Thursday, April 15, 2010

Allentown Ethics Board Makes Mockery of Ethics

April 19 UpDate: "Allentown Ethics Board Makes Mockery of Ethics" has been honored as the most influential per post blog in Pennsylvania this week. LVS was similarly honored last week. Thank you, LVS readers.

On Apr 14, 2010, at 4:40:01 PM, J. Jackson Eaton, III wrote:

RE: Board of Ethics of the City of Allentown

Dear Mr. Villa:


As a member of the Board of Ethics of the City of Allentown, I am writing to you on behalf of the Board concerning your e-mail sent to Committee [sic] members on April 6, 2010 with a complaint regarding a City official and request for a hearing under the City’s Code of Ethics.


The Board met to consider certain procedural issues (Mr. Velasquez [sic] was unable to participate). [BV Note: M.I.A. "Ethics" board member and former Allentown City Council person Marty Velazquez's parents lived across the street from my parents for over a decade.]


First, digital communications have advanced a long way since the time the Code of Ethics was adopted, but Section 171.10(F) dealing with requests still provides in part that, "In no case shall the Board entertain a request that is not in writing and not signed by the person making the request." Accordingly, the Board must ask that you submit your request again signed by you. [BV Note: this "signed hard copy" thing is a chicken shit maneuver designed to slow me up and buy the "Ethics" board some time. Notice that it's okay for Mr. Eaton to send me an email, i.e., not "signed hard copy."]


The Board also notes that under the provisions of the City Code establishing the Board of Ethics, individuals a [sic] submitting a request or complaint do not have the right to demand a hearing. [BV Note: My submission was a "Request" for a Hearing. I made no "demands."] See: Related Post


The Code provides that "The Board shall also render written advisory opinions in circumstances where there is alleged to be a conflict of interest or unethical conduct on the part of any official or employee of the City within the scope of the Code of Ethics." Section 171.09(E).


It is the employee or official against whom the complaint is made that has the option to request a hearing:


"Employer or official involved in the request shall have the opportunity within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the request to respond in writing, to make a written request for a hearing or to do both... The Board shall upon receipt of a request for a hearing within the period above referred to by the official or employee involved set a time and place for the hearing for the purposes of determining the facts." Sections 171.09(H) and (I).


[BV Note: everybody catching this ... "it is the employee or official against whom the complaint is made that has the option to request a hearing," that is, only the accused city insider can request and get a hearing. The injured party? "Get help" elsewhere.]


The Board will, of course, respond to whatever request you make, [BV Note: Oh I'm sure, and I believe I can predict your "response" right now] but wanted to make you aware of these provisions of the Code of Ethics as it [sic] may affect the information you wish to provide in any future request. For your convenience, a copy of the Code of Ethics is attached.


Finally, in response to the Board’s acknowledgment of your filing, you raised the question of a possible conflict because a son of one of my partners was the driver of the vehicle in which your daughter was killed several years ago. First, personally and as a father, let me express my sympathy to you because of this tragic event. However, I do not believe that such event which involved Mr. LaBarre’s son or the other circumstances surrounding the event would affect any decisions I would make in considering the substance of any further complaint you may file or otherwise would prevent a conflict. [BV Note: I agree totally w/ your Freudian slip, JJ, that nothing will "prevent" your blatant conflict of interest here. And, re: the "other circumstances surrounding the event," readers, I need to point out that it was Attorney Eaton, and not I, who brought these "other circumstances" up, in the context of "not preventing" a conflict of interest. Interesting, eh?]


After discussing your e-mail with the Board, and with their concurrence, have [sic] determined that I will continue to participate in this matter as a member of the Board. [BV Note: Well sure, the "Ethics" board wants JJ Eaton as their hatchet man on this b/c the other members are too pusillanimous to take me on. Heck, Marty Velazquez was too scared to even attend the procedural "fix" meeting.]


Sincerely, [BV Note: you're not fooling me, JJ.]


