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Joseph Charles Bonanno, nascut com a Guiseppe Carlo Bonanno (Castellammare del Golfo, Sicília, Regne d'Itàlia, 18 de gener de 1905 - Tucson, Arizona, Estats Units, 11 de maig de 2002) fou un criminal i cap de la família criminal Bonanno, una de les cinc famílies de la delinqüència organitzada italoamericana més importants de Nova York. Es creu que el seu caràcter i la manera en la que gestionà la seva organització varen servir d'inspiració a Mario Puzo a l'hora de crear el personatge fictici de Vito Corleone.

A causa d'un conflicte pel lideratge de l'organització, Joseph Bonanno va abandonar la seva posició de cap a principis de 1968 i acabà morint per causes naturals l'11 de maig de 2002 a l'edat de 97 anys, convertint-se així en l'últim cap criminal present durant la fundació de la Comissió del crim organitzat. Sota el seu lideratge de més de trenta anys com a cap de la família criminal Bonanno, aquesta va expandir-se més enllà de Brooklyn fins a estats com Califòrnia, Arizona, Wisconsin i ciutats com Mont-real, Canadà.

Joventut
Nascut el 18 de gener de 1905 a Castellammare del Golfo, Sicília, Giuseppe Bonnano fou l'únic fill de Salvatore Bonanno i Catherine Bonventre. Al 1908 la família decideix traslladar-se als Estats Units d'Amèrica, concretament a North Fifth Street amb Roebling, al barri de Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Una de les principals raons que provocà que la família abandonés Itàlia fou la constant persecució policial que patia Salvatore Bonanno, un conegut home d'honor a Castellammere del Golfo i cap del clan criminal Bonanno. El 1912 l'acusació contra Bonanno va retirar-se i la família decidí tornar a Sicília per, en part, gestionar una sèrie de conflictes entre els dos clans principals de Castellammare; els Bonanno i els Buccellato. Salvatore Bonanno fou cridat a files de l'exèrcit italià el 1915, a raó de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Ell i el regiment d'artilleria on servia foren destinats a la frontera d'Itàlia amb Àustria. Després de quedar greument ferit en un combat i de ser enviat a casa per tal de recuperar-se, Salvatore Bonanno mor a principis de 1916. Poc després de la mort de Salvatore, la guerra pel control territorial entre els dos clans criminals s'intensificà fins al punt que els Bonanno van assassinar a Felice Buccellato, cap del clan criminal Buccellato. El 1921 i després de patir fortes depressions, mor Catherine Bonventre, mare de Giuseppe Bonanno. És després d'aquest episodi i a l'edat de 16 anys que Giuseppe Magaddino, germà de l'àvia materna de Bonnano, decideix exercir de tutor legal i endur-se'l a viure a la finca de la família Bonventre. Fou durant aquesta temporada quan, envoltat per Stefano i Giuseppe Magaddino, caps del clan Bonanno, Giuseppe Bonanno s'endinsa en la tradició mafiosa siciliana.

A l'edat de 17 anys, Bonanno decideix traslladar-se a la ciutat siciliana de Trapani per cursar estudis preuniversitàris a una escola nàutica. Un any després és acceptat ai Istituto Tecnico Nautico Gioeni-Trabia de Palerm. El 1924 Benito Mussolini va nomenar a Cesare Mori prefecte especial de Sicília i li va encomanar la tasca d'acabar amb el que Il Duce anomenava "elements reaccionaris". Això va traduir-se amb la persecució de molts mafiosos, que foren empresonats i torturats mentre molts altres van fugir del país, principalment als Estats Units. Durant aquest període, a estudiants com Giuseppe Bonanno se'ls exigia sumar-se al Partit Nacional Feixista a més de vestir una camisa negre en senyal de suport al dictador. La constant negativa de Bonanno a fer cap de les dues coses li va comportar l'expulsió de la universitat.

Migració als Estats Units
Degut a la gran dificultat a l'hora d'obtenir un visat per instal·lar-se als Estats Units, Giuseppe Bonanno i un cosí seu, Peter Magaddino, decideixen viatjar cap a Le Havre, França i allà embarcar a bord del vaixell Liberté amb destinació a l'Havana, Cuba. Ambdós foren transportats a bord d'un vaixell de pesca des de Cuba fins a la ciutat de Tampa, Florida, d'on prengueren un tren cap a Jacksonville amb la intenció d'arribar a Nova York. Un cop allà, agents d'immigració els detenen a la sortida de l'estació i els envien a un centre de detenció. Gràcies a la trucada telefònica que Bonanno va poder fer des del centre a Peter Bonventre, un tiet seu per part de mare afincat a Brooklyn, algú va dipositar els mil dòlars que les autoritats demanaven per cadascun dels dos joves i, tres dies després, foren posats en llibertat. Després de viure durant uns mesos a una casa que Peter Bonventre tenia al 4009 de Church Avenue, Giuseppe Bonanno s'instal·la al mateix barri de Williamsburg on havia viscut anys enrere, un indret caracteritzat per tenir una forta presència d'immigrants sicilians.

El 1925 li sorgeix la primera oportunitat d'involucrar-se en la delinqüència organitzada. Gaspar DiGregorio i Giovanni Romano, dos italians afincats a Williamsburg que dirigien una destil·leria clandestina, li ofereixen participar-hi. Els mesos següents, Bonanno es dedica a la fabricació i venda il·lícita de whisky fins que un accident i incendi a la destil·leria acaba amb la vida de Giovanni Romano. L'accident provoca que Bonanno abandoni el negoci de la producció d'alcohol clandestí per treballar com a repartidor al forn de Vito Bonventre, un tiet de Bonanno afincat a Brooklyn.

Segons el mateix Bonanno, a finals de 1925 Salvatore Maranzano emigrà d'Itàlia cap als Estats Units i creà diversos negocis legals i il·legals a Pennsylvania i Nova York. Un d'aquests negocis fou una xarxa de destil·leries clandestines que foren supervisades per Bonanno. No és fins uns mesos després de treballar per a Maranzano que Joseph Bonanno és oficialment introduït i acceptat com a membre del clan criminal Castellammarese. És durant aquest període que Bonanno coneix a Fay Labruzzo, filla d'immigrants italians orginàris de Camporeale, Sicília, i la dona que acabà convertint-se en la seva esposa. Sota la direcció de Maranzano, Bonanno és converteix en un dels homes de confiança del clan a més del supervisor en cap de les operacions de transport de licor clandestí.

La Guerra de Castellammare (1930 - 1931)
La Guerra de Castellammare fou un enfrontament armat entre Giuseppe Masseria, cap de la família criminal Masseria de East Harlem i el clan de Castellammare de Brooklyn. Degut al passat de Maranzano com a cap criminal a Itàlia, aquest va moure's ràpidament i amb certa facilitat dins la jerarquia criminal del clan de Castellammare fins assolir la posició de sotscap.

Les tensions provocades pel control del negoci del licor clandestí, el desig de poder absolut de Masseria i la negativa del clan de Castellammare de sotmetre's a les seves demandes van desembocar amb l'assassinat, el febrer de 1930, de Gaspar Milazzo, cap criminal de Detroit, originari de Castellammare del Golfo i proper a Maranzano. L'assassinat de Milazzo fou el detonant de les hostilitats entre ambdós grups però el líder del clan de Castellammare, Nicolo "Cola" Schiro, va accedir a les demandes de Masseria que, per tal de consolidar la seva posició de cap de tots els caps, li demanà un pagament de deu mil dòlars i que abandonés el lideratge de l'organització. Schiro va acabar abandonant els Estats Units per tornar a la seva Sicília natal. Fou llavors quan Salvatore Maranzano va prendre el control de l'organització. És després del seu ascens com a cap que s'inicien les hostilitats entre ambdós bàndols.

El 15 de juliol de 1930 Vito Bonventre, tiet de Joseph Bonanno i un dels finançadors més destacats del clan de Castellammare, és assassinat a trets a la porta de casa seva.

Gaetano "Tom" Reina, cap de la família criminal Reina del Bronx, es posicionà a favor del clan de Castellammare i poc temps després, el 26 de febrer de 1930 i a la sortida d'un restaurant del Bronx, Vito Genovese acaba amb la seva vida. Després de l'assassinat de Tom Reina, Masseria instal·la a Joseph Pinzolo com a cap de la família criminal Reina. Pinzolo, tot i haver estat un individu de confiança de Reina, fou proper a Masseria fins al 5 de setembre de 1930 quan és assassinat a la seva oficina de Broadway, Manhattan.

El 15 d'agost de 1930 Giuseppe Morello, mà dreta de Masseria i fundador d'una de les primeres organitzacions de tipus mafiós als Estats Units, és assassinat a trets a la seva oficina a 352 East 116 Street de East Harlem. Tot i pertànyer a l'organització de Masseria, Charles Luciano va defensar que foren ell i Albert Anastasia els qui, a través de Frank Scalise i el mateix Anastasia, acabaren amb la vida de Morello. D'altra banda, Joseph Bonanno i Joe Valachi van defensar que qui va acabar amb la vida de Morello fou Sebastiano Domingo, un assassí a sou de Chicago contractat per Maranzano. És després de les morts de Morello primer i Pinzolo segon quan Masseria col·loca a Manfredi Mineo com el seu conseller i mà dreta a més de limitar tots els seus desplaçaments. Segons els relats de Luciano i Bonanno durant aquest període, els membres d'ambdós bàndols gairebé no es deixaven veure pels carrers de Nova York i sovint feien vida en cases segures, mentre uns dormien altres vigilaven.

