tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post4277796423360652417..comments2024-03-28T10:18:28.366-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Pawlowski in Hot Water With FEC Over Campaign FinancesBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-29779068733577879642015-10-12T22:17:53.143-04:002015-10-12T22:17:53.143-04:00Nobody fired or terrorized so far has gotten any
...Nobody fired or terrorized so far has gotten any <br />protection.<br />These people are thugs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-9372823913800876152015-10-12T18:09:59.827-04:002015-10-12T18:09:59.827-04:00@ Rich City workers should be talking to the FBI, ...@ Rich City workers should be talking to the FBI, and not anyone in City Hall because NOBODY can be trusted. However employees that were fired might be protected under whistle blower laws if they blew the whistle or were about to blow the whistle on the corruption going on downtown. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-48451818688815870422015-10-12T14:36:14.500-04:002015-10-12T14:36:14.500-04:00FEAR RUNS DEEP!
The reign of terror has not ended ...FEAR RUNS DEEP!<br />The reign of terror has not ended yet, not by a long shot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-35625527755471332762015-10-12T13:15:25.811-04:002015-10-12T13:15:25.811-04:00Fegly for mayor.Fegly for mayor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-50881218496584745322015-10-11T23:19:03.085-04:002015-10-11T23:19:03.085-04:00Rich said Where is the Ethics Committee? the same ...Rich said Where is the Ethics Committee? the same people who are supposed of should have already launched an ethics investigation received up to 30,000 for campaign donations from the criminal they are to be investigating. in addition , many on council have their family members/kids employed by the same guy they are supposed to be investigating. <br />Rich, once the smoke clears we will see a few on the city council implicated as well. that could include the president and vice president as well as a few more, with the exception of one lady on that council, they all sit there with their heads down. this is a dysfunctional city govt who can not lead the people. <br />I watched a tape of the recent hearings and I can not believe there has been not ethic investigation. it appears the council claims to be waiting for the fbi to do their job , but in reality, the are running out the clock . this is the approach guilty people use to avoid the reality of the issue. wonder why fed ed has not been to any council meeting for almost 3 months.<br /><br />keep up, the good fight rich . I appreciate your interactions with city council . <br />I only wish more would follow. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-47765821292726465392015-10-11T21:01:58.125-04:002015-10-11T21:01:58.125-04:00Oh sorry. My bad. I guess the jobs I saw for offic...Oh sorry. My bad. I guess the jobs I saw for office asst and bookkeeper were for a different fegley enterprises. <br />It's irresponsible to say you would never fire anyone. But, if wishes were horses, we'd all ride, I guess.<br />People don't speak because of your attitude. We have to pay our bills, we have to work and support our children. And if people don't understand that, too bad. You'd like to can us all into keeping quiet because of his highness. We actually keep quiet because we just want to work and support our families.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02178669291406367961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-70080440459134603772015-10-11T19:20:18.773-04:002015-10-11T19:20:18.773-04:00Brew Works can only hire so many people. We are al...Brew Works can only hire so many people. We are always looking for Chefs and experienced Cooks.<br /><br />If I was Mayor, I wouldn't fire anyone.<br /><br />If I was on City Council I would demand an investigation into the Mayor as Public Official #3. Where is the Ethics Committee?<br /><br />Are there City workers that are saying that they will speak up if the Mayor is removed from power? Why wait? Why not just talk to the FBI right now?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689614615334224597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-80729948196027287542015-10-11T18:06:03.629-04:002015-10-11T18:06:03.629-04:00Anon: you're not the only one. There were plen...Anon: you're not the only one. There were plenty more before you. I'm guessing who you are, but I'm silent.<br />Rich: your family is hiring. Would you hire former city employees who do not want to get involved? We just want to work and not deal with the politics?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02178669291406367961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-74688115506033571332015-10-11T16:51:12.681-04:002015-10-11T16:51:12.681-04:00How do we "safely" get the City workers ...How do we "safely" get the City workers to speak up without the fear of Pawlowski firing them?<br /><br />City Council won't speak up. Only Jeanette Eichenwald has spoken up about the FBI and the Mayor. Nothing from the other members.<br /><br />How do we make it safe for City workers to finally start blowing whistles? The Mayor is going to lease the damn golf course!? WTF?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689614615334224597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-68243587478116872282015-10-11T11:30:52.862-04:002015-10-11T11:30:52.862-04:00Anon 10:12 AM
You're welcome! Although I lear...Anon 10:12 AM<br />You're welcome! Although I learned the hard way. I was fired from the city for speaking up!!! This is probably why more city workers will not speak up. Directors, managers and human resources find ways to get rid of people to protect themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-31148773223617715362015-10-11T10:12:23.048-04:002015-10-11T10:12:23.048-04:00Anon 7:07
