Conversations overheard at the courthouse...

It's been a tough week and as some of you have noticed, we here at the Straw Buyer have gotten a little worked up over the weeks subject matter as evidenced by this comment from one of our readers posted yesterday...

"Take it easy buddy, don't blow a gasket. "

Ok, fair enough, after all its the end of the week, so let's deal with something a little less serious.  

There's been several instances where we've overheard assistant state attorney Bill Kostrzewski having conversations regarding the Bernardo Barrera mortgage fraud case at the criminal courthouse, today we'll look at two comments that caught our attention.  The first quote comes from a conversation regarding the ASA's mishandling of the case...

"...I was under a lot of pressure."

Oh, no $hit Mr. Kostrzewski?  You were under a lot of pressure to bungle your way through a case, deprive the defendants of their constitutional rights, fabricate witness testimony, lie under oath, etc?  (no worries, I have the proof, be patient guys)  That must have been a tremendous amount of pressure, huh buddy?  We can only imagine what kind of pressure you must have been under to jeopardize your career and reputation.  We wonder, who was it that put you under so much pressure?  Was it your boss, Fred Kerstein?  Was it the head of the Mortgage Fraud Task Force, Glenn Theobald?  Was it Mayor, Carlos Alvarez?  Who could have put you under the gun to slam together such a sloppy case?  Or was there a deadline (HINT, HINT) for you to put together a case?  We'll know soon enough now won't we Mr. Kostrzewski?

Moving along, in the spirit of keeping things lighthearted, let's take a look at another memorable quote from "veteran economic crimes prosecutor" Bill Kostrzewski regarding his being removed from the Bernardo Barrera mortgage fraud case...

"I'm glad this is off my plate..."

No kidding?  Glad this is off your plate huh?  You bungled together a half ass case, destroyed innocent peoples lives and you're glad this is off your plate?  I got news for you Mr. Kostrzewski, we're no where near done, not even close, as a matter of fact, go back and check your plate, the Straw Buyer has left a little something for you...


Have a great weekend folks!