El 23 d'octubre de 1930 Joseph Aiello, cap criminal de Chicago, enemic de Al Capone i proper a Maranzano, és assassinat a ordres de Masseria mentre que el 5 de novembre d'aquell mateix any, un dels assassins de Aiello, cap de la família criminal Mineo de Brookyln i mà dreta de Masseria, Manfredi Mineo, és abatut a trets juntament amb Stefano Ferrigno a la sortida d'un edifici d'apartaments al Bronx.

Tot i produir-se morts en ambdós bàndols, l'organització de Masseria fou la que va patir més baixes. Es calcula que a principis de 1931 el bàndol de Masseria havia patit entre 40 i 60 baixes.

No fou fins al 15 d'abril de 1931 quan un soldat de la família criminal Masseria va acabar amb la vida del seu cap, Joe Masseria, i també amb la Guerra de Castellammare. Havent-se reunit prèviament amb Salvatore Maranzano, Charles "Lucky" Luciano va convidar a dinar a Masseria al restaurant italià Villa Nuova Tammaro de Coney Island. Després de prendre cafè i mentre ambdós jugaven una partida de cartes, Luciano va excusar-se per anar al servei, fou en aquell moment que quatre homes van entrar al restaurant, disparant indiscriminadament i causant-li la mort.

Família criminal Bonanno
Sense Masseria, Salvatore Maranzano s'erigí com a cap suprem de la Cosa Nostra italoamericana, un graó que es coneix com a "cap de tots els caps" o Capo di Tutti Capi. En un acte vist com a símbol de la seva arrogància per a Luciano i companyia, Maranzano va organitzar un banquet a l'hotel Concourse Plaza, situat al barri del Bronx, on es creu que prop de cinc-cents mafiosos van ser-hi convidats i on Maranzano s'autoproclamà "cap de tots els caps". Segons el mateix Luciano, tal fou l'arrogància de Maranzano que va fer instal·lar una espècie de tron reial al cap de la llarga taula que ell mateix presidia i va fer seure els seus deixebles al seu costat. El nou cap va voler crear una organització d'estructura piramidal, on els diferents caps de cada grup criminal responien a ell, qui deixaria de ser un cap d'un grup concret per passar a dirigir tota la Cosa Nostra italoamericana. Ell fou qui ordenà la creació de cinc famílies criminals de la ciutat de Nova York, cadascuna amb un líder (súbdit de Maranzano) i territori determinat. D'aquesta manera, es va instal·lar a Luciano com a cap de la família criminal Masseria, Tommy Gagliano com a cap de la família criminal Reina, Joseph Bonanno com a cap de la família criminal Bonanno, Joe Profaci com a cap de la família criminal Profaci i Vincent Mangano com a cap de la família criminal Mangano.

La manera com Maranzano va prendre posesssió del nou càrrec va agradar tan poc a alguns dels mafiosos de l'època que pocs dies després del banquet al Concourse Plaza, Charles Luciano i Meyer Lansky van reunir-se d'urgència a Pittsburgh i Cleveland amb caps criminals d'importància com Salvatore Calderone (Pennsilvània), John Scalise, Moe Dalitz i Fankie Milano (Ohio), Santo Trafficante (Florida) i un representant de Chicago enviat per Al Capone. L'objectiu de la visita que Luciano i Meyer Lansky van fer a tots aquests individus a principis dels anys trenta era el d'aconseguir suport necessari per acabar amb la vida de Maranzano. Per fortuna de Luciano i companyia, Maranzano coneixia la trobada però no el que s'hi va discutir. Tot i això, les sospites de Maranzano a ser traït no van fer més que créixer i el van portar a fer una llista amb els noms d'aquells individus que veia com a perillosos i que calia eliminar. Els noms de la llista foren els de Vito Genovese, Frank Costello, Joe Adonis, Dutch Schultz i Charles Luciano.

Finalment, el 10 de setembre de 1931 i tan sols quatre mesos després de la mort de Masseria, diversos individus que van identificar-se com agents de la Internal Revenue Service (IRS), van entrar a l'oficina que Salvatore Maranzano tenia a la luxosa avinguda de Park Avenue, just damunt de la Grand Central Station, i van assassinar-lo a ganivetades i trets. L'ordre d'acabar amb vida de Maranzano la va donar Charles Luciano que gràcies a Harry Rosen, un mafiós de Filadèlfia, va assabentar-se que Maranzano havia contractat els seveis de Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, un assassí a sou d'orígen irlandès, per acabar amb la seva vida.

L'octubre de 1931 Luciano reorganitza l'anomenada Cosa Nostra nord-americana i el mes següent convoca la primera reunió de la Comissió, un espai que estructurava la delinqüència organitzada tal com si es tractés d'una empresa privada i que tenia per objectiu mantenir la pau entre les diferents famílies criminals. Cada família criminal tindria plena autonomia dins el seu territori i cada cap tindria un seient permanent dins la Comissió i un vot. Aquest era un òrgan que podia ser reunit de forma ordinària (cada cinc anys) o bé d'urgència i era l'espai on els caps criminals podien discutir i debatre possibles desavinences entre famílies, expressar les seves inquietuds, preocupacions i/o preguntes. Val a dir que, mentre la Comissió era un òrgan que agrupava les diferents famílies criminals, aquesta no tenia cap poder a l'hora de gestionar-les sinó que era el cap criminal corresponent qui tenia autoritat única i suprema dins la seva família. És durant la celebració d'aquesta primera reunió de la Comissió on es reconeixen els caps i les respectives famílies criminals que la formen: Charles Luciano (família Genovese), Joseph Bonanno (família Bonanno), Joe Profaci (família Colombo), Vincent Mangano (família Gambino) i Tommy Gagliano (família Lucchese), amb la incorporació del cap de Chicago, Al Capone i de Stefano Magaddino, cap de la família criminal de Buffalo, també coneguda com a família Magaddino. Al Capone no va ocupar la seva posició dins la Comissió durant gaire temps ja que el 18 d'octubre de 1931 fou condemnat per evasió d'impostos i substituït per Paul Ricca.

Es creu que en els seus orígens, algunes de les activitats criminals en les que l'organització va involucrar-se tenien a veure amb el negoci del joc, correduria d'apostes i el préstec de diners. Segons la biografia del mateix Bonanno, la família criminal que ell dirigia es regia pels valors tradicionals sicilians que prohibien involucrar-se en negocis relacionats amb la prostitució i narcòtics. Tot i les seves directrius, diversos membres de la seva organització com Carmine Galante estaven involucrats en aquest tipus de negocis. La família criminal Bonanno, juntament amb les de Vincent Mangano, Joe Profaci i Stefano Magaddino formaven la branca conservadora de la Comissió i eren les úniques organitzacions on tots els membres eren italians d'origen sicilià. Originàriament, Bonanno va escollir a Francesco Garofalo (Don Ciccio) com a sotscap i a Giovanni "John" Tartamella com a conseller. Sota la direcció de Joseph Bonanno, tan ell com la seva família criminal van aconseguir passar desapercebuts davant una premsa, jutges, fiscals i polítics que se centraven en altres individus més cridaners com foren Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Alphonse Capone o Vito Genovese. Durant gairebé trenta anys, ni la premsa ni les autoritats federals nord-americanes sabien quines eren les activitats de Bonanno. El territori original d'influència i activitats de l'organització fou Brooklyn, Nova York, però durant el lideratge de Bonanno aquesta va expandir-se fins a altres estats com Califòrnia, Arizona i Wisconsin a més d'algunes ciutats del Canadà.

Tot i que en la seva autobiografia Bonanno descriu una visita que va fer a la seva Itàlia natal el 1957, parant primer uns dies a Roma per després visitar Palerm, com una visita per trobar-se amb velles amistats i recordar èpoques passades, es creu que durant la seva estada a Itàlia fou un dels participants en una suposada reunió entre mafiosos al Grand Hotel et des Palmes de Palerm, l'octubre de 1957. Es creu que el motiu de la seva presència a l'illa fou el de liderar una comitiva de mafiosos nord-americans que tenien com a objectiu negociar amb els seus homòlegs sicilians la creació d'una xarxa de tràfic d'heroïna de Sicília cap als Estats Units. Anys després un col·laborador de la justícia anomenat Tommaso Buscetta va defensar que mentre si hi va haver alguna reunió entre criminals, mai hi va haver una cimera que reunís els caps criminals dels Estats Units i Sicília. Tal com va passar amb altres criminals com Luciano un cop a Itàlia, a Bonanno, tot i haver estat investigat per les autoritats federals nord-americanes i italianes, mai se'l va acusar formalment de cap delicte relacionat amb narcòtics.

A principis dels anys cinquanta Bonanno va aconseguir establir el que es conegué com a Pax Bonanno, un pacte de no-agressió entre els caps Lucchese i Genovese amb Albert Anastasia, qui es creu que estava darrere la desaparició de Vincent Mangano (cap de la família criminal Gambino). Les creixents sospites que ambdós Vito Genovese i Tommy Lucchese volien acabar amb Anastasia van tensar la relació fins la intervenció de Bonanno. Tot i l'intent d'establir la pau, els rivals d'Anastasia van aprofitar quan Bonanno es trobava de viatge a Itàlia per assassinar-lo el 25 d'octubre de 1957 a la barberia de l'hotel Park Sheraton de Manhattan.