Thank you!! Speaking the truth!! Too man...Anon 7:07<br />Thank you!! Speaking the truth!! Too many of us have been maligned for no reason other than speaking up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-85384946823125627352015-10-10T20:48:25.573-04:002015-10-10T20:48:25.573-04:00Yes, you're correct about George Sam. He also ...Yes, you're correct about George Sam. He also has a few small commercial properties on the west side of the river, including the office that the Fleckster rented when he first started out, before moving to the Butz BuildingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-87497482411650120922015-10-10T16:32:40.207-04:002015-10-10T16:32:40.207-04:0010:30 AM -both parties have let the people down an...10:30 AM -both parties have let the people down and the people allowed to happen right under their noses. both parties are responsible for massive amounts of waste , fraud and corruption, not just on a federal/national level, but you can look at the state and local levels as well.<br />for 100 yeas, the idea of pay to play/corp cronyism or crony capitalism, destroyed this county. <br /> <br />a report from the GAO was ,stated that 100 billion(billion with a B) dollars of tax payer cash has been used by the feds to make payments to people that are not eligible for these payments. The Government Accountability Office says the federal bureaucracy wasted more than $100 billion on bogus payments last year, partially because it doesn't keep track of its spending programs.<br /><br /> Testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro said the only way to get government spending under control would be to have the Obama administration show more leadership and for Congress to do more oversight in regards to waste fraud and corruption. Funny, I don't hear many politicians from either party banging the drum for this fix.<br /><br /><br />just think how that 100 billion could have helped kids, schools , hunger programs, housing programs, our beloved Vets, infrastructure, our elderly, our poor and so on.<br /><br />instead the govt literally factors that waste fraud and corruption into the budget.<br /><br />a recent Homeland Security Committee hearing on immigration uncovered that illegal immigrants with deferred status may be eligible to receive the Earned Income Tax Credit and could be able to file an amended tax return for up to the last three tax years, possibly receiving as much as $24,000 in tax credits<br /><br />By offering illegal aliens new payments under the Earned Income Tax Credit, the IRS may encourage fraud from those claiming children living in other countries. <br /><br />Non-U.S. citizens who qualify for President Obama's temporary deferred actions will now be eligible to receive permanent Social Security numbers. A Social Security number is the key that opens a whole treasure chest of benefits, including significant tax credits<br /><br />this is how the govt thinks they can fill the social security coffers they have been stealing from over the last few decades or longer.<br /><br />and this helps American and American workers how???<br /><br />Sad and disgusting all at the same time. And the political elite and their media puppets cant figure out why so many have no faith or trust in their govt.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-15212361797178570742015-10-10T10:37:12.253-04:002015-10-10T10:37:12.253-04:00Drop the partisanship. Who is funding Democrats? R...Drop the partisanship. Who is funding Democrats? Republicans. It is not the party. It is crony capitalism, and both parties are guilty.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-17053498586825243742015-10-10T10:30:02.699-04:002015-10-10T10:30:02.699-04:00Nobody spends other people's money better than...Nobody spends other people's money better than Democrats, period. Nobody twists people's arms and tugs at heart strings using terms like "fairness", etc., better than the Democrats, period. Nobody is better than pretending to represent "all of the people" than the phony Democrats, period.<br /><br />Nobody here in the City Without Spending Limits has been bigger buddies with the billionaire developers than the righteous Democrats, period.<br /><br />Republicans have been making me sick for quite a few years now, too, make no mistake --- but nowhere near as ill as the all-caring Democrats do, end of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-30517713026966215492015-10-10T10:12:41.415-04:002015-10-10T10:12:41.415-04:00Rich, you hit the nail on the head. It makes me si...Rich, you hit the nail on the head. It makes me sick when I see politicians showing up , after a call to the media and delivering an over sized check to some one.<br />I makes me sick knowing we are literally paying the mortgage for billionaire developers aka niz /criz zones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-5580736937188854502015-10-10T00:06:59.049-04:002015-10-10T00:06:59.049-04:00Spending everybody else's hard-earned money is...Spending everybody else's hard-earned money is what POLITICIANS do best. We should vote for politicians that represent the ALL of the people and therefore spend the money properly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689614615334224597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-65337430470751263182015-10-09T19:28:19.380-04:002015-10-09T19:28:19.380-04:00Spending everybody else's hard-earned money is...Spending everybody else's hard-earned money is what Democrats do best, so back off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-17632622039965583192015-10-09T19:07:09.664-04:002015-10-09T19:07:09.664-04:00It's interesting how many kids of city council...It's interesting how many kids of city council and city director's kids get jobs and internships with the city. Plus councils kids don't even have to perform well, they are "protected" because their dad is on council. Then there are good workers that are fired by poor managers to protect themselves, yet human resources will lie and cover up for the bad bosses. It's pathetic. <br /><br />Human resources will change city policy every day depending on who the employee is that is in "trouble". If a council's kid is performing bad, they just move her to another bureau. If it's someone else, they are fired. It's all politics and current HR director Marchetto needs to go a well. Many of the managers that go to work and do nothing but collect a check need to go as well. <br /><br />Then there are people, like council's kids, that are called 'must hires'. They are family members or friends of managers and the administration. They must be hired, whether they are qualified for the job or not. Most are not. <br /><br />Also when the money came in from the water sale, all of a sudden city administration were getting brand new city vehicles, SUV's no less loaded with many unneeded options, navigation features, etc. Fed Ed was blowing right through the money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-33078179636825232632015-10-09T18:06:04.388-04:002015-10-09T18:06:04.388-04:00If "conservative whacko" is permissible,...If "conservative whacko" is permissible, it stands to logic & reason that "fruitcake progressive liberal democrat" is acceptable, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-20452698471721793582015-10-09T17:56:03.277-04:002015-10-09T17:56:03.277-04:00Pat Browne is a de facto Democrat.
