Uncle Sam's Neighborhood

"More than 70 downtown residents were introduced on Monday to their new State Street neighbor, the $70 million federal courthouse..." (Patrick Johnson, The Republican via Masslive.com).

So, Uncle Sam's new courthouse is scheduled to "open for business" next week. Seems like he got tired of his old place on Main St; too many "undesirables" down there possibly. It's an interesting place where he moved though. If you are standing in front of the new courthouse and walk up towards Spring St., that brick buliding is the state welfare office. If you walked the other way towards Elliot St., you will run into St. Michael's Cathedral. However, Uncle Sam doesn't care who or what is on or around the land he wants, he's going to move in anyway. Of course, we, the taxpayers, had to make our co-payments to help Uncle Sam move to his new place. It wouldn't be right any other way. One of his employees, United States Representative Richard Neal, D-Springfield, has a new office in the courthouse. I guess he doesn't see a conflict of interest in having federal legislature officals in the same building as federal judicial staff. Since Uncle Sam will be open for business next week, let's see some of the coming attractions:

• Michael Armitage - federally indicted on seven charges of bank fraud and money laundering.
• Murder trial of "Big" Al Bruno

I know Uncle Sam has some tricks up his sleeve. He wouldn't have moved if he didn't.