Conferència a Apalachin
La conferència a Apalachin el 14 de novembre de 1957 fou una reunió de la Comissió que tenia per objectiu consolidar la posició de caps criminals com Carlo Gambino, substituint el difunt Anastasia com a cap de la família criminal Gambino, i Vito Genovese, en substitució de Frank Costello com a cap de la família criminal Genovese. Joseph Bonanno mostrà el seu desacord amb la trobada i va enviar-hi el sotscap Johnny Morales i el capità Gaspar DiGregorio, dos dels seus homes de confiança, com a representats de l'organització. L'anterior reunió de la Comissió de 1956 fou presidida per Bonanno i va celebrar-se a la mateixa finca de Joseph Barbara a Apalachin. La creixent dificultat de Barbara per corrompre els agents de policia de la població d'Apalachin i la descuidada organització de la trobada per part d'individus com Vito Genovese o Stefano Magaddino, amb grans caravanes de luxosos cotxes negres circulant per un poble petit, no van fer més que aixecar sospites en les autoritats.

Aquest fet va provocar que la policia instal·lés controls a les carreteres i camins propers a la finca amb l'objectiu d'identificar els participants de la trobada. La identificació de coneguts membres de la delinqüència organitzada va acabar amb la detenció de 58 individus i la trobada de mafiosos va rebre un important ressò mediàtic ja que per primera vegada es va poder demostrar l'existència d'una associació de criminals als Estats Units. Alguns dels identificats per la policia i els mitjans de comunicació foren importants caps criminals com Vito Genovese, Carlo Gambino, Joe Profaci o Joe Magliocco mentre que altres com Tommy Lucchese van poder escapar corrents pels boscos que rodejaven la finca.

Tot i que Bonanno no va asistir a la reunió, el seu nom va aparèixer als mitjans ja que la policia va trobar el seu carnet de conduir mentre registrava a Gaspar DiGregorio. Per primera vegada el nom de Joseph Bonanno fou relacionat amb la delinqüència organitzada, provocant que Bonanno hagués de prendre precaucions per no ser escoltat o seguit per les autoritats federals ni pels mitjans de comunicació. Bonanno passava mes temps a Tucson que a Nova York però al tractar-se d'un assumpte federal, agents de l'FBI el detenen a Tucson. Després de dipositar la fiança de 75.000 dòlars, Bonanno quedà en llibertat a espera de judici. Pocs dies després fou citat a declarar en una comissió d'investigació estatal a Nova York i un any després, el 1959, fou acusat d'un càrrec de conspiració per obstruir la justícia. Finalment l'acusació no prosperà per falta de proves.

Testimoni de Joseph M. Valachi
L'octubre de 1963 un soldat de la família criminal Genovese anomenat Joseph Valachi es convertí en el primer membre de la Cosa Nostra italoamericana que trencà l'anomenada llei del silènci o omertà, al parlar obertament sobre l'existència de les cinc famílies criminals davant el Comitè McClellan del Senat que investigava la delinqüència organitzada als Estats Units. Segons el testimoni de Valachi, Joseph Bonanno era el cap criminal d'una de les cinc famílies de Nova York a més de ser qui, el 1930, havia oficiat el seu ritual d'iniciació a la Cosa Nostra. Les acusacions de Valachi i la campanya contra la delinqüència organitzada liderada per Robert F. Kennedy provocaren que Bonanno s'hagués de distanciar de la ciutat de Nova York a més de delegar diverses de les seves responsabilitats com a cap criminal. Fou després del testimoni de Valachi i del distanciament de Joseph Bonanno amb la Cosa Nostra que el seu fill gran, Salvatore Bonanno, pregué un rol important dins la família criminal com a mà dreta del consigliere John Tartamella.

Disputa interna (1964 - 1969)
Durant el 1963 la Comissió s'assabentà de l'existència d'un pla de Magliocco que amb l'ajuda de Bonanno pretenia acabar amb la vida de Carlo Gambino, Tommy Luchesse i Stefano Magaddino. Un cop conegut el suposat pla, la Comissió va demanar explicacions a Bonanno ja que Magliocco morí poc després per causes naturals.

El febrer de 1964 i degut al pobre estat de salut de Tartamella, Bill Bonanno fou escollit com a nou conseller de l'organització. Aquest fet comportà un fort malestar tan dins com fora de la família ja que alguns membres consideraven que Salvatore Bonanno era un individu sense experiència i que havia assolit una posició tan elevada només per ser el fill del cap de la família. Es creu que Stefano Magaddino, cap criminal de Buffalo, va escampar el rumor que Joe Bonanno volia acabar posant el seu fill com a cap de l'organització. Aquest rumor va provocar que Gaspar DiGregorio, un dels capitans amb més antiguitat de la família criminal Bonanno, iniciés una revolta dins l'organització i aconseguís dividir la família entre els partidaris de Joseph Bonanno i els de DiGregorio. Mentre la divisió de l'organització fou batejada per la premsa com a Banana Split, l'enfrontament entre ambdues faccions fou conegut com a Banana War.

Segons el mateix Bonanno, a mitjans de 1964 la seva relació amb certs caps criminals i amb la Comissió era nul·la. De fet, Bonanno ignorà diverses citacions de la Comissió, qui volia conèixer les seves intencions amb el nomenament del seu fill Bill com a número 3 de l'organització. Al témer que les citacions podien ser una trampa, Bonanno les evità. A finals de 1964 Stefano Magaddino intentà col·locar sense èxit a DiGregorio com a cap de la família criminal Bonanno. Tot i l'intent fallit, la Comissió, a esquenes de Bonanno i de forma extraoficial, va reconèixer a DiGregorio com a representant de l'organització.

El 21 d'octubre de 1964 Joseph Bonanno desapareix i no tornà a ser vist fins al 17 de maig de 1966.

Les primeres hostilitats entre les dues faccions de la família van materialitzar-se el 21 d'octubre de 1964 quan Carlo Simari, un soldat de la facció de Bonanno és assassinat a trets a la porta de casa seva a Brooklyn. Tres mesos després, el 10 de febrer de 1965, Joseph Badalamonte, soldat de la facció de DiGregorio, mor titotejat a Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. El 28 de gener de 1966 Bill Bonanno pateix un intent d'assassinat. Amb l'excusa de reunificar la família, Gaspar DiGregorio cità a Bill Bonanno, Frank Labruzzo i Joe Notaro a una casa de Troutman Street, Brooklyn. Mentre es dirigien a peu cap al lloc acordat foren sorpresos a trets però aconseguiren escapar il·lesos. El 10 de novembre de 1967 al restaurant italià Cypress Gardens ubicat al 205 de Cypress Avenue, Queens, Thomas DiAngelo, Jimmy DiAngelo i Frank Telleri són assassinats a trets. Tots tres s'havien passat al bàndol de DiGregorio.

A principis de 1968 i abans d'abandonar Nova York, Bonanno abandona el lideratge de l'organització i nomena un comitè de tres individus amb funcions de cap criminal fins que s'esculli el nou líder. Pel que fa la facció de DiGregorio, aquest patí un atac de cor poc temps després de l'intent d'assassinat de Bill Bonanno i fou substituit per Paul Sciacca.

El 22 de juliol de 1968 es produí un atemptat a la casa de Joseph Bonanno a Tucson quan diversos individus llençaren dos cartutxos de dinamita contra la casa, ferint a Bill Bonanno. Aquell mateix any, es produïren dos atemptats més a la població de Tucson contra personalitats de la delinqüència organitzada. El 3 de juliol algú va disparar contra la casa de la filla de Sam Giancana, cap criminal de Chicago i el 21 de juliol, un dia abans de l'explosió a casa de Bonanno, la finca de Peter Licavoli, cap criminal de Detroit, va patir un atac amb dinamita.

Les morts i atacs en ambdós bàndols van anar succeint fins al febrer de 1969, quan Thomas Zummo, un soldat de la facció de DiGregorio, mor a trets en un edifici de Queens.

Desaparició
El vespre del 20 d'octubre de 1964 i mentre passejava per Park Avenue amb el seu advocat William Maloney, Joseph Bonanno fou sorprès per dos homes que l'obligaren a entrar dins un cotxe. En les seves memories, Bonanno va identificar els dos homes com a Antonino i Peter Magaddino, germà i fill de Stefano Magaddino, respectivament. Després de la seva desaparició el dia abans que hagués de comparèixer davant un tribunal, Bonanno va restar desaparegut durant 19 mesos i va reapareixer el 17 de maig de 1966 a un tribunal de Nova York. Tot i desapareixer durant 19 mesos, Bonanno va revelar que només va estar retingut pel seu cosí unes 6 setmanes i que després va demanar ser conduit fins a El Paso, Texas i, des d'allà, un home de la seva confiança va portar-lo fins a Tucson, Arizona. Uns dies després decideix traslladar-se a Brooklyn i viure en una sèrie de cases segures de l'organització.

