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WEDNESDAY.

YOU'RE LEA VING MIDNIGHT ON THE EIGHTH COMING BACK?

YEAH.

OKAY.

THERE'S A RED EYE FLIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA BE COMING

BACK ON THE RED EYE. WE GET INTO CLEVELAND

WEDNESDAY MORNING.

OKAY.

BUT IT'S JIMMY, FRANK, UH, MYSELF, MICHAEL GABOR, UM,

JERRY SKUHROVEC, PROBABLY UH, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK

WHO ELSE. UH, A COUP, COUPLE OTHER GUYS, YOU KNOW

YOU KNOW THEM ALL.

MHMM. ABSOLUTELY.

BUT THEY WANTED TO GET YOU INVOLVED, IF YOU WANT TO

COME. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE YOU THINK WE SHOULD BRING

MMM, I, I, I .LET ME TELL YOU, UH, NO. I WOULD UH, I WOULD

UH YES, YES, I AM DEFINITELY IN.

YOU'RE DEFINITELY IN? HOLD ON A MINUTE. HERE'S JIMMY

WANTS TO TALK TO YOU. HOLD ON A MINUTE.

LET ME TALK TO HIM

22 [CONVERSA TION BETWEEN JAMES DIMORA AND FERRIS KLEEM]

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HEY, FERRIS.

HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY?

GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?

GOOD. GOOD.

HEY DID UH, HOW DID THAT THING WORK OUT FOR YOU WITH

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1 THE BOARD?

2 KLEEM: EXCELLENT.

3 DIMORA: DID TERRY HELP YOU?

4 KLEEM: OH, YEAH, YEAH. HE SENT, UH, JOHN MCCLOUD OUT.

5 DIMORA: OH, THE BIG, THE BIG GUY.

6 KLEEM: YEAH. AND, AND JOHN LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, GUYS THERE'S

7 SO MUCH DRAFT IN HERE IT MEETS THE INTENT DA DA DA DA

8 DA DA. THIS LITTLE INSPECTOR, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE

9 FUCK HAPPENED TO HIM (LAUGHING).

10 DIMORA: YEAH (LAUGHING). GOOD. GOOD.

11 KLEEM: YEAH, IT WORKED OUT REALLY GOOD.

12 DIMORA: OKAY, GOOD.

13 KLEEM: UM

14 DIMORA: I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE TREATED YOU RIGHT.

15 KLEEM: OH, HE, HE DEFINITELY DID, JIMMY. HE DEFINITEL Y DID.

16 DIMORA: GOOD.

17 KLEEM: UM, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I AM, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS APRIL