Allentown, the...Pat Browne is a de facto Democrat.<br /><br />Allentown, the City Without Limits if there ever was one, is and has been controlled by Democrats forever, but lets talk about since 2008 (when the idea of a "transforamtive" NIZ was first floated).<br /><br />How many non-Democrats are on City Council and/or have been in recent years past (i.e., since 2008)?<br /><br />How many non-Democrats are on the School Board and/or have been in recent years past?<br /><br />How many non-Democrats hold important jobs down at City Hall and/or have in recent years past?<br /><br />Time confront reality. Only the Democrats could have stopped the NIZ Legislation but, instead, they openly supported it in the name of "progress". Only the Democrats could have seen to it that the Pawlowski Palace of Sport would not smash all existing records with its shocking $ 177.1 million dollar price tag but, then again, the more the arena cost, the more their union buddies could make and then, of course, the more their union buddies could donate to their favorite politicians' campaign war chests.<br /><br />If there is no money for schools in Allentown (or anything else, such as the iconic park system), please address this complaint to the all powerful Democrats and their ever loyal patrons.<br /><br />Okay, time to start hurling the tired, worn-out "Tea Bagger" term around. Please, by all means. Go for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-44640612820558183302015-10-09T15:09:51.114-04:002015-10-09T15:09:51.114-04:00Thanks for the link 2:33. go figure . more corrupt...Thanks for the link 2:33. go figure . more corruption in a NIZ area with unions , democrats and billionaire developers, all in bed together , breaking every single law under the sun. When does it stop. <br />Had enough of this pathetic govt Allentown ?<br />Had enough of these criminals running the show ? <br />Yet, people will continue to defend this, as "that is the way business is conducted". WTF happened to our city ? <br />Hey you council hacks who also took cash from the corrupt mayor. Feel like it is time to hand back the cash?<br />Hey council lets talk about how Paws, gave each one of your family members/kids jobs in the city. It is time they step down as well. <br /><br />Hey council, I heard only one lady talking about an ethics investigation. <br /><br />It might be time for the council to be investigated as well . Some on this same city council not only had their kids employed by the city, they received 30,000 or more from the criminal mayor.<br /><br />Keep turning over the stones. Council will be implicated. It is a matter of time and they all know that including the President and Vice President.<br /><br />And this same city council wants to sit back and watch the show while the city burns. So freaking sad .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-46843604869727902292015-10-09T14:33:17.359-04:002015-10-09T14:33:17.359-04:00http://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-allen...http://www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-allentown-fbi-jack-rosen-contract-20151009-story.html<br /><br />Latest Pawlowski news from the Morning Call.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-61386297644920879902015-10-09T10:14:44.790-04:002015-10-09T10:14:44.790-04:00Pat Brown is a Democrat?
Who knew???Pat Brown is a Democrat?<br />Who knew???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-48772982228562660092015-10-09T09:02:08.973-04:002015-10-09T09:02:08.973-04:00There was a nasty split among some Lehigh County D...There was a nasty split among some Lehigh County Democratic activists that made it hard to unite behind the Dem candidate for State Senate in the last election. Also, as long as the Legislature is strongly in Republican control, Pat Browne and other Repub Senators from the Philadelphia suburbs play vital roles in controlling the ultraconservative wackos. <br /><br />A Dem Senator from Lehigh County at this point in time would just get locked out of the room while all of the decisions are made. <br /><br />Also, Pat Browne has been important in reducing the severity of the state funding cuts to the Allentown School District. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com