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FBI Probe Results in Corruption Indictments of mayors.
Mayor Pawlowski going to his arraignment
A Matt Rourke/AP photoAn ongoing since 2015 investigation has resulted in federal criminal indictments against current Allentown Pennsylvania Edwin Pawlowski and former Reading Pennsylvania Mayor Vaughn Spencer.
The indictments allege Pawlowski and Spencer of shaking down businesses and individuals for campaign contributions via alleged pay-to-play schemes.
Mayor Edwin Pawlowski was arraigned today in Philadelphia Federal Court and former Mayor Vaughn Spencer is currently slated for arraignment next Tuesday.
Following the money
An oxycom.com imageVarious reports indicated that these indictments of two local Democrats with apparent corrupt national Democratic Party connections are based on covert recordings, political bribes, raided offices as well as rolling up the food chain of perpetrators.
As a result, a long ongoing FBI probe is now in the process of dismantling an entire political administration after uncovering the alleged corruption.
How bad is the underlying alleged corruption?
On top of the only to be expected Fox Media coverage of alleged Democratic evil-doers, even well-known to be left-leaning NPR, the New York Times and the Washington Post have provided ongoing, considerable and damning coverage of the alleged corruption.
“Deep Throat on line two!”
A Columbia Pictures imageWhether or not these indictments bode for rough seas ahead for A City Under the Influence remains to be seen.
Pay for play is not necessarily illegal in MA
A Quincy Quarry file imageIn the meanwhile, however, Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch might have some gnawing concerns keeping him up at night.
Reasons for possible concern include Mayor Koch’s status as the most named recipient of straw campaign contributions in the Commonwealth per Office of Campaign and Political Finance sanction agreements in recent years and which often involved parties doing business and/or planning to do business with the City of Quincy.
Follow the money. ALWAYS follow the money
A wemu.org imageMayor Koch is also one of the larger local Massachusetts elected officials who were recipients of campaign donations from parties involved in a still-ongoing investigation of millions of dollars in suspect donations.
These suspect millions in donations were all but exclusively given to Democratic elected officials, Democratic party candidates and various Democratic party groups and made by parties tied to the Boston-based Thornton Law Firm.
That and how Mayor Thomas P. Koch might further be concerned about two problematic felony fraud convictions imposed recently in Boston’s US District Federal Courthouse.
Going once, going twice – gone for four years
A FlynnAuction.com imageOne federal felony conviction involved one of Mayor Koch’s since childhood best friends as well as also his one-time and apparently only private sector employer.
The other federal felony fraud conviction involved a Quincy police lieutenant with now likely former close personal ties to one of Mayor Koch’s brother-in-law who – in turn – surely but coincidentally is the City of Quincy Chief of Police.
No more details for The Double Dipper
A Greg Derr/Patriot Ledger photoIn turn, these convictions cannot help but further spark imaginations, especially given that Mayor Thomas P. Koch has gone to bat in the defense of both of these two convicted felons even if one of his defenses has surely but coincidentally disappeared from its server.
Needless to say, as news may break badly for Quincy Mayor Thomas P. Koch or most any other elected official(s), expect Quincy Quarry to cover the story as only it has the stones to do.
Mayor Koch is one of the most corrupt individuals in this so called Quincy Bureaucracy. After trying to silence me for speaking out against this corruption when I was employed in 2017 the QPD openly admitted that Chief Keenan had my Twitter account hacked and frozen due to my corruption tweets. Hours after sending these tweets Mayor Koch and his cronies at City Hall had Chief Keenan send 2 officers to my home and forcefully and illegally entered my home without a warrant and seized my firearm and LTC. I am a Disabled USMC Veteran. City Hall violated my HIPPA Act by telling my coworkers I have PTSD and began a narrative to destroy me and my reputation which has already happened! I was forced to resign under a Settlement and told to keep my mouth shut by Detectives at QPD when they called me in and read me my Miranda Rights and told me I was being videotaped and interrogated me for close to an hour about how I knew about this information and what is my source. They harassed me, intimidated me, and used fear tactics to come after me and destroy my life. Im left unemployed and no one has been punished for the blatant Civil and Constitutional rights were violated!
Eoin,
For reasons both obvious and not, Quincy Quarry has no way of knowing if your assertions are valid; however, if they are and you can document them, you would appear to have the potential basis for seeking ugly legal action imposed against the Koch Maladministration.
Have you reached out to US Attorney’s office in Boston? If not yet and you opt to do so, be sure to have your support material in DI inspection ready order as well as be cognizant of fact that the QPD is already not on the US Attorney’s bff list c/o the QPD double dipper trial.
When talking about corruption, let’s not forget former MA State Rep Garrett Bradley. He was the one who oversaw the funneling of all the money from Thornton Law firm into the hands of Democrat candidates. Garrett didn’t do it out of the goodness of his heart or even the benefit of the Democrat Party. The quid pro quo on that one wasn’t transparent or subtle but no one seemed to mind ‘cept a talk show host or two.
DB,
Actually, all manner of major media, including even the Boston broadsheet, presented unflattering coverage about the Thornton Law firm’s “curious” campaign donation practices. That and it is the Quarry’s understanding that these curious practices are still under review by the appropriate authorities.