Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski charged in political corruption case, says he won't step down

The Morning Call ^ | 7/25/17 | Emily Opilo

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Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, who is running for a fourth term leading Pennsylvania’s third-largest city, has been charged in federal court in a pay-to-play scheme, his lawyer said.

The charges were filed Tuesday but sealed, said Jack McMahon, Pawlowski’s attorney, adding that they will be made public Wednesday morning. It is the culmination of a lengthy investigation that came to light with an FBI raid on Allentown City Hall on July 2, 2015, and has since cast a pall over the city at a critical time in its revitalization.

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At the height of the fervor against the mayor, Allentown City Council unanimously passed a resolution of no-confidence in the mayor in January 2016, calling for him to step aside. But in May, Pawlowski won the Democratic nomination for a fourth term in office by taking a comfortable lead in a crowded field of candidates.

Found it! Party affiliation was mentioned 80% of the way down the page.

[brewcrew1965]

Yup. In the 21st paragraph.

[Dapper 26]

You are correct. Democrat was not mentioned until nearly the end. However, with soooooo many pleading guilty in the 4 year investigation, “intuition” kicked in. He’s not even denying it, just saying he doesn’t know what it is all about? Let’s see how his constituents deal with this.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Let’s see:

Mayor of a large city, guaranteed to be a RAT, totally corrupt, goes without saying.

[Leaning Right]

Allentown...

I’ll use this as an excuse to provide a Youtube link to Billy Joel’s song “Allentown”. The person who put there included some great images.

If you come from a rust-belt town like I did, and if you you once worked in a steel mill like I once did, you’ll know that this song hits the nail right on the head. Not a single word is out of place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4qzwmeXNQA

[Vlad The Inhaler]

[TBP]

Typical “progressive.”

[chopperman]

Erie used to be the third biggest town in Pa. Not any more. This is bad news for Erie.

[stockpirate]

Democrat Hillary supporting mayor.....there fixed the headline

[Deplorable American1776]

Without looking, the mayor is a member of the Crimeocrat (fka Democrat​ Party) and I was right.

[Daveinyork]

Have any of you seen the musical “42nd Street?”

[randita]

The steel mill was in Bethlehem, not Allentown.

[kenmcg]

Take it to the bank, if he was a pubbie it would be mentioned in the first paragraph. If they don’t mention it in the first or second paragraph ,you know it’s a RAT.

[Kid Shelleen]

Kathleen Kane (state AG), Seth William (Philly DA) and Chaka Fattah (U.S. House Appropriations Committee) all GUILTY AS CHARGED but the Dems think they lost Pa because deplorables were too dumb to know that government was going to help them.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Never resign! Double down, hurl accusations back at your accusers, and you just might ride it out.

It’s Clinton 101. That man did immeasurable damage to our political culture.