J. JACKSON EATON, III


JJE,III/dm cc:

Mayor Edward [sic] Pawlowski

Mr. Michael Hanlon, City Clerk
Dr. Rev. Grant Harrity
Mr. Hugh J. Gallagher
Mr. Martin Velazquez, III

The Rev. Canon Maria Tjeltveit


On Apr 14, 2010, at 9:31:27 PM, The Rev. Canon Maria Tjeltveit wrote:


Jackson,

I think the letter looks good. There?s one small thing that is probably a mistake in the second to the last sentence. You say that you do not believe that the events "would prevent a conflict". I believe you mean "would present a conflict". It may be that you want to clarify that in some way, given what may be sensitivity on the part of the recipient of the letter. -Maria [BV Note: "sensitivity?" Right. Most people just shrug off accusations of necrophilia w/ their deceased daughter (as published by Allentown City Council Vice President Michael Donovan at his blog), Maria, I must be over-reacting.]

((Me ... and apparently I was "cc'd" by Rev. Canon Maria by mistake on her email to JJ Eaton, Allentown Ethics Board, Mayor Edwin Pawlowski, and City Clerk Mike Hanlon))

Ethics Board, do me a favor:

please don't "cc" me on your internal procedural maneuverings all designed to achieve one thing-- i.e., avoiding having to address my legitimate issues with W. Michael Donovan, okay? It's insulting. Ditto any charade regarding "sensitivity" towards me. That's almost laughable.

FYI, you will be addressing my legitimate issues with Donovan via my re-submitted, in writing, and signed, document, with supporting evidence. Look for it within the next few days.

And do your crony-crooked maneuverings in private like how they're supposed to be done.

Bill Villa

82 comments:

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Maybe W. Michael Donovan (caught nervously reading LVS a mere 7 minutes after this post launched) will "man up" and request a hearing? Whad'ya say, Councilor? Here's your big chance to shut that "demanding" Bill Villa up? Are you up to the challenge? Plus, we're all dyin' to see how you're gonna justify enabling libel, criminal harassment, and sadistic cruelty against the Villas at your blog, Ethics Professor Donovan.

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Bill Villa said...

Email, Incoming ...

On Apr 15, 2010, at 9:46:03 AM, J. Jackson Eaton, III (cc'd to Allentown Ethics Board, Mayor Pawlowski, City Clerk Mike Hanlon) wrote:

Mr. Villa.

I want to correct a typo that appeared in my letter to you of April 15. In the second last sentence of the letter, the phrase "otherwise would prevent a conflict" should have read, "otherwise would present a conflict". Sorry for the necessity of a correction. -- Jackson Eaton

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((Me))

JJ, respectfully, that wasn't a typo, that was a Freudian slip.

We're writing about it at our blog > Allentown Ethics Board Makes Mockery of Ethics

Look for my "signed hard copy" re-submission, with supporting evidence, coming soon.

Bill Villa
610.428.xxxx

P.S. Marty, hope you can join us next time.

Bill Villa said...

" ... a son of one of my partners was the driver of the vehicle in which your daughter was killed several years ago." -JJ Eaton

Sounds so ... benign, doesn't it?

Like maybe the vehicle did the killing.

And Eaton's pal's son was merely driving that homicidal vehicle, the poor guy.

Let's review, shall we.

At 3:15am on March 24, 2006, JJ Eaton's pal's son was rocketing around 100 miles per hour (on a 35 MPH zoned residential street), with a .24 blood alcohol content (3X the legal limit), and also with the (later admitted under oath in court) prior knowledge that he was a blackout drinker, while ignoring his two passengers' "cautioning" that he slow down or stop the vehicle. Instead, he crashed (semi-airborne) into a tree at a "minimum speed of 85 MPH," crushing my daughter Sheena's skull, and rendering her instantly brain dead.

FYI, here's what Joe Levin got right down the road in Philadelphia County for doing much, much less in the process of killing someone while driving drunk.

Oh and Joe Levin wasn't allowed to go on vacation in Belize, Central America, while awaiting trial ... like JJ Eaton's pal's son was.

The City Official said...

WORTH REPEATING DEPARTMENT

Maybe W. Michael Donovan (caught nervously reading LVS a mere 7 minutes after this post launched) will "man up" and request a hearing? Whad'ya say, Councilor? Here's your big chance to shut that "demanding" Bill Villa up? Are you up to the challenge? Plus, we're all dyin' to see how you're gonna justify enabling libel, criminal harassment, and sadistic cruelty against the Villas at your blog, Ethics Professor Donovan.

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

"11:40," be a doll and spread the word on this blog post all over City Hall, and The Courthouse, merci (but shh, don't wake the news hounds at The Morning Call) ...

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Consigliere said...

Bill and Angie, I'd really like to know what "other circumstances surrounding the event" attorney Eaton is cryptically alluding to (or Freudian slipping on, again) in boldly decreeing (and with a straight face) that he can be (wink wink) "impartial" here.