Joseph Bonanno reapareix al tribunal de Foley Square, Manhattan, el 17 de maig de 1966, i s'entrega a la justicia. Un cop detingut, el jutge el deixà lliure a espera de judici després que diposités una fiança de 150.000 dòlars. Mentre la versió de Bonanno sosté els segrestadors i captors eren membres de l'organització de Stefano Magaddino, molts altres van creure que, en realitat, Bonanno havia organitzat el seu propi segrest amb la intenció d'evitar un possible atemptat contra la seva vida a més d'evitar declarar davant un tribunal a Nova York que investigava la delinqüència organitzada i l'havia citat a declarar. Segons el relat de Bonanno, fou retingut a una finca al nord de l'estat de Nova York i el seu cosí Stefano el visitava sovint. Durant aquestes visites ambdós van poder rebaixar la tensió que hi havia tant entre ells com entre les seves respectives organitzacions. Després d'aquest incident, ambdós mai van tornar a veure's.

Un cop posat en llibertat, Bonanno es trasllada a la finca del seu fill Bill a East Meadow, Long Island, acompanyat a tota hora del seu equip de guardaespatlles a més d'estar sota constant vigilància policial.

Vida personal
Tot i que Bonanno i Fay Labruzzo tenien previst contraure matrimoni a finals de 1929, la Guerra de Castellammare va provocar que l'esdeveniment hagués de ser posposat fins al 15 de novembre de 1931, quan ambdós es casen a la catedral de St. Joseph, Brooklyn. El 5 de novembre de 1932 va néixer Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno, el primer fill del matrimoni. Dos anys després, el 1934, va néixer Catherine Bonanno i el 1945 Joseph Charles Jr., tercer i últim fill del matrimoni. A títol personal, Bonanno era propietari o accionista de diversos negocis legals com la Bonanno & DiPasquale Clothing Co., Coat Co., MorganCoat Co., Anello and Bonanno Funeral Home, Brunswich Laundry i una formatgeria anomenada Grande Cheese Co. ubicada a Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Poc després de convertir-se en el cap d'una de les cinc famílies criminals de Nova York, Bonanno va fundar un club polític anomenat Abraham Lincoln Independent Political Club a Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, on hi va instal·lar la seva oficina.

El 1938 el matrimoni Bonanno abandona Brooklyn i es trasllada a una casa de Hempstead, Long Island i adquireixen una granja de 280 hectàrees prop de Middletown, Nova York. La primavera de 1941 Bonanno compra una tercera casa a Tucson, Arizona, després que el pediàtra del seu primer fill li recomanés allunyar-lo del fred de Nova York degut a una malaltia infecciosa que Salvatore Bonanno patia a l'orella esquerra.

Joseph Bonanno es converteix en ciutadà nord-americà el 1945.

El 1954 Bonanno és enviat a judici acusat de mentir en la seva sol·licitud de convertir-se en ciutadà nord-americà. En aquest cas, el govern defensava que Bonanno va mentir quan va marcar la casella de que mai havia estat condemnat per cap delicte. El 1945 fou investigat després que dues empreses tèxtils de Brookyln en les que era un dels socis violessin dues vegades la llei federal de sous i hores (Wage and Hour Law). El cas fou desestimat ja que qui fou condemnat i obligat a pagar la multa de 450 dòlars foren les dues empreses i no pas Bonanno com a individu.

El 1951 Bonanno pateix un atac de cor mentre sortia del teatre Rialto de Tucson i és ingressat durant un mes a l'hospital St. Mary's.

El 18 d'agost de 1956 Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno contrau matrimoni amb Rosalie Profaci, neboda de Joseph Profaci, fundador i cap de la família criminal Colombo. El matrimoni va esdevenir un nexe molt important per solidificar la relació entre les dues organitzacions criminals.

Durant la investigació judicial de la conferència d'Apalachin, Bonanno pateix un segon atac de cor el 1959 que el priva d'assistir a judici.

La primavera de 1964 el matrimoni Bonanno fa un viatge a Mont-real, Canadà, amb la intensió d'invertir en una empresa de formatges anomenada Saputo Cheese Company. Els advocats de Bonanno sol·liciten una targeta d'immigració especial a les autoritats canadenques i, un cop respos el formulari, el govern canadenc acusa a Bonanno de mentir al marcar la casella de que no tenia antecedents penals. Després de refusar a ser expulsat del país, un tribunal li denega la possibilitat de fiança i per primer cop a la seva vida ingressa en un centre penitenciari. Després que els seus advocats presentessin l'escrit d'absolució del delicte pel que Bonanno havia estat jutjat anys abans, les autoritats canadenques l'alliberen amb la condició que abandoni el país de forma voluntària.

El febrer de 1968 Bonanno estava en procés de retirar-se com a cap criminal i a espera de judici després que fou acusat de no aparèixer de forma voluntària davant d'un tribunal de Manhattan a raó de la seva desaparició. És en aquest període quan pateix un tercer atac de cor i és ingressat a l'hospital St. Joseph's a Tucson.

El desembre de 1975 l'FBI inicia una investigació per tal d'esbrinar la relació de Bonanno amb dues empreses on dos dels seus tres fills treballaven. Un dels mecanismes que la policia va fer servir a l'hora de buscar evidències fou el de rebuscar entre les seves deixalles amb la intenció de trobar documents que el poguessin comprometre. Els pocs resultats de la investigació provoquen que les autoritats federals intervinguin el telèfon de casa seva. Concretament, l'FBI rep l'autorització per escoltar les comunicacions de Bonanno del 6 d'octubre fins al 31 d'octubre de 1978. Finalment, autoritats federals i estatals obtenen una ordre judicial per registrar la casa de Bonanno a Tucson. El registre s'efectuà el 17 de març de 1979. A finals d'abril de 1980 Bonanno és dut a judici a San José, Califòrnia, acusat de conspiració per intentar obstruir la justicia. El judici acaba el juliol de 1980 i el 2 de setembre d'aquell mateix any Bonanno és trobat culpable d'un delicte de conspiració per intentar obstruir la justicia i el jutge el condemna a 5 anys de presó i multa de 10.000 dòlars. Després que els seus advocats presentin una apel·lació, Bonanno resta en llibertat sota una finaça de 75.000 dòlars.

4 dies després del veredicte, el 6 de setembre de 1980, mor Fay Labruzzo a l'edat de 75 anys.

Un mes després, l'octubre de 1980, és ingressat a l'hospital St. Mary's de Tucson. Un cop analitzat pels metges a Bonanno se li troba un tumor a la bufeta i és operat d'urgència. Degut al seu delicat estat de salut el jutge li rebaixa la pena de 5 anys a 1 any, i n'acaba complint 8 mesos a la presó federal de Lexington, Kentucky. El juliol de 1984 aconsegueix la llibertat condicional.

Un any després, el 1985, és enviat a presó per negar-se a declarar en un judici contra diversos caps criminals de Nova York i compleix una condemna de 14 mesos, quedant en llibertat el novembre de 1986. En aquest cas Bonanno fou primer enviat a la presó federal de Tucson i poc després traslladat a un centre penitenciari mèdic a Springfield, Missouri.

Mort
L'11 de maig de 2002 i a l'edat de 97 anys Joseph Bonanno mor per causes naturals a l'hospital St. Mary's de Tucson i és enterrat el 20 de maig d'aquell mateix any a la cripta central del cementiri Holy Hope de Tucson, Arizona.

Llibres
 Bonanno, Joseph. (1984): A Man of Honor. Cutchogue, NY: Buccaneer Books. ISBN 978-0671467470
 Talese, Gay. (1971): Honor Thy Father. Nova York, NY: Harper Perennial.

