Think this will ever hit Dambly?
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Well, according to his business bio, he plays in the same sandbox. Plenty of temptation there.
LINK: Pennrose - Bricks & Mortar|Heart & Soul
"Mr. Dambly directs the firm’s business development efforts, seeking opportunities for future business and establishing and maintaining relationships with municipalities, agencies, and lenders."
On the whole, however, he sounds like something of an altruist.
LINK: Pennrose - Bricks & Mortar|Heart & Soul
"Mr. Dambly directs the firm’s business development efforts, seeking opportunities for future business and establishing and maintaining relationships with municipalities, agencies, and lenders."
On the whole, however, he sounds like something of an altruist.
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I started researching Pennrose after the initial "rumors" surfaced about a year ago.Well, according to his business bio, he plays in the same sandbox. Plenty of temptation there.
LINK: Pennrose - Bricks & Mortar|Heart & Soul
"Mr. Dambly directs the firm’s business development efforts, seeking opportunities for future business and establishing and maintaining relationships with municipalities, agencies, and lenders."
On the whole, however, he sounds like something of an altruist.
The PSU connections used to run rather deep at this firm, but I now notice that ex-PSU'ers are rarely listed on the "management roster".
There appears to have been a recent, conspicuous purging of PSU'ers at this firm. Why would that be?
Dick Barnhart might actually be "more pungent" than our "other friend".
https://pennrose.com/about/leadership-team/
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I can't believe Pawloski won the primary, even with all the stink of corruption circling around him. Classic Dan Flood syndrome-- it's OK if he steals 10 million dollars, as long as he tosses a few 10s our way.
Street lights are very popular these days. Read up on PJ and follow the money.
Lackawanna County businessmen sentenced in Lehigh County streetlight scheme
LAURIE MASON SCHROEDER, THE MORNING CALL / PUBLISHED: JANUARY 10, 2017
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P.J. McLaine
KEARNS
ALLENTOWN — Calling the crime “playing fast and loose with someone else’s money,” a Lehigh County judge on Wednesday sentenced a pair of former business owners to seven years of probation for scamming Coplay out of $160,000 in a botched street light deal.
Robert Kearns, 53, and Patrick McLaine, 70, will also be required to pay restitution, Judge Kelly L. Banach ruled, though she deferred a decision on the amount for 30 days to allow the defendants to submit documentation of expenses paid.
Mr. Kearns and Mr. McLaine, principals of Municipal Energy Managers of Lackawanna County, pleaded guilty in December to theft and conspiracy charges stemming from a 2009 deal with the borough.
Numerous municipalities, including Bethlehem Twp. in Northampton County, contracted with the company to buy streetlights from PPL, a move that was supposed to save taxpayer dollars. Instead, prosecutors allege, the men spent the money and did not fulfill the contracts, despite writing themselves big bonus checks.
Mr. Kearns and Mr. McLaine have pleaded guilty to operating similar scams in Bucks and Cumberland counties. In those cases, the men were sentenced to house arrest.
In the Bethlehem Twp. case, Mr. Kearns and Mr. McLaine were convicted of stealing $832,000 and were sentenced to six to 12 months in Northampton County jail.
Following the pair’s unsuccessful appeal to the Superior Court, prosecutors petitioned a Northampton County judge to force the men to serve the sentences. Attorneys for the pair said Wednesday that an appeal is pending to keep the men from behind bars.
Judge Banach in 2014 dismissed the Coplay charges, saying the case belonged in civil court — a decision that was overruled by the Superior Court.
At Wednesday’s sentencing, Judge Banach said she did not believe the men acted maliciously, but were careless.
“Ultimately, Coplay’s money is the money of the citizenry,” she said.
Both defendants told the judge that they were eager to put the case behind them.
“In hindsight, we made some mistakes,” Mr. McLaine said.
Contact the writer:
lmason@mcall.com
Lackawanna County businessmen sentenced in Lehigh County streetlight scheme
LAURIE MASON SCHROEDER, THE MORNING CALL / PUBLISHED: JANUARY 10, 2017
SHARE THIS
P.J. McLaine
KEARNS
ALLENTOWN — Calling the crime “playing fast and loose with someone else’s money,” a Lehigh County judge on Wednesday sentenced a pair of former business owners to seven years of probation for scamming Coplay out of $160,000 in a botched street light deal.
Robert Kearns, 53, and Patrick McLaine, 70, will also be required to pay restitution, Judge Kelly L. Banach ruled, though she deferred a decision on the amount for 30 days to allow the defendants to submit documentation of expenses paid.
Mr. Kearns and Mr. McLaine, principals of Municipal Energy Managers of Lackawanna County, pleaded guilty in December to theft and conspiracy charges stemming from a 2009 deal with the borough.
Numerous municipalities, including Bethlehem Twp. in Northampton County, contracted with the company to buy streetlights from PPL, a move that was supposed to save taxpayer dollars. Instead, prosecutors allege, the men spent the money and did not fulfill the contracts, despite writing themselves big bonus checks.
Mr. Kearns and Mr. McLaine have pleaded guilty to operating similar scams in Bucks and Cumberland counties. In those cases, the men were sentenced to house arrest.
In the Bethlehem Twp. case, Mr. Kearns and Mr. McLaine were convicted of stealing $832,000 and were sentenced to six to 12 months in Northampton County jail.
Following the pair’s unsuccessful appeal to the Superior Court, prosecutors petitioned a Northampton County judge to force the men to serve the sentences. Attorneys for the pair said Wednesday that an appeal is pending to keep the men from behind bars.
Judge Banach in 2014 dismissed the Coplay charges, saying the case belonged in civil court — a decision that was overruled by the Superior Court.
At Wednesday’s sentencing, Judge Banach said she did not believe the men acted maliciously, but were careless.
“Ultimately, Coplay’s money is the money of the citizenry,” she said.
Both defendants told the judge that they were eager to put the case behind them.
“In hindsight, we made some mistakes,” Mr. McLaine said.
Contact the writer:
lmason@mcall.com
Dambley? He's the guy the bot trotted out to play the 'morals' card. I can think of no finer endorsement.
Wasn't Dambly's term on the board due to expire this month? Did the governor reappoint him?
I doubt if he will charged in the Allentown matter...he is too well connected and if the heat gets turned up he will flip (again).
I don't know if it's still active, bit a lot of Penrose's political contributions used to go through The Race Street PAC....which was registered somewhere like Kingston.
