The Rigases are heading to prison on August 13.

The word came down just today that all their appeals have been exhausted, and now it’s just a matter of the Bureau of Prisons determining where Adelphia founder John Rigas and his son Tim will be housed.

I take no pleasure in this news, only sadness - Western New York invested so much of its faith and hope in these people - the promise of thousands of new jobs for our area; a new skyscraper at the doorstep of HSBC Arena and related development which should have had the Cobblestone District hopping by now; a secure future for our NHL hockey franchise. We all bought into it. We thought they were the real deal.

But at the end of the day they were just thieves and crooks consumed by greed. And while I feel some pity for the old man, who I think was misled by his sons, I feel none whatsoever for the kid.

So Tim, how many yachts can a man own to be happy? How many golf courses do you have to have title to? How many speedboats can you water ski behind? How many mansions does a person really need to have? I guess the only thing you will need to worry about now is if those prison issue fatigues fit right, and what it’s like to crap in toilet without a seat, and have everybody and anybody watch while you’re doing it. Bon voyage fellas!

Here is the link to the Associated Press story.

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