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The Politics of Sanctuary Cities
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The things we see and hear, read, or write, affect our emotions. What do you feel when you hear or read the words "sanctuary cities"? Do you feel anger? fear? disgust? hope? relief? acceptance? The term "sanctuary" means a place of refuge or safety. A sanctuary is also the main worship hall of a church, synagogue, or mosque. In the Old Testament, Adonijah, runs into the temple and grabs the horns of the altar. Adonijah begs his half-brother, Solomon, to spare his life. In the middle ages, fugitives fleeing angry mobs would seek refuge in the sanctuaries of churches. Accordingly, English law, from the fourth century to the seventeenth century, specifically granted "sanctuary" to fugitives in certain holy places. That is, English law granted these fugitives immunity from arrest so long as they were within a holy place.
The evolution of the term "sanctuary cities".
So, first for human beings and later for wildlife and nature, the term "sanctuary" came to be known as a place of refuge and safety. During the renaissance and through modern times, the term "sanctuary" corresponded with the concept of political asylum. This concept aims to give safety and refuge to those fleeing persecution. In the period leading up to the Civil War, the term "sanctuary" describe individuals who offered refuge to runaway slaves in the Fugitive Slave Act.
Later, in the 1980s, there was a sanctuary movement in the United States. This movement aimed to provide refuge to persons fleeing civil wars in Central America. By 1987, under the Reagan administration, nearly 400 U.S. cities had offered a symbolic sanctuary to Central Americans. Today, the Trump Administration labels local governments as "sanctuary cities" if their policies seem too lax with regard to undocumented immigrants. While President Trump did not coin the term, he is largely responsible for the politicizing of the term.
What a city a "sanctuary city"?
What makes a city a "sanctuary city" in current parlance is not well defined. Many people incorrectly assume that sanctuary cities protect dangerous criminals, who pray on innocent U.S. citizens. This assumption gains credence whenever an undocumented immigrant commits a crime, particularly a violent crime, against a U.S. citizen. However, there is no city in the United States that grants undocumented immigrants immunity for their crimes. Likewise, there is no city that prevents the federal government from enforcing the immigration laws of the United States.
There are cities with policies that discourage law enforcement officers to inquire into a victim or witness's immigration status. These policies aim to promot reporting of criminal activity without fear of deportation. Policies like this build trust between the police and the community they serve, leading to safer communities.
Many people that oppose "sanctuary cities" do not understand that being in the United States unauthorized is not a crime in most cases. This sentence bears repeating. Merely being in the United States without authorization is not a crime. By contrast, being present in the US without authorization is a civil violation, of which the penalty is deportation. Only those individuals previously deported and subsequently re-enter without authorization have committed a crime.
The perception that all undocumented immigrants are criminals merely because they are here without authorization only contributes to an unwarranted fear of immigrants generally. In reality, immigrants regardless of status, are 25% less likely to commit a crime than a native-born U.S. citizen. In Dayton, Ohio, so-called sanctuary city policies have led to a 22% reduction in the rates of serious violent crimes and a 15% reduction in the rates of serious property crimes.
Local law enforcement have different goals than federal immigration enforcement.
Involving local law enforcement in the affairs of U.S. civil law enforcement creates a number of problems. First, in an effort to honor ICE detainers for individuals suspected of immigration violations, several federal courts have found counties to have violated the Fourth Amendment rights of these individuals.
Further, local law enforcement is charged with the responsibility of protecting the public. Honoring ICE detainers only breeds mistrust of the police and discourages immigrants from reporting crimes for fear that in doing so they may be turned into ICE too. Doing anything that creates an environment where crimes go unreported thwarts the goals of local law enforcement. We do not expect our local police officers to enforce federal labor law or securities law. Likewise, we should not expect them to enforce federal immigration law.
So, in thinking about "sanctuary cities", we need to think about what we want from our local law enforcement. Do we want them to keep us as safe as possible or help ICE with immigration enforcement? The two cannot co-exist. Personally, I prefer the former.
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Roach wants Pacquiao to continue his career
April 10th, 2016 - 130 Comments
By Allan Fox: Manny Pacquiao disappointed many of his boxing fans last Saturday night by revealing that he'll be retiring from boxing. Pacquiao went out on a high note in defeating Tim Bradley (33-2-1, 13 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the final seconds of the 12th round, Pacquiao appeared to hurt Bradley with a big left hand to the head that sent Bradley face first through the ropes. Bradley was able to regain his composure somewhat as the last second ticked off in the round. However, he was clearly staggered by the shot.
Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach believes that Pacquiao still has a lot left in the tank, and he doesn't see why he needs to retire right now because he still has enough left to win a couple of more fights before he should retire.
Roach even has fighters in mind that he would like to see Pacquiao face before he retires. Roach wants Pacquiao to fight Saul "Canelo" Alvarez with a rehydration clause to limit his ability to gain weight after the weigh-in. Roach also wants Pacquiao to fight Terence Crawford and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Roach feels that Pacquiao will beat Mayweather this time with a healthy right shoulder. Pacquiao's shoulder didn't look that healthy last night because he wasn't using his right arm much in the fight,
"I would like to see him fight again, yes," said Roach. "We've had a great 15 years together. If he retires, I'll be happy for him. That's kind of up to him. I know he's in physical shape to keep fighting- his speed is good, his legs are good, his work ethic is great. He could continue to fight on, but if he retires and spends more time with his family and he enjoys life, and has something to fall back on, then I'll be 100 per cent behind him."
The decision could be taken out of Pacquiao's hands if he gets elected into the senate in the Philippines next May. That job has a six-year commitment, and Pacquiao doesn't seem like the type that would resign his post if he gets elected. He seems like the type that would stick it out until the bitter end in the same way that Arnold Schwarzenegger stuck it out with his gig as the governor of California.
If Pacquiao does return to the ring in 2016 or 2017, his promoter Bob Arum will have some interesting fights for him even if he can't get him lined up for a rematch against Mayweather or a fight against Canelo. Arum would gladly set Pacquiao up for a fight against Arum's fighter Terence Crawford or WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas.
Whether those are interesting enough fights to lure Pacquiao out of retirement is the big question. Arum might hurt his cause if he dangles those names in front of Pacquiao to try and get him to continue his career because those are not big enough fights to keep Pacquiao in the game. Those are actually a step down for Pacquiao from his fight against Bradley.
"You know, it's a difficult sport to quit, it's really, really hard to retire and I think he hasn't realized that yet. But he will soon," said Roach. "We talked about it being his last pro fight and I said 'Go out with a bang, let's look good doing it.' And he did that. I thought at moments tonight he looked better than he has done in a really long time. When I see Manny aggressive like that – that's the best Manny Pacquiao. I saw him smiling quite a lot in the ring tonight and that just tells me how much he loves the sport."
If Pacquiao does decide to fight on, it's likely that he'll make the decision within the next year. If he hasn't made a comeback after the next 12 months, then it's very unlikely that he'll ever come back. Pacquiao isn't the type to stay out of the ring for five to ten years and then try and make a comeback. However, there aren't any big names right now that are there to get Pacquiao to come back. Canelo is the only one that might be tempting, but Pacquiao hasn't looked excited about wanting to face him. You can see it on his face when people ask him about Canelo. Pacquiao does not look eager to take that fight.
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By Ingrid Case
December 30, 2019, 2:54 p.m. EST
This article originally appeared in Financial Planning.
Every day clients fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, hoping their college-age children will qualify for need-based financial aid. Most families with annual incomes of $300,000 or more won't get great news.
"Three hundred thousand dollars is the cutoff where you will not see need-based financial aid," says Ian Aguilar, a partner at Mellen Money Management in Nocatee, Florida, whose practice serves mass-affluent and HNW clients.
Some of those families will pay list price without complaint. Others will need to shuffle other financial commitments and take advantage of money-saving opportunities. Both groups, however, will appreciate money-saving strategies from their planners — some because they need those tips and others because they expect such ideas from their planners, whether they plan to implement the suggestions or not.
FILL OUT THE FAFSA ANYWAYS
Filling out the FAFSA is a hassle, so parents who don't expect to receive need-based aid often skip the chore. That can be a mistake.
"Don't assume that your kid won't get aid with a family income of $300,000, especially if she or he hopes to attend an expensive college," says Ron Oldano, a planner in Wesley Chapel, Florida, who serves clients with between $500,000 and $5 million in AUM.
The FAFSA considers family situations, such as having more than one child in school. Annual income of $300,000 might mean an expected family contribution of $80,000. But if the family will have two students in college during the year in question, the FAFSA splits the expected family contribution between the students, says Robert Falcon of Falcon Wealth Managers, who serves five client families with total AUM of $7.6 million in Concordville, Pennsylvania.
"Each student would have an expected family contribution of $40,000, and the family may very well get need-based aid at pricey schools," he says.
Even if a family doesn't get need-based aid, the FAFSA can open doors to other financial resources. For example, any student can apply for California's Promise Program, which covers the first two years of tuition at any in-state junior college, plus $250 for books and supplies. Completing the FAFSA is part of applying. Individual schools sometimes also offer scholarships based on FAFSA results.
"Because we filled out the FAFSA when our son attended Cal State, he was notified of a scholarship," says Karl Leonard Hicks, a planner in Riverside, California. "He applied and got it. It didn't cover his entire time at school, but it did soften the blow."
REVIEW SPENDING PATTERNS
An income of $300,000 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, buys more than the same income in Honolulu. No matter, says Tara Unverzagt, a planner at South Bay Financial Partners in Torrance, California, whose clients typically have between $2 million and $15 million in assets under management.
"I say that any family that has an income of $300,000 should have no problem paying for college from savings and cash flow," Unverzagt says. "If they do have a problem, I'd have a financial therapy conversation about what they're spending their money on and why."
Is the family trying to keep up with a better-heeled peer group? Fooling themselves about how much they're earning or spending? Supporting adult children?
"I can't determine how my clients spend their money, but I can show them how their spending affects their goals," Unverzagt says.
LOOK FOR SCHOOLS THAT OFFER MERIT-BASED AID
About a third of the financial aid American students received in 2018-2019 was need based. The majority was merit based.
Schools give merit-based aid to desirable students, and what makes a student desirable varies. Top test scores, good grades, and interesting extracurricular activities all help, of course, but they aren't the only things that might prompt a scholarship.
