After having spent the past six years in an assortment of federal prisons, disgraced Allentown Mayor Edwin "Fed Ed" Pawlowski is finally expressing remorse for the crimes he committed as Mayor.
According to WFMZ-TV69, he is asking President Joe Biden to commute his 15-year sentence, and apparently realizes his only shot at getting any kind of relief is to accept responsibility for his misbehavior.
I was highly critical of Fed Ed while he was in office and did my best to cast a spotlight on his misconduct. But even I agree he has been behind bars long enough. In late 2022, I sent a letter to the Pardon Att'y to request that his 15-year sentence be reduced.
Whether it is genuine or not, he has now finally apologized.
He won't like what's been going on in the rumpus room in his absence...
ReplyDeleteNot yet, his time spent has not even begun to satisfy his crimes against humanity committed. Many peoples lives are still in disarray because of his actions and there family's are still suffering the repercussions.
ReplyDeleteThe man needs to rot in his own actions before meeting his maker don't you remember even Hillary sent his campaign donation back?
Fuck him, TJ Rooney & Alan Jennings for siding with him!
ReplyDeleteThat isn’t an apology. What you have here is a man who still wants to claim that two big meanies took advantage of him and made him do naughty things. This guy is a two-bit hustler who isn’t sincere; he just wants a pardon. He brought shame to a city and hurt many, many people. I bet it infuriates him that it was Susan Wild who made it to Congress, rather than he. Hopefully Biden does the right thing and keeps this con artist where he belongs — in prison.
ReplyDeleteApology my ass. Here's an apology - "I'm sorry I did it." Not - "I'm sorry I listened to all those bad people." This is not rocket science Alan - Jennings is behind this 1/2 assed attempt, that's obvious.
ReplyDeleteTo top that Alan is probably paying for it from a grant from Reillyvilles hidden assets.
DeleteNot sincere. Not even close. Finish the sentence you earned by your outrageous hubris, Ed. You destroyed businesses and lives. It's called justice.
ReplyDeleteWhat a farce of an apology. And Allentown reelected him instead of Nat Hyman. Allentown would have been a much better city by now had Hyman won. The people deserve what they get and voted for!
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing is every politician is a crook. They will always make decisions that benefit them first. What will get them reelected. Not what is always best. I see it all the time. Especially when you have just a little peek behind the curtains. It is all about keeping the right ppl happy and keeping the others in front of the curtains.
ReplyDeleteSaw it first hand on the local level. Can't imagine the state and federal level.
DeleteLet him come home to his family.
ReplyDeleteOnce he settles in if he decides to run for mayor again I will vote for him. Perhaps he will get something done for a change. Hardly anything has happened in Allentown over the last 7 years that wasn’t already set into motion during his term.
Wish the feds would visit Bethlehem and took a look at the workings of city hall…..
ReplyDeleteIf I read the wfmz article correctly, it said Pawlowski wrote the letter because Al Jennings told him to…..that doesn’t seem like a genuine apology to me if you need to be instructed to give it.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn’t a real apology. That’s obvious.
ReplyDeleteAlso, look at 10:28’s “Every politician is a crook” comment. No, they’re not (some are), but thanks to FedEd that’s what people think.
In addition to ruining lives, he’s smeared many with his actions. He needs to serve his full sentence.
That's a great apology and he's right. He should never have listened to those bad people. #TeamEd
ReplyDeleteThe real person who committed these crimes is already out and enjoying his freedom along with his wife who should be in jail for tax evasion, but hey, if you wear a wire and try to implicate everyone else in your wrong doings you get to walk, Right Mike Fleck? Tell us how you pulled this one off and got so little time please.
ReplyDeleteFleck wasn't a public servant. Courts save harsh punishment for those who violate public trust. I learned that on this blog.
ReplyDeleteI don’t know. The apology is self serving to me. Having said that he’s been down over 6 now. I wouldn’t lose any sleep if he got out.
ReplyDeleteThat was no apology. He said poor, poor me for letting people use me. I could have been a US senator(cough,laugh) if only... Please, own up and say you ae sorry for your deceit and dirty politics. You got caught and you are still blaming others. TJ Rooney and Jennings can cry all they want for their crony pol buddy, but he is still guilty. If he gets out early, who cares but make him wear the biggest ass ankle strap they have.
ReplyDeleteLet him out. They were going to give him months, not years for a guilty plea. Other corrupt people are walking around free have committed far worse crimes.
ReplyDeleteHe is out. Out a a lying criminal sociopathic narcissistic criminal who chose public office for his career rather than robbing banks, too much balls, or white collar fraud, too much intelligence. The Moody Collage, Chicago upbringing and Allentown “public service”were perfect venues for his particular skill.
DeleteCount me as a native Allentonian and a Democrat who believes that he should serve every single last day of his sentence in the federal penitentiary system, an environment where he is apparently contributing so many of his gifts, not to mention his talents as a skilled musician, to other less fortunate and enlightened inmates. His capacity for service is limited by his current circumstances.
Ed Pawlowski (stupidly) listened to those "people" who told him that it was alright to do what he did, believing they knew better. His misjudgement was that he was the one in charge and he should have known better.
DeleteHe served enough time, IMHO, while others got off without anything but a slap on the wrist.
I still wrestle with his rationale for going to trial. If the prosecution was as secure as they believed, then Fleck should have been called to testify against him.
Instead, Fleck set him up and protected his wife and son and got a sweetheart deal and the prosecution never called him to testify. Instead, they called his sister-in-law, who was steeped in making sure her sister didn't go to prison.
I always considered Alison a friend and even defended her repeatedly on this blog repeatedly when this case was happening. I don't know what happened, but now she wants nothing to do with me.
Go figure. Story of my life.
Behind every great fortune is a great crime. Balzac was right… now the problem with this case was that it was compromised from the beginning, Fleck told certain players ie. Developers that he was wearing a wire so they were not taped. By doing this said actors , were able to make millions if perhaps, not billions of dollars. Go ahead and focus on the pathetic hubris of this civil servant, who no doubt deserved punishment, but not 14 years.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard this. Elaborate
Deleteno way Biden will do it. He is having a hard enough time trying to figure out how to keep his son Hunter out of jail.
ReplyDeleteI always felt that if Pawlowski had come clean on Day 1 by issuing a sincere apology and pleading guilty, he might have had a sentence of a year or two. That's why its hard for me to sympathize with him. He did have a track record of taking gifts and services (comping burritos at Johnny Mananas, the free man cave built without any permits at his house, free vacations at Attorney Somach's beach house etc...) that makes all honest public employees look bad. That said, I would be in favor of an early let out for the sake of his spouse and children.
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