On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:52:32 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:



That was Paul Powell. When people were renewing their drivers licenses
etc, they would make their checks out to Paul Powell instead
of :Secretary of State" and he'd get them and cash them.


hey, they were made out to him, eh?

heh heh.
I looked it up to refresh my memory. Shoebox with 800 grand.
It was actually in a bunch of different containers, but shoebox is
what the press went with.
I remember thinking it should have been me cleaning that closet.
Set for life.
Nah, I would have turned it in to the great folks of Illinois.
Heh heh.

--Vic