[ ] The Belize Vacation?

[ ] DA Martin secretly moving JJ's pal's son's guilty plea hearing up 10 days and not telling Sheena's family about it?

[ ] DA Martin's office accidentally on purpose forgetting to mention Sheena's pregnancy at the sentencing hearing (?) until prompted on it by Judge Steinberg?

[ ] The Morning Call "newspaper" (a longtime client of JJ's law firm) refusing to report on any of this?

[ ] The Morning Call "newspaper" refusing (239 times) to meet w/ Bill on any of this?

[ ] The fact that JJ's former law firm colleague and now Lehigh County Judge Carol McGinley was on the local review board that recommended a "wrist slap" for litigation saboteur Bernie O'Hare [Note: the PA Supreme Court opted instead to break O'Hare's wrist]

Inquiring minds want to know ... what "other circumstances surrounding the event" was JJ Eaton referring to?

Bill Villa said...

All excellent questions that deserve to be answered by attorney Eaton ...

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

The Morning Call "newspaper" (a longtime client of Gross McGinley) finally shows up ...

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LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Morning Call, back again ... guess the Gross McGinley connection got their interest ... it usually does ...

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LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Morning Call "newspaper" (back again), isn't there a puppy mill story somewhere you should be covering?

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Bill Villa said...

Correction: Allentown Ethics Board/Committee member Marty Velazquez's parents lived across the street from my parents for over a decade, not Marty himself. I've corrected this in the text of the post.

Bill Villa said...

"Inquiring minds want to know ... what "other circumstances surrounding the event" was JJ Eaton referring to?"

Could be this ...

or this ...

or, maybe this ... I guess ...

Angie Villa said...

Maybe it has something to do w/ this ... and this ...

or this ...

and then this ...

Bill Villa said...

... and all this ...

and this.

Bill Villa said...

Whatever. Just so we stay focused on this ...

Anonymous said...

" ... want to correct a typo that appeared in my letter to you of April 15." -Eaton

His (email) "letter" to you was dated April 14.

Aren't lawyers usually good w/ details?

Concerned Citizen said...

I wonder if the Rev. Canon Maria knows seminarian "Father" Alex Joseph, professionally?

Lehigh Valley Observer said...

On Apr 7, 2010, at 11:55:44 AM, Jackson Eaton wrote:

"Your request has been received. The Board will formally respond to your request after the members have the opportunity to discuss its contents. I expect that should be by the end of next week. -- Jackson Eaton"

Apr 7 to Apr 15 - Wow. That's got to be a record time lag for telling somebody "Could we have your request in writing?"

Bill Villa said...

Well, to be fair, they did accomplish more than that in a week. They ...

* Picked a night to convene (for the very first time) when not all Board/Committee members were available

* Took obvious (sensitive?) umbrage at my polite and articulate "Request" and felt threatened, like they were fielding a "Demand"

* Decided on "no hearing (no way)" for Villa

* Voted unanimously to shove it up my ass and not recuse JJ Eaton

* Sidestepped, completely, all wrongdoing by W. Michael Donovan

* Got to know one another a little better via email, they just have to remember to not "cc" the screwee in the future

All in all, a fairly productive week for an Allentown Board/Committee, I'd say.

Bill Villa said...

5:11, 5:18, excellent questions ...

Anonymous said...

They (Ethics Board) basically spent their meeting time finding procedural justification to avoid addressing the Villa's legitimate complaints, regarding the outrageous behavior of Michael Donovan against them.

Bill Villa said...

Basically appears that way, yes.

Bill Villa said...

" ... rocketing around 100 miles per hour (on a 35 MPH zoned residential street), with a .24 blood alcohol content (3X the legal limit), and also with the (later admitted under oath in court) prior knowledge that he was a blackout drinker, while ignoring his two passengers' "cautioning" that he slow down or stop the vehicle."

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The mens rea for third degree murder is malice, the definition of which is well settled:

Malice consists of a "wickedness of disposition, hardness of heart, cruelty, recklessness of consequences, and a mind regardless of social duty, although a particular person may not be intended to be injured...."

Malice may be found where the defendant consciously disregarded an unjustified and extremely high risk that his actions might cause serious bodily injury.

Bill Villa said...

Sorry for going off topic.

Bill Villa said...

