For her Mother's Day facebook post this past weekend, local Democratic activist Phoebe Harris thanked Ed Pawlowski for his stewardship.
When Pawlowski ran for his infamous 4th term while indicted, I chronicled how he courted the minority vote, and cobbled together a victory. Ed seduced his new minions by appointing them to various commissions and boards. In many cases these people were newcomers to Allentown, with no institutional knowledge of the city. Of course that reality meant nothing to Pawlowski, whose focus was always his own success.
At the time, Ms. Harris and other new found supporters could rationalize that their mentor, although indicted, was innocent until proven guilty. Now however, 18 months after being found guilty on 47 counts of bribery, it's disheartening to see a community leader clueless about the message of integrity in government.
Besides for this blogger, Phoebe and other aspiring members of the local minority community have a pass from scrutiny. Political correctness, wokeness and the fear of the dreaded racist accusation, usually tamps down such evaluations.
This situation is now typical of big city one party government. It does not look like it will be getting better any time soon. It can only lead to a further decline of the city.
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ReplyDeleteI wish that were the extent of it. Unfortunately, she's also now on the Allentown School Board.
With "leaders" like this, it's not surprising that the district is mulling another multi-million dollar tax hike, after receiving a multi-million dollar bailout from the FEDERAL government a couple of weeks ago. Of course that's on top of the usual multi-million dollar bailout the ASD gets from the state each year, and the previous multi-million dollar tax hikes residents have been clobbered with.
Now I wouldn't mind the tax hikes if we were seeing actual results from the ASD. But students continue to have less in services (like library, art and music classes) and are way behind in technology. As a result, ASD schools end up among the lowest performance scores of all schools in the area.
Meanwhile, Harris recently voted to table the naming of the district's new school after General Anna Mae Hays, an ASD graduate who became the first general in the US Army.
If Harris isn't hoping to have it named after a "leader" like herself, maybe she's holding out to have it named for her role model, Ed Pawlowski.
Should have been "first female general in the US Army". Sorry for the omission.
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