Although incumbents always have the advantage, Pawlowski is exploiting the taxpayers in an unprecedented fashion. While City Council reacted to a town hall mailing, it pales in expense to his other exploits. The street department has been concentrating in the deep West End, where Pawlowski hopes to wedge away a few votes from Hyman and O'Connell. However, unlike with the minority demographic downtown, I doubt that this ploy will yield many votes. The Cedar Beach Pool stunt cost the city millions of gallons of water and overtime for dozens of employees. That dog and pony show also involved the sodding of the grass and other items not in the original pool budget. The Park Director has been acting as no less than a hand maiden for the Mayor's campaign.
We must understand that ethics are no longer a factor to Pawlowski. He faces 54 criminal counts, and at this point he could care less about any perception of misusing city hall.
Ethics, the man has no conception or understanding of the word. It only took 12 of 16 Grand Jury members [75%] to approve the indictments leveled against him. His political "stunts" have come at the expense of the taxpayers, [Cedar Beach opening and cosmetic road improvements in the West End], and now he delivers a "no tax" hike budget; however storm-water fees will rise. This is the political game he has played all along. The budget don't increase, however, fees have been raising instead, he keeps the employee vacancy limit high, [especially police and fire], refuses to endorse a workable maintenance program for needed fire equipment and bullies his cabinet members, [including the parks department director], to follow his agenda and keep their pie hole shut. [Just ask Craig Messinger about the huge amount of water lost at Cedar Beach Pool]. This is Pawlowski at his best; a slick politician that will pull all the stops out to convince the uninformed citizens of Allentown that he is their savior.
ReplyDeleteThe cowardly, incompetent, temporary occupant of City Halls' 5th floor called the Mayor showed why he should not be re-elected by not presenting his budget. HE also showed his contempt for not only City Council but to the residents of Allentown by both not being present and ordering his department directors not to be there. Where are the ethics and transparency in the Fed-Ed administration? There is none. I hope City Council defunds all of the Mayor's staff positions and cut his salary since he doesn't perform the functions of his position. Lets see if the cowardly incompetent mayor even replies.
ReplyDeleteAll is fair in love, war and politics.
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