Malice may be found where the defendant consciously disregarded an unjustified and extremely high risk that his actions might cause serious bodily injury.

Bill Villa said...

The mens rea for third degree murder is malice.

Bill Villa said...

The mens rea for third degree murder is malice.

Anonymous said...

Mike Donovan blogs for The Morning Call ("Valley Blogosphere").

Eaton's law firm represents The Morning Call.

There's another conflict of inerest, and another reason for Eaton to recuse himself.

Bill Villa said...

Jackson Eaton recusing himself
would be ethical.

And courteous. And sympathetic.

Ain't gonna happen.

Bill Villa said...

Joe Levin's third degree murder conviction was upheld by the PA Superior Court based on Levin having gotten behind the wheel drunk knowing he was a blackout drinker. That was all the malice the PA Superior Court needed to see ...

¶10 This knowledge [of being a blackout drinker] and Appellant’s action in light of this knowledge [i.e., getting behind the wheel drunk anyway] constitutes a recklessness of consequences and a disregard for social duty. Appellant did indeed disregard the unjustified and extremely high risk that his actions would cause serious bodily injury. Unfortunately, in this case, Appellant’s actions resulted in fatal injuries. Accordingly, we find that there was sufficient evidence to conclude that Appellant possessed the requisite malice for conviction of third degree murder. ¶11 Judgment of sentence affirmed.

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In my daughter Sheena's case, in addition to the above-mentioned "knowledge/action" malice being present, DA Jim Martin had all this additional malice (and Sheena's dad) staring him in the face:

* Surrealistically high speed, strenuously imposed against the will of his passengers, in excess of 85MPH, on a 35 MPH street.

The arresting officer told Sheena's family that the excessiveness of the speed (85MPH+) and the BAC (.24), in combination, were the highest he had ever seen in the City of Allentown in his many years of police work and crash reconstruction.

* While the 2nd surviving passenger testified to "screaming and pleading for their lives," even DA Jim Martin "testified" on camera that the driver had been "cautioned" to slow down. To say that DA Martin is carefully "packaging" and "minimizing" what took place in the crash vehicle is an understatement.

Common sense would indicate that "screaming" and "pleading" on the part of the passengers would be the far more likely scenario taking place in a vehicle traveling that fast, than would be the generic description of "cautioning" the driver to slow down.

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Malice may be found where the defendant consciously disregarded an unjustified and extremely high risk that his actions might cause serious bodily injury.

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The mens rea for third degree murder is malice.

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DA Jim Martin owed it to Sheena, her family, Lehigh County, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to at least TRY to get a conviction on the crime that was committed against Sheena: third degree murder.

DA Jim Martin had nothing to lose in trying for a third degree murder conviction-- unless you want to count the many friendships and the regular and generous campaign contributions Mr. Martin enjoys
w/ numerous attorneys at Gross McGinley, which can be easily discerned by examining campaign contribution records open to the public at Lehigh County Voter Registration, as I have.

Bill Villa said...

Screaming ...
pleading ...
"cautioning" ...

use whatever term you like, Jim.

The driver ignored ("disregarded") his passengers' warnings.

He also disregarded his own high risk actions.

And the law is very clear.

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Malice may be found where the defendant consciously disregarded an unjustified and extremely high risk that his actions might cause serious bodily injury.

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The mens rea for third degree murder is malice.

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Even if you're a lawyer's son.

Bill Villa said...

"I do not believe that such event which involved Mr. LaBarre’s son or the other circumstances surrounding the event would affect any decisions I would make in considering the substance of any further complaint you may file or otherwise would prevent a conflict." -J. Jackson Eaton, III

We'll be the judge on this one, JJ.

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Gutless wonders The Morning Call "newspaper" dropping by again (and again). Shameful, isn't it, how they know all about what's still being perpetrated on Sheena's family, 4 years into it now, but they still won't report on any of it. The phrase "special place in hell" comes to mind. As does "sore losers" :) fuck you, Morning Call. The Villas will be standing proudly long after you implode under the weight of your own crooked incompetence and mediocrity.

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Anonymous said...

"only the accused city insider can request and get a hearing.The injured party? "Get help" elsewhere.]"

Incredible. And yet, so Allentown.

Bill Villa said...

Indeed.

