He's even took a flipcam to Israel.
Now that there's a one-square block hole in the ground, Pawlowski Press has surfaced here in the LV Blogosphere. It's Allentown Mayor Edwin Pawlowski's latest attempt to build support for his increasingly unpopular 130-acre Neighborhood Improvement Zone.
By the way, we do say nice things about Hizzoner from time to time.
He even said so on TV.
But Michael's misguided. Now, don't you get the idea I'm demeaning him when I say he's misguided. I just summarized his views and said I felt he is misguided. There's nothing demeaning about that.
Do you like Pawlowski's hole?
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You have got to read the latest in the Lehigh Valley Times about the latest shooting in downtown Allentown. There are some priceless quotes in that article. A lady from Bethlehem called it the "Devil City." And she hopes never to come back to A-Town. Ha!!!
The hockey arena and surrounding development will be a good thing for Allentown.
I agree with Anonymous 7:35, but even if the project is dead, NOTHING will happen to King Ed for doing all of this and wasting millions of dollars. In fact when he leaves Allentown, you will see him land another cushy job like the rest of them. Notice how the money trail leads back to all the players in all these situations. Bernie does an excellent job showing that because he gets Facts. These guys are legalized thieves and nothing is ever done to any of them. Amazing...... more wasted money, illegal deals, and who is left to pick up the tab, us loyal tax payers!
Ed could be looking at these charges:
109 RICO charges
It is unlawful for anyone employed by or associated with any enterprise engaged in, or the activities of which affect, interstate or foreign commerce, to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in the conduct of such enterprise's affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity or collection of unlawful debt. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1962(c) (West 1984). The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO) was passed by Congress with the declared purpose of seeking to eradicate organized crime in the United States. Russello v. United States, 464 U.S. 16, 26-27, 104 S. Ct. 296, 302-303, 78 L. Ed. 2d 17 (1983); United States v. Turkette, 452 U.S. 576, 589, 101 S. Ct. 2524, 2532, 69 L. Ed. 2d 246 (1981). A violation of Section 1962(c), requires (1) conduct (2) of an enterprise (3) through a pattern (4) of racketeering activity. Sedima, S.P.R.L. v. Imrex Co., 473 U.S. 479, 496, 105 S. Ct. 3275, 3285, 87 L. Ed. 2d 346 (1985).
A more expansive view holds that in order to be found guilty of violating the RICO statute, the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt: (1) that an enterprise existed; (2) that the enterprise affected interstate commerce; (3) that the defendant was associated with or employed by the enterprise; (4) that the defendant engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity; and (5) that the defendant conducted or participated in the conduct of the enterprise through that pattern of racketeering activity through the commission of at least two acts of racketeering activity as set forth in the indictment. United States v. Phillips, 664 F. 2d 971, 1011 (5th Cir. Unit B Dec. 1981), cert. denied, 457 U.S. 1136, 102 S. Ct. 1265, 73 L. Ed. 2d 1354 (1982).
An "enterprise" is defined as including any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity. 18 U.S.C.A. § 1961(4) (West 1984). Many courts have noted that Congress mandated a liberal construction of the RICO statute in order to effectuate its remedial purposes by holding that the term "enterprise" has an expansive statutory definition. United States v. Delano, 825 F. Supp. 534, 538-39 (W.D.N.Y. 1993), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 55 F. 3d 720 (2d Cir. 1995), cases cited therein.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. I prefer a $50 million dollar hole to a $220 million dollar gift to brooks group that will do nothing for the city but drain us further as regular improvments on the building will fall on it's "owner" (us, the taxpayers) while the lessee only pays the already contracted lease fees, that is $6.7 million over 29-49 years. do I like pawlowski's pit? no but the other choice will hurt us more. perhaps, as molovinsky has pointed out, if it stays a hole brooks group will go away with their contract for the arena and we may find a nice new use for it.
Molivinsky is a sage. The Hole should be marketed. Ed could put another man cave there. Seriously, a real cave.
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