Ka'lani is part of a Ms Fullmer's class and one of their assignments are to improve their letter writing skills. What a better way to start than to write postcards.
Manteca is a city of about 84 000 people and is located in the Central Valley of California. The story goes that the town wanted to name themselves Cowell Station, but there was already a Cowell Station nearby. The residents instead wanted to name in Monteca, but was misspelled in the official paperwork as Manteca, which is Spanish for lard or butter. The misspelled version stuck.
The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...
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