WORTH REPEATING DEPARTMENT

Maybe W. Michael Donovan (caught nervously reading LVS a mere 7 minutes after this post launched) will "man up" and request a hearing? Whad'ya say, Councilor? Here's your big chance to shut that "demanding" Bill Villa up? Are you up to the challenge? Plus, we're all dyin' to see how you're gonna justify enabling libel, criminal harassment, and sadistic cruelty against the Villas at your blog, Ethics Professor Donovan.

Sam Donald's Son said...

I just don't think it's right that the Ethics Board would comb over the Donovan Blog issues. It's a bald-faced denial of truly questionable behavior. Any electorate worth it's salt would have their scalps! My little Mexican hairless has more courage.

Bill Villa said...

Nicely put, "Sam."

I guess we'll have to wait and see how my re-tooled, printed out, evidenced-up, and signed, "Hard Copy" is received, and, more importantly, how it's PERCEIVED by the "Ethics" Board.

If you're a regular reader here, you know that Allentown PA has what appears to be an abnormally disproportionate number of highly overly sensitive (and some would even say pusillanimous) "gate keeper" people in positions of power around here.

Glenn Kranzley, Jim Martin, Dave Erdman, Rick Daugherty, Mike Miorelli, Don Cunning-Ham, Tony Iannelli, Dean Browning, Donovan, the list goes on and on and on.

w/ these "delicate flower" types ...

Requests are perceived as demands.

Assertiveness is perceived as a threat.

Standing up for oneself is perceived as criminal harassment.

Suggestions are perceived as "don't tell me hau to Do my chob."

And on and on.

Once you're in "the club," w/ Donovan, Jim Martin, Gross McGinley, Morning Call, Valley Blogosphere, etc., etc., you've got a lifetime free pass to screw over whoever you want, and your club mates will cover for you.

You may have noticed that my wife Angie and I don't cower and slink away from the Powers That Be around here (like almost everyone else does, and boy do the power "guys" like and expect that). Instead, we head-butt them. We beat them (bad) in court. We make mince meat out of them. And yes, we make fun of them in ways that make our (tanned and firm) bellies literally ache from laughing so hard at them.

I forgot what my point was.

Oh yeah ... we always win (so not to worry).

We always win.

Always.

Look at our track record.

* We were instrumental in getting Sheena's killer nearly 2x the typical PA state prison sentence for DUI homicide (and nearly 1,000x the typical DA Jim Martin wrist slap for DUI homicide drinking buddies)

* We were awarded $3.1 Million in our lawsuit against Sheena's killer and O'Malley's Bar

* We prevailed vs Dave Najarian (yawn), Rod Beck, Jim Martin, and Tom Corbett

* We prevailed (breezily) vs O'Hare

* We'll prevail vs O'Hare again (and big time, this time)

* We'll have no trouble prevailing against Donovan

* Heck, we're gonna be instrumental and pivotal in getting us all a new DA in Lehigh County, you keep watching ...

Frankly, we can't figure out why people continue to fuck w/ us (?)

It's always a losing proposition for them.

Always.

Will the Allentown Ethics Board and Mike Donovan be next?

If need be, yeah.

Thanks for reading LVS, The Inconvenient Truth.

Bill Villa said...

"I just don't think it's right that the Ethics Board would comb over"

I just got this :) now let's maintain our civility and mutual respect, mea culpa, JJ.

Anonymous said...

I thought Glen Kranzley got shit-canned

Bill Villa said...

That is correct, and many people assumed Kranzley had tenure. Add Pappy Glenn (respectfully) to the pile of vanquished losers outlasted by The Villas.

Bill Villa said...

Email, Outgoing, to Board of Ethics of the City of Allentown: J. Jackson Eaton, III, Dr. Rev. Grant Harrity, Mr. Hugh J. Gallagher, Mr. Martin Velazquez, III,The Rev. Canon Maria Tjeltveit, cc: Mayor Pawlowski, City Clerk Mike Hanlon

On Apr 17, 2010, at 1:30:19 PM, Bill Villa wrote:

Subject Heading: Some Ethical Questions

Mr. Gallagher:

We notice there's a "Hugh Gallagher" who is a member of the Allentown Board of Recreation, see: Page 2.

Mr. Gallagher, is this you? If not, fine, but if yes, while we do thank you for your service, we also have a concern, re: conflict of interest, w/ the fact that Allentown City Council (on which W. Michael Donovan currently serves as Vice President) is the body that approves candidates for the City's Recreation Board. Mr. Gallagher, please disclose all areas of overlap where you and W. Michael Donovan work together on things involving The City, and any personal/social affiliations you may share w/ Mr. Donovan.

