San Diego To Use Gang Members To Improve Credit

San Diego To Use Gang Members To Improve Credit

The sophistication of the operations of gangs was recently revealed when they were implicated in real estate scams involving mortgage fraud with banks. It was not realized that their operations had advanced from drug deals and thuggery into the realm of banking and finance (except on Wall St.). Since they are still classified as gangs and not organized crime, the city of San Diego has decided to declare them a civic asset rather than a liability and make use of their capabilities. Effective immediately, gang members have been recruited to intercede on the city of San Diego’s behalf with Moody’s Investment Service that rates the creditworthiness of local governments in the United States. Mayor Jerry Sanders has said that he expects an immediate improvement in San Diego’s rating after the very first visit by the gang members. Julian’s mayor has said that Julian’s rating has not been a problem because of the fiscally responsible way he runs Julian’s finances, but was taking some proactive steps so that Julian’s rating doesn’t suffer by being grouped in with all the other downgraded cities. Rather than use gang members from the San Diego area, he has recruited Hells Angels members from out of the area to avoid a suspicious connection. He figures that a Harley and a weapon is more convincing than just a weapon.

©2009 Eric Stamets