"You might be desirable as a sports recruit or have another unique talent. Maybe you're a likely applicant to a program a college is trying to get off the ground," says Neil Krishnaswamy, a planner in McKinney, Texas, whose clients have between $500,000 and $1.5 million in AUM. Geographic diversity can help, too. Perhaps a school that primarily pulls from the Midwest wants to expand that footprint. A student from the West Coast might be an enticing prospect.
As a general principle, clients should look at schools where their child isn't like all the other students. Perfect grades make a person average at Harvard; there are lots of musicians at Oberlin. Academic or musical ability, however, make an applicant special at a wide variety of other schools that also offer good educations.
"If you send your child to a school where that child is most competitive — not necessarily the child's dream school — you may find that the price comes down," says Sean Pearson, a planner in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania whose clients are mostly mass affluent. "If everyone who applies to that school looks and sounds like your child, you may not get a lot of money."
SHIFT INCOME TO FIND TAX BREAKS
Clever tax strategies can help a family create its own scholarship. Krishnaswamy suggests that parents who have appreciated stock give that stock to a child, who then sells the stock to pay for college expenses.
"The parent avoids getting taxed at a high capital gains tax rate and the child potentially sells the stock at a much lower tax rate," Krishnaswamy says, adding that it's important to avoid triggering the kiddie tax. Furthermore, if the stock sale lets the student pay at least half of college expenses, he or she may qualify as independent for tax purposes. That makes the child eligible for the $2,500 annual American Opportunity Tax Credit. At $300,000, the parents' income is too high to qualify for that credit.
One of Aguilar's client families used this strategy, gifting their twin sons appreciated stock from their mother's former employer during the children's junior year of high school. The boys sold the stock, paid less tax than their parents would have, and were able to claim the tax credit.
Bear in mind that only $1,000 of the credit is refundable, so the student needs some income to take maximum advantage. "You could get some income from a family business, and then you've turned a capital gains strategy worth $3,000 to $4,000 into a chance to save more than $10,000 over the kid's college career," Krishnaswamy says.
Parents who own businesses have even more options. "Employ the kid," Aguilar says. "That shifts income from the top of your tax bracket down to their tax bracket. They're not getting taxed on the first $12,000 at all." An employed child age 21 or older is also potentially eligible for a company tuition reimbursement plan, with a maximum reimbursement of $5,250 annually. That gives families another break for a student's senior year of college or any year of graduate school.
Business owners could also draw a reasonable salary from the corporation, then leave any remaining corporate income in the corporation as retained earnings. "If you need more, you can get a dividend. The tax rate is lower on dividends," says Kashif Ahmed, a planner in Bedford, Massachusetts.
PICK A LESS EXPENSIVE SCHOOL
If a client family is going to pay sticker price for college, they might want to seek out a manageable sticker. Highly selective colleges can cost $70,000 per year. Many public and private options are less expensive, sometimes by a lot. "You could simply attend your in-state flagship school," Falcon says.
As they look for options, Waltham, Massachusetts-based planner Catherine Valega, who serves mass-affluent clients, suggests that clients look at Canadian as well as American schools. "Don't rule out McGill University, the University of Toronto or the University of British Columbia," she says. "You can still use 529 plan money."
The question of whether to choose a cheaper or more expensive school can be a good entry point to a family conversation about money and values.
"Do we think that a premium college education pays for itself? How do we perceive the value?" asks Yves-Marc Courtines, a principal at Boundless Advice in Manhattan Beach, California. "Wealthy parents are already struggling with how to talk with their children about wealth and financial values. By framing it as a joint purchasing decision, we enable them to start the conversation."
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Nashville, Shelby County sue state over education savings accounts, call voucher law unconstitutional
Jason Gonzales
Nashville and Memphis are taking on state government, saying in a new lawsuit that Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's Education Savings Account program is unconstitutional.
In a petition filed Thursday in Davidson County chancery court, attorneys for Nashville, the city's school board and Shelby County argued the law creating the savings accounts put an illegal burden on only two counties. They want a judge to halt the controversial program's rollout and consider eliminating it permanently.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced the lawsuit at a special meeting in the school board chambers. He said the governor's program would siphon resources from public schools that educate the city's most needy students.
"Ensuring a bright future for Nashville requires more, not less, investment in our public schools," the mayor said in a statement. "It is both my job and the responsibility of this administration not only to protect Metro's limited resources for public school funding but to seek more public education investment from the state."
State leaders remained resolute Thursday, saying they hoped to move forward with the program's launch this fall. They said it was the lawsuit, not the savings account program, that was pulling needed funding away from public school students.
Proponents of the program, many speaking ahead of the lawsuit's filing, did not challenge the central argument of the lawsuit.
Education savings accounts, a voucher-style program, use taxpayer funds deposited for families who withdraw their children from public school. The program is limited to Memphis and Nashville.
The lawsuit contends that because the law mandates policy in only two counties it violates the "home rule" in the state constitution. That rule says any law that affects isolated counties must also require local approval.
"The Tennessee Constitution prohibits the General Assembly from unilaterally and arbitrarily placing such an unfair burden on individual counties," the lawsuit argues. "If the legislature believes that education savings accounts are good policy, it may pass a bill of general application so that all counties share the purported benefits of the program. If the legislature prefers to limit the bill's application to two counties, it must include a local-approval option and hope the program's merits will convince the affected counties to choose to participate.
"The ESA Act does neither."
Metro Director of Law Bob Cooper also said the lawsuit violates the state constitution in the equal protection clause and the legislature's mandate to support a system of free public schools.
The lawsuit puts the state's two largest school districts into a second legal dispute with the state. The Nashville board, along with Memphis schools, is involved in a separate lawsuit that alleges the state is underfunding the district.
Interim Nashville schools Superintendent Adrienne Battle said lawmakers only signed off on ESAs because their own home districts were excluded.
"If it's not good for your district it certainly isn't good for ours," she said. "Taking money and students out of public schools is a terrible thing to do to a community."
Proponents question lawsuit
Supporters of the ESA program expressed disappointment in the lawsuit even before the filing became public.
Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, who chairs the House education committee, said Thursday morning he hates seeing an attempt to deny the program to those that need it. White also said he hopes the lawsuit won't stop the state from moving forward with the program's implementation.
"So many young people in failing schools will be denied the opportunity to have the best education and that's all the ESA bill was trying to accomplish," he said. "It was the will of the General Assembly to pass it in that manner."
Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, said he spoke with Nashville's mayor about the lawsuit on Wednesday.
"It's rather wasteful to use the county money or city money, whichever it may be, to continually sue the state on very minor issues and then come back and ask us for things, in addition, in other areas," McNally said. "I don't like the adversarial position that it puts the state in."
Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, also criticized the lawsuit.
"I will tell you that the ESA bill that we passed last year will result in additional funding for both Metro Nashville as well as Memphis," he said. "It's puzzling they would sue when we're giving them more money to educate their kids. Beyond that, I'm not really comfortable commenting on pending legislation."
For the first three years of the program, the state will provide the two counties money to help offset any loss in per-pupil funding for those opting to leave public schools and participate in the program.
American Federation for Children Tennessee Director Shaka Mitchell, whose organization supports Education Savings Accounts, said the program is meant to serve some of the most struggling students and the hope from his organization is to see the program expanded statewide.
"To waste a bunch of money on litigation on a program that has been found constitutional time and time again in other states is unbelievable to me," Mitchell said.
The Institute for Justice, a nonprofit libertarian law firm, and the Beacon Center of Tennessee announced after the filing of the lawsuit they will help to defend the program.
And the Liberty Justice Center, a Chicago-based nonprofit law firm, released a statement saying it is preparing legal action on behalf of families that are planning to use the program.
The Education Savings Accounts
The ESA program is on schedule to begin next school year after Lee pushed for the program to begin a year ahead of what was originally expected.
Rules were approved last week by lawmakers and will go into effect Feb. 25. In his 2020-21 budget, Lee is setting aside $15.3 million to begin the program.
When it begins, students in Metro Nashville Public Schools, Shelby County Schools and students zoned to attend a school in the state-run Achievement School District will be able to enroll in the program. In its first year, 5,000 students will be eligible. It will eventually expand to 15,000 students in Nashville and Memphis.
The program will shift $7,300 on average from schools for parents to use. Students will be able to attend approved private schools. Tthe lawsuit alleges Shelby would lose around $21.6 million in funding during the first year of implementation. Nashville public schools would lose $16.3 million, according to the suit.
The law says school districts may not challenge the legality of the program.
Rep. Bo Mitchell, D-Nashville, said the provision was included because the bill's sponsors "knew what they were doing was wrong."
"This was wrong from the beginning, it's still wrong and I can't wait for the courts to tell them it was wrong," Mitchell said.
A controversial program
The lawsuit is yet another development for a controversial program.
The program looks substantially different from the proposal first introduced by Lee last year, which would have impacted several more districts statewide. Lawmakers narrowed its scope to just the two counties and needed a compromise in both the House and Senate in order to secure enough votes.
Even then, the program passed in the House by one vote and only after former House Speaker Glen Casada, R-Franklin, held open a tied vote for over 40 minutes to find a member to change positions.
The House vote also has drawn criticism amid reports circulating about a possible federal investigation into whether improper incentives were offered to ensure the law's passage.
Soon after the vote, two Republican lawmakers who voted against the bill told the Tennessean they were offered incentives to support the program.
Casada denied anything improper took place in the House vote.
Meanwhile, some lawmakers, including new House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, have called for the ESA program's implementation to be delayed until the following year, given the questions that remain.
A bill has also been introduced to repeal the program. Rep. Bruce Griffey, R-Paris, and Mitchell are co-sponsoring that legislation.
Adam Tamburin, Joel Ebert and Natalie Allison contributed.
Reach Jason Gonzales at jagonzales@tennessean.com and on Twitter @ByJasonGonzales.


