Allentown City Council traded a former FBI agent familiar with the city (He investigated the Pawlowski administration), for an international law firm, with offices in United States, United Kingdom and Asia. While we must still pay the former investigator, Scott Curtis, the time clock will soon start ticking with Duane Morris law firm, at over $1200 an hour.
Taxpayers can thank Cynthia Mota, Daryl Hendricks, Candida Affa and Santo Napoli for treating our taxes like money is no object. The $64K dollar question, or I should say the $640K question, is what was Matt Tuerk afraid of Scott Curtis disclosing?
The original purpose of examining city hall had to do with discrimination. With the obstacles placed in the way of the Curtis investigation by Tuerk, I think a second investigation of Tuerk's motives would not be inappropriate.
Scott Curtis is the epitome of a seasoned, experienced, professional investigative mind. Curtis began his work with a wealth of background information on the inner workings of all things Allentown. He is, arguably, the best person in the world to carry out an investigation of the sort required in this particular place at this point in time. It’s easy to see why Mota, Hendricks, Affa, Napoli and Tuerk feel the need to fire Scott Cutis and terminate his investigation. Curtis is frighteningly talented and extraordinarily professional.
ReplyDeleteClearly he represents a threat to any and all involved in the rot that swirls around the once Queen City. My sense is that few observers can comprehend the damage to truth and ultimately justice that furloughing Scott Curtis represents.
Most certainly the above mentioned group of politicians completely understand. Curtis must go, he is simply too competent, too professional, too thorough and too frightening to continue to retain.
Allentown can’t seem to stop making knee-jerk, stupid, and wasteful decisions. I avoid that place as much as possible.
ReplyDeleteNothing knee-jerk or stupid about firing Scott Curtis, It was a cold, calculated move, rooted in primal political survival instincts.
DeleteWTF were the powers that be thinking when they agreed to hire former FBI Special Agent Curtis? He represents a tremendous threat to the entrenched rot.
ReplyDeleteObviously he had to go.
I am not at all surprised by the clown show on Wednesday. We heard the council admit the selection of the most qualified attorney was left to their solicitor. Yet, according to the Morning Call, she received campaign donations from the selected law firm. Isn’t that the kind of stuff we have a mayor in jail for? It also seemed the same process may have been violated and confidential information was discussed during the bid process. Affa’s protecting herself with the vote. Her actions show who she really is. Mota, Hendricks, and Napoli are lap dogs of the failure of a mayor.
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