Pangasinan Governor as the Richest Local Government Executive?

     It was an open secret in La Union in  the late 1990s and at the turn of the century that "Spine", as he was then called by print and broadcast journalists in Region 1, was the number one beneficiary of the illegal numbers game. The blogger was posted in the area for several years. He should know whereof he speaks--even local government executives received, and continue to be receiving, this kind of money. It was also an open secret that jueteng fair-haired boys, former La Union Police Provincial directors--Diciano, Franco--became rich like "Spine."

     Recently, the grapevine is abuzz that a high-ranking police officer has built a mansion in San Fernando City with his jueteng "pension." Ask a top media man in the city where this mansion is located.
     An Ilocos northern city former executive is staging a comeback. Why? Your guess is as good as mine. A media person from the city alleged that this scion quarreled with his nephew-mayor because of jueteng and shot him in the leg. 
     Senator Panfilo Lacson opened a can of worms. Too late the hero? The worms have become big and destructive and their dirty, slimy "hands" are all over.