18 TRIP. I THINK, UH

19 DIMORA: YEAH, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT NOW, TO GO.

20 KLEEM: YEAH, YEAH.

21 DIMORA: IF YOU'RE GONNA GO, MAYBE WE'LL GET RAY, UH, RAY WOHL.

22 KLEEM: YEAH, YEAH. DID YOU UM, OH, DID YOU BOOK YOUR FLIGHT

23 ALREADY?

24 DIMORA: NO, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA BOOK IT UH, THIS

25 WEEK I GUESS.

26 KLEEM: DO YOU WANT TO BE ON THE SAME PLANE WITH EVERYBODY,

27 OR DO YOU WANT, WANT ME TO TAKE CARE OF SOME THINGS?

28 DIMORA: NO, THAT'S FINE. YEAH THAT'S NO BIG THING, BECAUSE YOU

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1 KNOW UM, WE'RE PAYING, YOU KNOW IT'S PERSONAL. SO

2 NOBODY CAN SA Y ANYTHING.

3 KLEEM: I KNOW. I KNOW. I KNOW. WHERE ARE WE STAYING?

4 DIMORA: WE'RE GOING WITH FRIENDS.

5 KLEEM: WE STA YING AT THE MIRAGE?

6 DIMORA: I DON'T KNOW. HE WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME PLACE CALLED

7 GREEN V ALLEY.

8 KLEEM: WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?

9 DIMORA: I NEVER HEARD OF IT. I DON'T KNOW.

10 KLEEM: NAH, LET'S STAY AT THE MIRAGE, SOME PLACE NICE.

11 DIMORA: YEAH.

12 KLEEM: I'LL GET EVERYBODY, TELL EVERYBODY, TELL THEM, TELL

13 THEM, I'LL GET, YOU KNOW, TO USE MY NAME. THEN I DON'T

14 HAVE TO GET INVOLVED. EVERYBODY GETS A, A, A,

15 CASINO RATE, OKA Y?

16 DIMORA: OKAY.

17 KLEEM: THEY WILL GET THE LOWEST RATE AND YOU AND, YOU AND

18 FRANK I'LL, I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU WITH A SUITE AND

19 DIMORA: YEAH, OKAY.

20 KLEEM: YOU KNOW, UM, AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SEE YOU,

21 WE'LL TALK.

22 DIMORA: YEAH, ALRIGHT.

23 KLEEM: OKAY?

24 DIMORA: I'LL TELL THEM TO GO THERE THEN.

25 KLEEM: YEAH.

26 DIMORA: I'LL TELL THEM TO GO THERE.

27 KLEEM: YEAH, TELL THEM, TELL THEM TO GET A HOLD OF JOANNE IN

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2 KLEEM: AND GIVE HER ALL THE NAMES AND SHE'LL CALL IT IN FOR

3 YOU AND IT WILL BE CASINO RATE. AND THEN IT'LL YOU

4 KNOW, ALL BE PERSONAL, JUST LIKE YOU SAID.

5 DIMORA: YEAH.

6 KLEEM: YOU KNOW, BUT THEY'LL GIVE THEM THE LOWEST RATE

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8 DIMORA: OKAY, GOOD.

9 KLEEM: AND UM, YOU KNOW, I GOT A LOT OF MANEUVERING POWER

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11 DIMORA: OKA Y. MIRAGE, RIGHT?

12 KLEEM: YEAH, THE MIRAGE.

13 DIMORA: I'LL HA VE KEVIN CALL JOANNE.

14 KLEEM: MM, HMM. HAVE HIM CALL JOANNE. JOANNE WILL SET THE

15 WHOLE THING UP. SHE KNOWS EXACTLY

16 WHAT TO DO.

17 DIMORA: OKA Y, PERFECT.

18 KLEEM: I, I'M LEA VING ON TUESDA Y. YOU KNOW, THIS JUVENILE

19 JUSTICE CENTER, IT'S WAY OVER BUDGET ON THE GENERAL

20 TRADES.

21 DIMORA: IT IS?

22 KLEEM: IT'S GONNA BE THIRTY-FIVE MILLION, JIMMY, INSTEAD OF

23 TWENTY-TWO. YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO AWARD IT TO ME IF I'M

24 LOW?

25 DIMORA: YEAH.

26 KLEEM: OH, OKAY.

27 DIMORA: YEAH. OH, IT IS THAT HIGH, HUH?

28 KLEEM: YEAH, YEAH.

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DIMORA: wow.

2 KLEEM: YEAH.

3 DIMORA: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

4 KLEEM: YEAH, I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO. MAYBE WE'LL TAKE A COUPLE

5 OF THE GIRLS WITH US. I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL SEE WHAT'S

6 GOING ON. WE'LL TALK BEFORE YOU, I'M NOT GONNA BE

7 ABLE TO BE AT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, BUT CYRIL'S GONNA

8 BE THERE.

9 DIMORA: YEAH.

10 KLEEM: I BOUGHT A TABLE.

11 DIMORA: I APPRECIATE IT. COLLEEN TOLD ME.

12 KLEEM: YEAH, BUT TAKE CARE OF CYRIL. MENTION HIM, YOU KNOW.

13 DIMORA: OH, DEFINITEL Y. DEFINITELY.

14 KLEEM: YOU KNOW, HE'S A NEW MAYOR AND ALL SO

15 DIMORA: DEFINITEL Y, DEFINITELY.

16 KLEEM: WE NEED TO MAKE A STAR OUT OF HIM. HE'S A BIG DEMOCRAT,

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18 DIMORA: YEAH, DEFINITEL Y. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, BUDDY.

19 KLEEM: ALRIGHT, BUT I'M IN. JOHN MAYER WILL GO TO. OKAY?

20 DIMORA: YEAH, PERFECT. FINE.

21 KLEEM: ALRIGHT, AND UH, YOU KNOW WE'LL TAKE, WE'LL TALK. WE'LL

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23 DIMORA: YEAH. I'LL HA VE KEVIN CALL JOANNE.

24 KLEEM: OKA Y. YOU GOT IT.

25 DIMORA: ALRIGHT, BUDDY.

26 KLEEM: ALRIGHT.

27 DIMORA: THANK YOU.

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BYE. BYE.

THANKS, JIMMY. BYE-BYE.

BYE.

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