Posted on 10/23/2018 5:51:29 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Ed Pawlowski, the former mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for rigging city contracts in order to raise cash for his campaigns for higher office.
A jury had convicted Pawlowski, a Democrat, on 47 of 54 charges in March – including conspiracy to commit bribery, fraud, and extortion. Federal prosecutors said Pawlowski came up with a scheme in which he solicited city vendors to fund his unsuccessful campaigns for governor and the U.S. Senate. The contracts included engineering, technology, construction and legal work.
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Dems have no shame.
Do we cue the Billy Joel song now?
Funny, I haven’t seen this on any of the news networks.
And we never will.
So who did he cross?
I’m sure CNN and MSNBC will be noting this story soon, and that he’s a Democrat.
Of course, I’m still waiting on my $35 million dollars from some guy in Nigeria.
I gave him my bank routing number, account number, Social Security Number and my mother’s maiden name.
He hasn’t called back this week ... yet.....
“Ed Pawlowski, Allentown ex-mayor, sentenced to prison on corruption charges”
Small fry. When do we get the big criminals like DlBlowsmewell, Blumberg, Emanual?
Susan Wild (D) was the solicitor when Pawlowski was mayor. She’s running against Marty Nothstein (R)and she is ahead in the polls.
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