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Fully privatized, Bruno eyes bidding on county work

"Always be closing," the overbearing Alec Baldwin character urges salesmen in the film version of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross."

Joseph Bruno, the former state Senate majority leader, has been closing deals for decades in a mix of private and public business that attracted interest from the FBI, but no charges to date.

Bruno, now 79 and fully privatized, recently visited County...

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