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Q: Why Google Geocoding gives OVER_QUERY_LIMIT even with billing and delays between calls? Background
I'm in a project involving a website that, supposedly to have 200K+ users at peak load, performs some business logic using the latitude/longitude pairs in a city given by users, while its UI asks them for addresses in that city instead, meaning that website needs to convert the latters to the formers, so the team decided to use the Google Maps Geocoding with client side Javascript.
As they think their database won't be powerful enough to cache the results, they decided not to cache any, meaning that all user inputs will always be converted using that API, so I'm asked to perform a load test to test its daily quota limit with a Google API Key and billing enabled.
Setup
As I know that there's also a rate limit, and OVER_QUERY_LIMIT will be thrown when either limit's hit, I've added a 1 second delay between the Geocoding API calls, meaning that it'll be called once per second. I've also added a 30 second delay when it returns OVER_QUERY_LIMIT, meaning that such failed requests will only be retried after 30 seconds.
My test results are as follows, however:

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*410 consecutive successful calls -> OVER_QUERY_LIMIT -> 30 seconds delay

*78 consecutive successful calls -> OVER_QUERY_LIMIT -> 30 seconds delay

*20 consecutive successful calls -> OVER_QUERY_LIMIT -> 30 seconds delay

*16 consecutive successful calls -> OVER_QUERY_LIMIT -> 30 seconds delay

*12 consecutive successful calls -> OVER_QUERY_LIMIT -> 30 seconds delay

*Less then 10 consecutive successful calls -> OVER_QUERY_LIMIT -> 30 seconds delay

*Eventually it reaches a point that adding the 30 seconds delay actually decreases the throughput
I've also tested that, without the 30 seconds delay, upon reaching the 1st OVER_QUERY_LIMIT, the subsequent calls just alternate between success and OVER_QUERY_LIMIT, eventually to the point that it alternatives between 1 success and 10+ OVER_QUERY_LIMIT.
Besides, I've tried to increase the delay between the Geocoding API calls to 2 seconds and that upon reaching OVER_QUERY_LIMIT to 60 seconds, but the results are surprisingly similar. While I might just as well further increase those limits significantly, such increases are very likely to cause the delays to become too long to be feasible, so I decided not to test further.
While I can't disclose the codes calling the API, they're basically just using the google.maps.Geocoder.geocode function while restricting results to be always in that city.
While they don't mind much about the billing and I've told them that they should be prepared to switch to premium, we've also agreed that it's not worth doing so right now just to test the daily quota limit.
Question
I've read Optimizing Quota Usage When Geocoding, What happens if I exceed the usage limits, and many similar questions on this site, but none of them seems to be even close to my case, so I'd like to know why, even with delays between API calls and billing enabled, the actual test results are so far below even the 2500 free daily limit, let alone the 100K one with billing enabled?
If the answer were that the load test is itself abusing the Google API, then is there any other way to solidly verify that the Google API rate limit and daily quota limit are indeed highly reliable?
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I forgot to mention that when I refresh the page, the Google API call will return 250-300 consecutive successful results before having the same behavior with the previous test results, but I'll only treat refreshing as the last resort.
Upon checking the traffics in the API Manager Dashboard, the Google Maps JavaScript API just has several requests(I think these are for loading the Google Map itself) and Google Maps Geocoding API has no requests at all, despite the fact that I've called Google Geocoding API via google.maps.Geocoder.geocode thousands of times today already.
It's as if the API Key's not used, but the browser returned an error message informing that no Google API Key's provided back when I didn't provide one.
As now the browser returns no error message at all, I can only think that the Google API Key should be working, while the dashboard traffic suggests the opposite. I've no idea of what's going on and any help's much appreciated.
I've used google.maps.version and it said that I'm using the 3.27.12 version.

A: After several more hours of investigation and discussion with the team, I think the only feasible solution is to use a combination of client side browser codes and server side webservice code.
Then most of the requests will be handled on the client side, but for such requests returning OVER_QUERY_LIMIT, they'll be retried on the server side.
It's because from what I've read on the internet(especially this one), the main barrier of the client side API calls are the rate limit, while that of the server side API calls are the daily limit.
Under the aforementioned combination, the daily limit will be mostly mitigated by the client side API calls, while the rate limit will be mostly mitigated by the server side API calls, meaning that they're effectively covering each others' limitations.
Nevertheless, I still wonder if there are even better ways that actually address the root causes rather than trying to avoid the issue while significantly complicating things.

A: I had been hitting OVER_QUERY_LIMIT and even after resetting it to higher number, the error still persisted. Then I realised that I have multiple quotas, even though I am using single method of geocode api. Quotas are listed in Google Quotas overview in the way that one would need to scroll down to see there are more of them.
Silly, but hey, might save someone some time.

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Sired by the 2016 Cleveland Lottery League, Forager's rotating cast of characters are anchored by songwriting duo/OG members Raye Hart and James Thain, and percussionist Justin Bellino. Forager has been earning a following and a reputation for surprises-- often breaking out kazoos, beach balls and piñatas during shows like it's some kind of party. In it's short existence, the band has already landed gigs opening for Best Coast, Screaming Females, Ought, Cloud Nothings, Hinds, and Sweet Spirit while playing out in support of their first release "Deadbeat Suite." Surf inspired tracks like "Solitaire" and "Fallout" have begun generating buzz on college radio and with indie bloggers both stateside and internationally. The band is looking forward to hitting the road and releasing additional material later this year.
Sessa is the long-time bassist and collaborator of Yonatan Gat and an integral part of his legendary trio since its inception, now touring the US as a solo artist, backed by five female backing vocalists, his own nylon guitar and a percussionist. His songs are sung in Portuguese melding Bossa, Tropicalia and Afro-Brazilian pop with minimalism and avant-garde.


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This crew combines 98 years serving promotional products distributors. Walter "B", as he's called, of TeamWalterB began his career in 1989 in promotional apparel, and then started his own multi-line rep agency, earning his reputation for follow-up with clients in the Mid-Atlantic area, including NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD & DC, with his dynamic trio of Christi Davis, Stacy Franklin and Carrie Charlesworth supporting the SAAGNY, PAPPA, TRASA and CPPA regional associations.
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2023: MURIC endorses Tinubu as preferred Muslim candidate
by ADELEKE ADESANYA
Ishaq Akintola
The Islamic human rights organization, Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, on Friday said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu remains the best Yoruba Muslim that fits for the presidential race in 2023.
In a statement signed by its Director and founder, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the group said Tinubu possesses all the needed qualities to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
Akintola said, "It is no longer news that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared his intention to contest for the post of president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This happened on Monday, 10th January, 2022.
"It will be recalled that our organisation has repeatedly demanded the emergence of a Yoruba Muslim candidate for the post of president of this country because of the prolonged religious persecution being faced by Muslims in the South West. We have been consistent in this demand. This is verifiable in at least four different press statements issued by us in the past.
"Tinubu's declaration for the highest post in the land is therefore a welcome development. Also in pursuit of this campaign, MURIC has spent the last four days from Monday 10th January, 2022 (when Tinubu made his declaration) to Thursday, 13th January consulting its state branches in the Yoruba states : Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti. The outcome of our investigation reveals a resounding support for Tinubu's declaration.
"All our state branches confirmed that Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu has been close enough to Yoruba Muslims. The Lagos chapter of MURIC also vouched that although Tinubu is not the type that will marginalize Nigerian Christians, at the same time, he will not estrange Yoruba Muslims or ignore their complaints when he becomes president of Nigeria.
"This is the time Yoruba Muslims need the support of their Muslim brethren all over the country to ensure that Tinubu emerges as the candidate of his party at the primaries. They should also vote for him massively during the presidential elections to ensure that he emerges as the president of Nigeria to be sworn in on 29th May, 2023.
"This is the only fair thing that can happen to Yoruba Muslims. Interestingly enough, nobody can claim that the advent of Tinubu as the president of Nigeria is unfair to Yoruba Christians because at least three Yoruba Christians have been both presidents and vice presidents of Nigeria.
"Mathew Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo was military head of state and president (1976 – 1979, 1999 – 2007). Earnest Shonekan was interim head of state (August 1993 – November 1993). Right now, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, a pastor of the Redeemed Church, has been vice president of Nigeria for the past seven years (from 2015 to date).
"But no single Yoruba Muslim has had the opportunity to taste power in the centre. It is therefore the turn of a Yoruba Muslim and the cap fits Ahmed Tinubu, a Muslim born into a strong Muslim family. Yoruba Muslims are proud of Tinubu as a politician of timber, caliber and caterpillar. He has the mandate of Yoruba Muslims.
"We sound out a caveat emptor to all political parties in the country. Any party that picks a Yoruba Christian as its presidential candidate is on its own. Yoruba Muslims and, indeed, Muslims North and South, will not vote for such a candidate.
"We do not wish to be misunderstood. We will therefore reiterate our position on Christian candidates in the coming presidential election. MURIC has no objection to Christian candidates emerging from any other geo-political zone. It means we are not saying that a Christian cannot be president of Nigeria. We are simply saying that such a Christian should not be a Yoruba man or woman.
"Yoruba Muslims have been marginalized for so long. Politically, Christians have monopolised ministerial positions, state commissionership, boards and agencies. Economically, civil service jobs are selectively offered. The education sector has been the Archiles heel of Yoruba Muslims and a concentration camp where Muslim children are forced to adopt Christian culture. A Christian president from the South West will therefore turn the headache of Yoruba Muslims into migraine.
"MURIC will not be partisan. We will give all political parties a level playing ground. Therefore, we will also support any other political party that picks a Muslim candidate from the South West. No political party should claim that it cannot find qualified Muslim politicians when the likes of Babatunde Fashola, Dr. Muiz Banire, Dr. Abdul Lateef Abdul Hakeem, Senator Fatai Buhari, Rauf Aregbesola, etc, are making waves on the Nigerian political architecture.
"Our target is the liberation of Yoruba Muslims from the shackles of political marginalisation, socio-economic repression and educational enslavement. While MURIC will never exhibit enmity, derision or contempt towards Christians and people of other faiths, it has zero tolerance for Muslim haters. Aluta continua : no retreat, no surrender until victoria acerta."
ADELEKE ADESANYA
ADELEKE ADESANYA is an Assistant Editor with FirstNews. He is a journalist with vast experience garnered from the coverage of various beats on the job for over a decade. He has worked with various reputable media outfits both locally and internationally. He is also a specialist in handling investigative stories to unravel oddities in the society.


