There are two articles in the paper that have me shaking my head. One is that the mayor may escape prosecution, because of the recent supreme court case outlining what the new legal threshold is for corruption. I personally don't have much attitude about Pawlowski's situation, one way or the other. But, when we think about how much time and effort was taken, not counting the collateral charges filed against others, we can just see our taxdollars sucking up in the vortex of government.
Talking about evaporating taxdollars, we learn that it will cost us a $quarter million to have the school superintendent not work. I noticed the news reports that the school board approved Mayo's sabbatical. The reporters know full well that Mayo didn't request this situation, it was forced upon him by the school board. I enjoy being a blogger, and not having to mince my words.
The photograph shown above, and the post title, are inside jokes for the older baby boomers.
I agree with Bernie. Legal coverage is frequently superficial and the Supreme Court's decision hinged on definitions and instructions, not the concept of anti-corruption campaigns themselves.
ReplyDeleteThe nature of the official acts and the fairly obvious quid pro quos in the Allentown cases are much different, even as the Mayor's defense team tries to influence future jurors with public statements.
geoff@6:05, it seems as if the paper carried water for the mayor and his attorney with such a prominent headline.
ReplyDeleteallow me to note here that my posts are still published very early weekday mornings, although they do not appear on bernie's sidebar blogroll until 12 hours later.
Extortion. Allentown's RICO. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations.
ReplyDeletePawlowski and friends' crimes differ, there are body recordings, text messages and emails.
Tick tock. We all wait.
Even more worrisome, as you have previously noted, is the article that Talen Energy is likely to be "legally" plundered through its conversion to a fully private company and will probably be a hollow shell within 5-7 years, if not sooner.
ReplyDeleteOnly in today's America could we applaud a situation where a company could "invest" the proceeds of selling its own assets into buying itself on behalf of investors who put little to no money of their own in the sale.