Treasury Notes by Daniel P. Fagan, BPPA Treasurer

Secretary's Spread by Jay Broderick, BPPA Secretary

From The President:
A Job Well Done

From The Vice President:
IOD. Sick Benefit, FMLA and the Small Necessities Leave Act

By: Jim Carnell, Pax Editor
The most recent appeal in the never-ending legal travesty ensnarling Officer Ken Conley occurred on May 6th. At Federal Court in Boston, before a three-judge en banc appeals court, attorneys for the federal government and Kenny's lawyers argued for a grand total of thirty minutes. Each side was given a timed, 15-minute oral argument. The judges asked a few questions, played legal devil's advocate with both attorneys, and then took the matter under advisement.   continued

By: Attorney Thomas Dreschler, Counsel to BPPA
As many of you know, the Stern Commission, led by former United States Attorney Donald Stern, issued a report on May 25, 2005 regarding it's "investigation" into the death of Victoria Snelgrove and other events on Lansdowne Street on October 20-21, 2004.   continued

By: Jim Carnell, Pax Editor
Overweight yummie (young urban maggot) James Gaines, 25, was finally find guilty on May 26th by a Suffolk County jury of the attempted murder of uniformed Boston Police Officers Zenaida Flores and her partner Carlton Williamson and sentenced to 30 years in prison.   continued

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