Local Government TV

▼

Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Freddy Lahovski Files For Magistrate in Northeast Bethlehem, Freemansburg


When I walked inside the elections office yesterday to be nosy about candidates filing nomination petitions, the man you see above was standing there, waiting for me. I thought he was holding a warrant for my arrest again, but it was a nomination petition. Fred Lahovski, the finest police officer I ever met, is running for magisterial district judge in Northeast Bethlehem and Freemansburg. He decided to run only as a Democrat.

Bethlehem attorney Nick Englesson, who I started with and who is well aware of my many flaws, filed his petition last week.

When I stepped outside to cool off, I ran into the guy you see above. That's Jon Whittington, who's also running for this judgeship. I asked if he was filing his papers.

"No, I have a warrant for you."

I'd ask Englesson to represent me but he knows me and knows I'm guilty as hell.

at

11 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 7, 2017 at 6:07 AM

    Seems everyone is coming out of the wood work to be a Judge. Well with the money judges make in there respected county & sections of the city's or townships they represent I can see why.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousMarch 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM

    Lahovsky is probably one of the nicest guys you want to meet, but he's still a police officer. That fraternity is so close knit that sometimes it's downright scary. When you appear in front of a magistrate, do you really want to be going up against a fraternity brother? I have never voted for a police officer to be a judge and I never will. That fraternity of brotherhood creates two strikes against you before your case is ever heard. It's kind of like beating up your wife and then having your mother-in-law hear the case. All that said, You're right Bernie, Lahovsky is a very nice guy.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousMarch 7, 2017 at 10:40 AM

    Isn't this the guy who sued every police department he ever worked for?

    ReplyDelete
  4. Bernie O'HareMarch 7, 2017 at 10:42 AM

    Not every.

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousMarch 8, 2017 at 1:00 AM

    Great point anon 10:00.

    ReplyDelete
  6. AnonymousMarch 8, 2017 at 2:43 AM

    Snollygoster!!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. AnonymousMarch 9, 2017 at 2:16 AM

    10:00am

    Yup! Might as well not have a judge at all.

    ReplyDelete
  8. AnonymousMarch 9, 2017 at 7:11 AM

    Freddy: Colonial Regional - terminated; Bethlehem Township - terminated (sealed); Nazareth - terminated.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. AnonymousMarch 10, 2017 at 9:09 AM

      This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

      Delete
  9. Bernie O'HareMarch 9, 2017 at 9:49 AM

    7:11,Your comment is inaccurate. Freddy was not terminated in Colonial Regional, but left there voluntarily. He was not terminated in BT, but left there voluntarily. And in Nazareth, almost everyone knows that he appealed his termination, won, then sued the borough and was paid over $440k to go away. His work history shows he's his own man. Sometimes, that gets you in trouble. In Nazareth, he once was involved in an arrest of a lush who was crawling drunk up an alley. The guy was a friend of Larry Stoudt and drank in his club, so Stoudt wanted the guy let go. Lahovski refused. From that point, Stoudt tried to get Lahovski fired. I can also count several instances in which he saved lives, including one instance in which he draped himself over a young boy who had been kidnapped and whose father was in a gun battle with PSP. He is a very good man,and that is why some people hate him. He stood up to Strye's thievery In Nazareth. You have good choices in this election, and do not do yourself any favor by trashing any of them. But if you do so, at least be honest. These are all my friends, with the exception of Will Power. But I'd even insist you be honest about him.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Bernie O'HareMarch 10, 2017 at 10:46 AM

    I am not going to allow an anonymous attack like that.

    ReplyDelete

You own views are appreciated, especially if they differ from mine. But remember, commenting is a privilege, not a right. I will delete personal attacks or off-topic remarks at my discretion. Comments that play into the tribalism that has consumed this nation will be declined. So will comments alleging voter fraud unless backed up by concrete evidence. If you attack someone personally, I expect you to identify yourself. I will delete criticisms of my comment policy, vulgarities, cut-and-paste jobs from other sources and any suggestion of violence towards anyone. I will also delete sweeping generalizations about mainstream parties or ideologies, i.e. identity politics. My decisions on these matters are made on a case by case basis, and may be affected by my mood that day, my access to the blog at the time the comment was made or other information that isn’t readily apparent.