May 29 - Pet Peeve Monday / May 31 - Where Are They Now? Wednesday

This week provided the unique ability to combine Pet Peeve Monday with Where Are They Now? Wednesday.

The subject is none other than Jimmy Hoffa. Mr. Hoffa was was a noted American labor leader with ties to the Mafia.

First off, the PET PEEVE. This man / gangster disappeared at around 2:30pm on July 30, 1975 from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He had been due to meet two Mafia leaders, Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone from Detroit and Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano from Union City, New Jersey. Yes that was almost 31 years ago.

His fate is a mystery that continues to this day and there are many guesses as to what became of him. Among these are that Hoffa was killed and:

• Dumped from a boat into Lake St. Clair, Lake Huron or Lake Erie;


• put into a wood chipper with the remaining parts fed to hogs.


• mixed with concrete and used in construction;


• dissolved in an acid tank used to re chrome car bumpers;


• rendered into fat at a rendering plant;


• put into a local Detroit smelter and melted.

Conspiracy theorists have even floated the hypothesis that it is Hoffa, not Elvis Presley, in Elvis Presley's grave. No theory has been proven and his body has never been found.

On May 17, 2006, acting on a tip, the FBI began digging for Hoffa's remains outside of a barn on what is now the Hidden Dreams Farm in Milford Township, Michigan where they surveyed the land and began to dig up parts of the 85-acre parcel, according to federal officials. Over 40 agents have sectioned off a piece of the property where they believe the bones of the Teamster leader might be. The investigation team includes forensic experts from the bureau's Washington laboratory and a team of scientists that includes anthropologists, archaeologists, engineers and architects who will accompany local police and cadaver dogs for the next two weeks.

On May 24, 2006 the FBI removed a large barn on the farm to look under it for Hoffa.

On May 30, 2006 the FBI ended the search for Hoffa's body without any remains found at the Hidden Dreams Farm in Milford Township.

Here’s the PET PEEVE. How much money did this cost Tax Payers? What are they going to do when they dig him up? They’ll say “Yup, that’s Jimmy Hoffa.” And then they will bury him again. Also at the Tax Payer’s expense.

Here’s Jay’s Solution. Erect a TOMB of the UNKNOWN SCUMBAG. Place it somewhere in Michigan. (Most of them live there anyway and it would cut down on transportation costs.) Add a gift shop and a few kiddie rides and America will come, oh yes, they will come.

As for the WHERE ARE THEY NOW? WEDNESDAY. Where is Jimmy Hoffa? Who Knows and Who Cares. America has moved on to fictional mobsters like Tony Sopranos. At least for a few more episodes.