
(ABC News)

[KamaAina]

7. Time for a surprise health inspection

"A slimy substance was found covering the rear of the premises..."

[valerief]

9. Ha! A TOXIC slimy substance. nt

[sabrina 1]

8. Only three and a half years for all the harm he caused

to others. I don't know why any of us work honestly for a living. In this culture it seems that the most dishonest people, those who cause the most pain and suffering in the world, are the most rewarded and respected.

I thought he got eight years, and even that was nowhere near enough for his treasonous behavior.

[1monster]

10. He's out already!!!!????

:crazy: :shrug:

[Taverner]

11. Let him market pizza...

I would much rather him market kosher pizza, then be a lobbyist influencing capitol hill