Written by Rodger D. Powell, M.D.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome represents one of a group of disorders in the body collectively known as compressive neuropathies. It is the most common nerve compression in the upper extremity and one of the most common problems seen today by hand surgeons. Compression neuropathy as its name implies is a pressure applied to a nerve from any of a variety of reasons. According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, approximately 0.1% of the population in the United States has carpal tunnel syndrome in any given year. Even more common is the perception by patients that any hand pain or disorder is carpal tunnel syndrome.
The term carpal tunnel relates to a region in the wrist that is bounded on three sides by the carpal bones or wrist bones. The roof of this semi-circular shaped bone canal is covered by a very thick ligament called the transverse carpal ligament. Through the tunnel formed by this strong ligament and bones courses the tendons that flex the fingers and the thumb, as well as the median nerve that gives sensation to the thumb, index finger, middle finger and half of the ring finger. In addition, the median nerve supplies the nerve that allows the thumb to pull across your palm to the small finger by innervating the abductor pollicis brevis muscle. For a number of reasons, the space in the carpal canal may become filled, either with fluid, a mass such as a ganglion, or a swelling of the flexor tendon sheath. Any of these situations begins to crowd the tendons and the nerve within this canal. Obviously, the bones will not yield to give any increased space nor will the transverse carpal ligament. The result is increased pressure in the carpal canal. As this pressure increases, the tendons, which are solid structures, can usually tolerate the pressure very well. But, the nerve, which has the consistency of spaghetti, reacts to the pressure by flattening and losing the ability to transmit nerve impulses. This leads to tingling in the fingers and in extreme cases, loss of motion in the thumb. It would be the equivalent of parking your car on the garden hose. Obviously, you cannot water the garden until you take the pressure off the hose. And, in most cases you will not regain sensation until the pressure is removed from the nerve.
The signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel can be varied, but the most common and classic findings are complaints of numbness and tingling at night that often wakes you from sleep. Patients also describe getting up and shaking their hands or "shaking them down by the bedside to restore circulation". Other complaints include parasthesia or numbness while driving, doing your hair, applying makeup, reading, writing, typing or any other repetitive motion. Many times vibratory instruments such as chainsaws, weed eaters or motorcycle riding make it worse. Pain on the back of the hand, thumb or back of the forearm, usually does not come from carpal tunnel syndrome. However, carpal tunnel symptoms can cause pain radiating into the forearm and occasionally all the way to the shoulder, mimicking shoulder problems.
Diagnosis can be made by physical examination and/or neurological studies such as nerve conduction studies. Underlying diseases such as diabetes and thyroid problems need to be excluded as well. Non-surgical treatments include splints, nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory medications such as Advil, carpal tunnel exercises and in some cases Vitamin B6 (although the usefulness of this vitamin is controversial).
If the patient does not respond to non-surgical treatment, it is recommended that a surgical release of the transverse carpal ligament be performed to prevent permanent changes in the nerve. This is done as an outpatient procedure, and the procedure itself usually takes fifteen to twenty minutes. Most patients, through internet information, know of the endoscopic release which is done using a small scope and a blade placed adjacent to the scope through a very small puncture mark in the skin. The more common approach is called a mini open incision which involves making a slightly larger incision in the palm but not crossing the wrist crease. The decision to undergo this procedure, either endoscopically or open, is best made after discussion between the patient and the surgeon. The patient can expect fairly rapid resolution of the symptoms; although, literature has indicated that recovery can occur for up to 14 months following the surgery. It is felt that complete relief of symptoms and return to normal activities can be expected in greater than 90% of the patients.
When choosing a hand surgeon the patient should consider the surgeon's qualifications including training, experience and board certification, as well as a certificate of added qualification in hand surgery.


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Dr. Cruse, MD is a practicing Family Practitioner in Honesdale, PA. Dr. Cruse graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 1995 and has been in practice for 24 years. He completed a residency at Emory Healthcare. He currently practices at Wayne Memorial Hospital and is affiliated with Wayne Memorial Hospital. Dr. Cruse accepts multiple insurance plans including Aetna, Medicare, and Cigna. Dr. Cruse also practices at Wilkes Barre Vamc in Wilkes Barre, PA.


Antony Gormley's intention had been to allow this cast iron sculpture to form a natural patina of rich red and orange rust. However at some point the sculpture had been painted with a thick, shiney black paint. When it was delivered to Hall Conservation Ltd's studio it was due for sale at auction within five days and needed to be restored to the artists intended finish.
The sculpture is hollow and made in two halves, divided longitudinally from head to feet with a welded joint between the two halves. Unfortunately the original joint had cracked, and as an outdoor piece water had entered into the cavity of the body causing internal corrosion and leaving rust staining where the water ran out again. An estimated six litres of water remained in the sculpture and it had to be slung from the lifting gantry to allow it to drain out over a period of several precious hours. With insufficient time to allow analysis of the paint several methods were tested for it's removal, including chemical and flame cleaning, the most effective method proved to be gentle air abrasion. With the paint removed, the cracked weld was ground out and re-welded and then the sculpture was kept constantly wetted to allow the patina to develop, just in time for the sale preview.


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Q: Weird behavior for groupby using time interval in pyspark I have a pyspark dataframe with a column named 'datetime' of the 'datetime64[ns]' type in the format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss".
I'm trying to group it by a given timewindow.
This is what I'm doiung
import pyspark.sql.functions as psf
dataframe.groupBy(psf.window('datetime', f'{interval} seconds'), 'player_id', 'media_id').count()

interval is a parameter received as a string such as 'hour', 'day', 'week'.
I then convert it to seconds, as in, 1 hour = 3600 seconds, 1 day = 86400 seconds.
When I group it by 1 hour it works fine, this is the result:

window_start
window_end
player_id
media_id
count

2022-08-01 00:00:00
2022-08-01 01:00:00
1
2841
22

2022-08-01 00:00:00
2022-08-01 01:00:00
1
2899
44

Since the first date in the dataframe is 2022-08-01 everything is fine, but, when I try to group it by a week, this is the result:

window_start
window_end
player_id
media_id
count

2022-07-27 21:00:00
2022-08-03 21:00:00
1
1524
3

2022-07-27 21:00:00
2022-08-03 21:00:00
1
2841
1117

I'm positive there are no dates beforee 2022-08-01 in the dataframe.
Why is it doing this? I tried using the startTime parameter for the window function, but it is only to off-set the start, and not specify the beginning of a valid interval.
Any thoughts?


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Q: Marklogic MLCP: how to get number of records inserted? I am loading data using mlcp. After completion of this process how can i get the number of documents inserted into the db?
Edit: Actually I am initializing this MLCP process from java and i want the record inserted count in the java application. How can i fetch the record inserted count from Java Application

A: When it runs, mlcp logs ATTEMPTED_INPUT_RECORD_COUNT and any errors. You could use that.
If you start with a known count, you could look at the database status in the admin UI.
Now that your documents are in the database, you can also query for them and count them using xdmp:estimate. For example it's often a good idea to set an output collection with a timestamp built into it. Or if maintain-last-modified is enabled you could use that.
If these ideas don't help, maybe you can clarify the question?

A: Are you looking for a manual way to get the count, or are you looking for a programmatic way to get the count, where you may have some code that does something with that count?
For the latter, I second mblakele's answer above - collections are easy to abuse, but I think this is a good use case for them, assuming you already have some other documents in your database and thus can't just count all the documents in the database. Use -output_collections to specify a collection, and then use the XDBC server that MLCP uses and issue an xdmp:estimate query to get the count back.
And if it is the latter, I'm interested if you're using some kind of ETL tool to invoke MLCP - e.g. Camel, Spring Integration, or one of the many graphical tools out there. Improving MLCP's integration with these tools is an area of interest of mine - see https://github.com/rjrudin/ml-camel-client for an example.

A: Yes, I am with "mblakele". MLCP supports log4j to record all the activities. To setup log4j goto 'conf' directory of MLCP installation directory and change the content of 'log4j.properties' with
#Define the root logger with appender file
log = C:/mlcp-Hadoop2-1.2-3/Log
log4j.rootLogger = INFO, FILE

#Define the file appender
log4j.appender.FILE=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
log4j.appender.FILE.File=${log}/log.out

# Define the layout for file appender
log4j.appender.FILE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.FILE.layout.conversionPattern=%d{dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss} %p %c{2}: %m%n

It will create a log file under 'Log' folder where you may get the ingested record count. For example: