Hizzoner Pawlowski Stiffs Two Waitresses for Four Meals

Last week, I told you that Allentown Mayor Pawlowski had stiffed one of his servers at a local eatery. Management treated him to a free meal, and he walked off into the sunset without leaving a dime for the hired help. Hizzoñer's croñies rushed to his defeñse.

Julie: "If you have some facts bring them forward. If not, this is a new low for you Bernie."

Anon: "I think you are making this all up. Prove otherwise."

Anon: "This is the worst excuse for journalism ever."

Hayshaker: "It's called 'creative writing.'"

Want more facts? Just remember, you asked for them.

On January 18, Pawlowski and a female companion visited Johnny Mañana's (that's with a ñ, damn it!) for a sit-down din din. Steak and chicken fajitas was the order. Their server asked the manager how they should be billed, and she was told to comp them. After giving Mayor Ed the good news, she turned her back for a minute, and - poof! - they were out the door.

No tip.

My blog about Mayor Ed's failure was published on January 29. Two days later, Hizzoner returned to the scene of the crime. Was he there to tip the waitress he had overlooked? Nah. According to a breathless report by a local elitist, "Mayor Pawlowski was hosting a wonderful event at the new Johnny Mananas restaurant. At the event were many of the leaders of the downtown renaissance."

Bullshit.

It was a campaign fundraiser. According to QCD (which has become a terrific Allentown blog), Pawlowski returned to Johnny Mañana's (that's with a ñ, damn it!) on the 31st, not to tip his waitress, but for his Fiesta fuñdraiser. And I'll bet the "leaders of the downtown renaissance" were there in force. This is the "pay to play" crowd. But I call them parasites, sucking the lifeblood out of Allentown for every tax break and public handout they can get.

They were there for an evening of legal bribery. It cost $75 just to get in the door, and $5,000 for a golden taco.

And as the violins played, the Queen City burned. That day and evening, four people were shot. One of them died.

Pawlowski's waitress for this joyous evening? The very waitress he had "forgotten" to tip before. She tells me this time, the affair was a banquet style event. She waited on three different tables, including his. It was mostly just driñks. But there was food, too, and once again, she was stiffed.

The server in question is a woman named Ashley. I warned her that naming her might get her in trouble. Her response? "What's he going to do, get me fired?" I told her that's a distinct possibility, and she countered, "Oh well, these things happen."

She also informs me that there's actually another waitress at Johnny Mañana's (that's with a ñ, damn it!), who has waited on hizzoner twice. Both meals were comped. He stiffed her, too.

Does he honestly think their reward is the joy of catering to his every whim?

That's two waitresses who have been snubbed four times. And what's the dillyo with all these free meals? If I've stumbled upon four very recent examples, is it possible this is a pattern with this dude? Does this happen at the Allentown Brew Works, too? Does he stiff his servers there as well? Pawlowski claims he ran for mayor because he wanted to put "integrity back into the process." With all those free meals, it looks like quite the opposite.

I called the mayor's office like a good little blogger on Wednesday morning. I left a detailed message with his minister of propaganda. No answer. Maybe I should have slipped him an Arby's coupon.

Ashley and her fellow waitress are learning the hard way what many Hamilton Street merchants and Zee Weikel already know all too well - Pawlowski has no regard for Allentown's working poor.

When Hamilton Street merchants like Jennie Chen lost a lot of her business after LANTA routing changes, he spurned her requests for a meeting. Now, two Hamilton Street businesses that actually pay taxes, will soon be gone.

Seventy-five year old like Zee Weikel was actually mugged outside her apartment last year. And how does Mayor Ed react? He sics his code enforcement dogs on her when she dares to conduct a yard sale.

I'd like to know what the hell they teach at that Bible College he claims to have attended. Where's the love?