Rev. Canon Maria Tjeltveit:

W. Michael Donovan resides about one hundred paces from your Church of the Mediator, i.e., Donovan is a neighbor of yours. Rev. Canon Maria: Is Mr. Donovan a member of your church; has Donovan participated in any volunteer or social activities at your church; and, as Donovan's neighbor, have you had the occasion of getting to know Mr. Donovan personally?

Mr. Eaton:

We're disturbed by your refusal to recuse yourself from these proceedings. For what it's worth, City Clerk Mike Hanlon told me in a phone call that my concern regarding your ability to be impartial here is legitimate, and a recusal request from me to you would be reasonable and understandable. Obviously, you and the rest of the Ethics Board disagree.

So we'll ask that you all please consider what we consider to be an equally glaring conflict of interest:

W. Michael Donovan is a hand-picked and "favored" blogger member of "Valley Blogosphere" at The Morning Call. This gives Mr. Donovan an "insider's advantage" in that his blog writings are published by the newspaper, including all of Donovan's "anti-Villas" writings which are accessible to the newspaper's stated web readership of "600,000 people." Gross McGinley also enjoys an "insider's advantage" with The Morning Call too, having represented The Morning Call for many years. Mr. Eaton, this is much too "crony cozy" of a triumvirate for our taste--Donovan, Morning Call, Gross McGinley--so we ask that you recuse yourself from these proceedings.

Please let me know if you need this submitted to you as signed hard copy, and thank you in advance for answering my completely reasonable questions.

Bill Villa
610.428.xxxx

Bill Villa said...

If the LVS reader(s) from Pine Lake, Georgia (who we are seeing with much frequency on our blog's SiteMeter) are members of the family of George Usry, we'd love to speak with you. We can be reached via email at alacarbv@aol.com and we can keep our correspondence private if you wish.

Bill Villa said...

Email, Outgoing, to Board of Ethics of the City of Allentown: J. Jackson Eaton, III, Dr. Rev. Grant Harrity, Mr. Hugh J. Gallagher, Mr. Martin Velazquez, III,The Rev. Canon Maria Tjeltveit, cc: Mayor Pawlowski, City Clerk Mike Hanlon

On Apr 18, 2010, at 9:30 AM, Bill Villa wrote:

Subject Heading: Full Disclosure

This week, our blog post, "Allentown Ethics Board Makes Mockery of Ethics" has been honored as the most influential per post blog in Pennsylvania.

Last week, our blog post, "Another Winning Appeal for Justice" was similarly honored as the most influential per post blog in Pennsylvania.

While we are quite certain there won't be one drop of printer's ink applied to Michael Donovan's (and the Allentown Ethics Board's) ethical transgressions in the pages of The Morning Call "newspaper," thankfully, by way of our top-rated political blog, many people are following these proceedings w/ great interest, locally, and state-wide.

Bill Villa
610.428.xxxx

The City Official said...

"Look at our track record. Frankly, we can't figure out why people continue to fuck w/ us (?) It's always a losing proposition for them."

Well said (you forgot this vanquished loser), just sayin'.

Bill Villa said...

[Thanks] "City Official," one wouldn't expect that "college professors" like Donovan and Pooley (PhD?) could be so effectively duped by a disgraced/disbarred ex-lawyer, and blogger, who, 2 decades later, is still engaging in the same sadistically cruel activities he was disbarred for, but sadly, that is indeed the case.

Angie Villa said...

Although we "LVS regulars" know how all of this is inter-connected, let's please stay on the topic of Michael Donovan and the Allentown Ethics Board.

Anonymous said...

I suppose this is Donovan's way of saying his job is in no jeopardy? :)

The City Official said...

Someone should post this as "Tenure Speech" first comment. It would be a fair "counter point" as well as being mercifully much shorter than "Tenure Speech" and better written.

Bill Villa said...

[Thanks] No comments in 2 days on Donovan's "Tenure Speech" post, wow. I'm very surprised that not one soul mate from Team Casey/O'Hare/Donovan has weighed in w/ a gushing congratulations comment for Ethics Professor Donovan, especially when considering how loyal Donovan has been to all of them (sigh) ...

Anonymous said...

"Tenure speech" reminds me of those "vanity press" publishers. Is Donovan that desperate?

Bill Villa said...

Donovan should feel "desperate."

