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practice law part-time. On June 24, 1991, the Board of
Selectmen voted 3 to 2 against Mackenzie's reappointment as Director of Veterans' Services on the grounds that they did not want him to practice law while serving as the town's veterans' agent. MacKenzie operated a law practice in Burlington. MacKenzie died on October 29, 2020.
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Three days after his conviction for extortion, on
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on charges that they extorted $ 40,000 from a consulting company. According to the indictment, MacKenzie and DiCarlo threatened McKee-Berger-Mansueto, Inc. (MBM), the consulting company supervising construction of the
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that could house 250,000 people. Also in 1969, MacKenzie filed a bill that would make possession of
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Hart, Jordana (November 3, 1991). "Lawsuit promised over ouster of
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Doherty, William F. (March 24, 1977). "Senators get 1-year terms in extortion".
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