From the cobblestone streets and red roofed houses to its pristine beaches, Puerto
Vallarta is a place you take your beaten body to heal. This is the primary reason I bought
land and built a home there. The vista surrounding my home is breathtaking and I can easily
blend into its surroundings and become non-existent.
New York is a powder keg of activity since the Newman murder trial. The police and
FBI have joined forces to form a task force to bring me down. The pressure has become
intolerable. My bookstores and film labs have become cash liabilities instead of cash cows.
My escape from the cocaine dealers in California and their subsequent execution in
New Jersey have weakened my position in the Times Square area. My sources of income have
been stymied, I need to turn some of my Mexican holdings into cash.
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In Mexico it takes me two weeks to accumulate $160,000. An advance on the
remainder of cocaine I have stashed in California. I head to Acapulco to make arrangements,
for my return to New York. No one knows of my home in Mexico, because I fly in and out of
there from various locations. My money is in a belt around my waist as I plan to fly to
Acapulco where I’m meeting a friend, Johnny Brown. He also will wear a money belt with
half the money through customs. No use taking chances. My sister always reminded me that
half a loaf is better than none.
David Surretsky
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It’s an uneventful flight home. Most of my thoughts are about what my next moves will be.
Johnny is sitting three rows in front of me, where I can keep my eye on him and
appear not connected. On deplaning we...
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...ome, clown.”
“Come on, give me cab fare.”
“Now Bob, that’s really funny.”
“Where’s a receipt for my money?”
“Sign this Robert.”
“What is it?”
“Your desire to donate the money to the Custom’s Widow’s and Children’s Fund.”
“Where’s my copy?”
“You’ll receive it in the mail.”
They move me past the partition and let me go. My mood darkens as I think how
customs found out about the cash. There’s a definite leak somewhere in my pipeline, but who?
Who can I trust now, and how much have the cops learned from their undercover snitch?
I know who it isn’t…it isn’t my dog, Lollypop. She’s the one thing in my life that’s
always a constant. Johnny better be waiting for me. Something’s not right. I wonder if
they’re going to try and follow me, to see how I get home.
First a little hide and seek, then I’ll get my retribution.
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2. During this time period New York was often looked down upon as the upstart,
“It got to be easy to look at New Yorkers as animals, especially looking down from some place like a balcony at Grand Central at the rush hour Friday afternoon.” (Tom Wolfe). “O Rotten Gotham” argues that New Yorkers are in a state of behavioral sink. It would not be long before a “population collapse” or a “massive die off”.
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John seems to be getting himself involved in the wrong crowds. At his last check-in there was a
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arrived at the hotel and checked in. While my dad was checking in I bought a
home there. Home is more than just four walls and a roof and to feel
to stand on top of Poly Mountain and see the entire city of San Luis Obispo. I
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The stewardess then directed me towards the back, away from the cockpit. I looked at my ticket and at what seat I'd be sitting in. I had to duck in and around people putting their luggage into the upper compartments and look for my number on the back of my seat that matched my ticket stamp. As I walked past one of the windows, I glanced out and saw the right wing. It somehow gave me reassurance that I'd be fine and I'd soon be having the time of my life. "I'll soon be in the air."
was trying to get used to a state that I had never been too. I walked home and
Our parents had arranged for a cruise from Houston, Texas with stops at Cancun and Cozumel, Mexico. Then a one-day stop in Honduras and back to the U.S.A.
My house that I designed is all I imagined and more. It is a four story