Can you imagine being an ethics professor like Donovan is (for now) ... and having penned and published so much unethical-ness, directed against a grief-stricken family, at your blog?

It's like a ticking time bomb.

The City Official said...

* By publicly allying with these rogue bloggers, Donovan stands to "attain social and political benefits," via positive political and personal publicity from these rogue bloggers ... at their local blogs.

Anonymous said...

Oh my God! After you needled "Team O'Hare" for ignoring Donovan's vanity piece, O'Hare spends his valuable time writing an announcement for the professor. Your influence knows no bounds!!!

Bill Villa said...

Dunno how "valuable" O'Hare's time is :) but yeah, we do lead Team Casey/O'Hare/Donovan around by the nose. All 3 of them (plus Mrs. Casey and Mrs. Donovan and lil Ned) stalk this blog dozens of time every day. Hey, if I were them, I'd be worried too.

Angie Villa said...

The lilac fragrance of "civility" and "mutual respect" in our local blahgassmear can't mask the overpoweringly putrid stench of "shit-lover syndrome" around here. Maybe Professor Donovan will ask his soulmate O'hare to be guest speaker at his "ethics" class, to discuss the ethics of forging signatures and devastating grieving widows and maintaining his sadistically ethical hobby decades later ...

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Mike Donovan's soul mate nervously visiting LVS ...

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Bernie O'Hare said...
"Wow! Your sitemeter picked me up. I'm posting comments here [anonymously]. It should pick me up." -Bernie O'Hare, in a signed comment at LVS on Tuesday, 9/15/09

Anonymous said...

Chris Casey must be the most worried, he's disappeared from the blogosphere, an unannounced "retirement" this time perhaps?

Angie Villa said...

Maybe Chris Casey is off working on a new "blog novel" ;D oh wait a minute, everything Casey writes in the blahgassmear is a fictional/libelous blog novel.

* In Search of Delores

* Does Mayor Pawlowski Condone Acts of Hatred

Angie Villa said...

BTW, "Ethics" Professor Michael Donovan proudly lists Chris Casey's bullshit/zero credibility blog as a blog he "follows." That figures.

Bill Villa said...

In fairness to Chris Casey, Chris has been known to "get it right" every once in a blue moon.

For example, here's Chris Casey on Bernie O'Hare, astutely, eloquently, lucidly, and accurately.

For some reason, Mike (and Ned, and Diana) Donovan can't (means won't) "follow" this.

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Chris Casey said...

Let's get one thing clear.

Bernie O'Hare had his license to practice law revoked in 1986.

They are never going to give it back, even if he tried to get reinstated, right Bernie?

That didn't happen because he was such a great guy, it happened because he LIED. He forged Documents. He screwed over clients.

Did I leave anything out?

He uses his blog to settle personal and political scores, perceived and in many cases non-existant.

Bernie has written lie after lie about me, in vain attempts to discredit me, but I am still around.

His Blog is his life, it is all he has, and his sole purpose for existence.

If anyone were to take agood look at who in particular is at the center of all these meaningless "BLOGFIGHTS" you will see one variable each time.

Bernard V. O"Hare the III (Is that elitist enough for you?)

go ahead Bernie, launch into one of your vaunted ad hominem attacks against me, call me a political kneebreaker, whatever.

I don't give a flying fuck, because I have more important things to do than TROLL the blogosphere 24/7 as a self appointed policeman and decider of what is proper.

I hope to high heaven that on judgement day, when you stand before God, that she judges you with the same brutality that you have judged the rest of us you self righteous prick.

Bernie O'Hare has become the face of Blog Hate. For all his trumpeting against media and how it abides hate speech, it is undeniable who the biggest purveyor and participant in that vile activity is. Bernie O'Hare.

So go ahead, Fire at will Bernie, you can't do me any harm. So spend the next twelve hours composing your 20,000 word point by point rebuttal to my ten minutes of vent. I'll be in bed sleeping soundly while you gnash your teeth and vow revenge.

I'll go to work tomorrow and collect my salary, while you sit in front of your laptop in your underwear and pray you get a call to research a title. Because even McDonalds wouldn't hire your fat ass to take money at the window, you would scare the kids and probably poach from the happy meals.

I haven't laughed this hard in a while. Good night Bernie!

