Toledo Tales

Left: Trouble ahead for McCloskey and the Don?

(Toledo, OH) After dropping his bid to become Toledo city council president, Bob McCloskey did an about-face and announced today he will, indeed, seek the post.

McCloskey said that he did not worry about the likely repercussions from Don Lichtenwald, Local 20 Teamsters boss.

"I don't care how many daigo guinea WOP greaseball goombahs come out of the woodwork!" he defiantly told a Toledo Tales reporter. "Well let me tell you something, my Kraut Mick friend! I'm gonna make so much trouble for you, you won't know what hit you!"

A runner from the Don attempted to pass a message to McCloskey, but he refused to listen.

"You sonofabitch, do you know who I am? I'm Bob McCloskey!" he shouted, punching the messenger in the face. "I made my bones when you were going out with cheerleaders."

McCloskey then apologized for the outburst.

"I guess I'm getting too old for my job, too grouchy," he said, shaking his head. "Can't stand the aggravation."

The Don, contacted by Toledo Tales, appeared to take the news in stride.

""Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon McCloskey to do a service for me," he said. "But uh, until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day."

The Don scribbled a note to the messenger and turned to this reporter.

"Today I settled all family business, so don't tell me you're innocent," he said.