Posted by: Chris Casey | June 03, 2009 at 07:32 PM

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((Wait, there's more))

Bernie O'Hare is the penultimate hate blogger, as you now have more than enough evidence of your own. I don't make that assertion out of thin air, all I have to do is read the excerpts from his blog that are emailed to me regularly.

Posted by: Chris Casey | June 06, 2009 at 11:28 AM

Angie Villa said...

Very well said, Chris ;D

Readers, Casey "got it right" here too, see "Ethics, Morning Call style."

But then Chris joined "Valley Blogosphere" at The Morning Call "newspaper," and, well, you know, "mum's the word" on the MC's soul mate DA Jim Martin.

Bill Villa said...

"Bernie [O'Hare] has written lie after lie about me, in vain attempts to discredit me, but I am still around." -Chris Casey

Chris, I feel your pain.

Anonymous said...

Re: "leading Team Casey/O'Hare/Donovan around by the nose"

Casey (springing out of "retirement") posted a new blog around 10:00am today but back-timed it for 7:30am today :)

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

... it was posted around 10:30am today (and back-timed to 7:30am) via an "assist" from this helpful tip-off emailer (and how were morning prayers this morning, "Father?")

Domain Name > verizon.net ? (Network)
IP Address > 71.178.153.# (Verizon Internet Services)
State > District of Columbia

Time of Visit > Apr 19 2010 10:12:09 am

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

:)

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 4.58.166.162 (Level 3 Communications)

Time of Visit > Apr 19 2010 11:16:46 am

Time of Visit > Apr 19 2010 10:39:32 am

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Happy Monday, Morning Call "guys" ...

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 163.192.13.# (Tribune Company)
ISP > The Morning Call

Time of Visit > Apr 19 2010 10:26:44 am

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > (Unknown Organization)
ISP > Unknown ISP
Continent > Unknown
Country > Unknown

Time of Visit > Apr 19 2010 11:52:23 am

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Blog novelist and renowned Bernie O'Hare expert Chris Casey back again. Chris (respectfully), how come you don't list LVS as a blog you follow? (obsessively & compulsively)

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 4.58.166.162 (Level 3 Communications)

Time of Visit > Apr 19 2010 12:39:04 pm

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

Morning Call (back again), hey so how come LVS isn't part of your esteemed (wink wink) "Valley Blogosphere" "community" (conspiracy) of local bloggers? Obviously, LVS is your favorite and most frequented local blog ...

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 163.192.13.# (Tribune Company)
ISP > The Morning Call "newspaper"

Time of Visit > Apr 19 2010 12:46:01 pm

Concerned Citizen said...

This is sad. And so transparent. Casey waddles by here at 12:39pm and then goes over to his blog and posts this comment "anonymously" (wink wink) at 12:43pm (that includes a terroristic threat) ...

Bill Villa said...

And he name-calls us "hate tards."

How uncivil.

Angie Villa said...

Where's the mutual respect, Chris? Every word that's been written here about you is factual and we don't need to stoop (out of total, vanquished loser frustration, like you) to "name-calling" ;D

Anonymous said...

Donovan should have chosen to be on "Team Villa."

Foo Foo said...

Too late now ...

Sondra Wise said...

I really like the "Team Villa" logo.

Bill Villa said...

Merci.

The "watermark" Z in a circle lower right is meant to symbolize how we make all of our opponents "go to sleep."

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

The Morning Call "newspaper" back again .. wonder if new Publisher/CEO Tim Ryan knows how much time his "staff" spends reading LVS but never looking into any of LVS's excellent exposé exclusives on their drinking buddy DA Jim (hiccup) Martin ...

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 163.192.13.# (Tribune Company)
ISP > The Morning Call

Time of Visit > Apr 19 2010 1:40:03 pm

Anonymous said...

Publisher Tim Ryan is too busy down in Baltimore rearranging the deck chairs to pay any attention to what's happening in Allentown.

Bill Villa said...

"Sadly" (wink wink), you're probably right. Oh well.

LVS SiteMeter(R) Spotlight said...

A "guy" we'd never anonymously name-call a "hate tard" stalks LVS for the 14th time today (so far) ...

Domain Name > (Unknown)
IP Address > 4.58.166.162 (Level 3 Communications)

Time of Visit > Apr 19 2010 6:36:12 pm

Bill Villa said...

Email, Incoming, from Allentown Ethics Board Member Hugh Gallagher, cc'd to the rest of the Ethics Board, Mayor Pawlowski, City Clerk Mike Hanlon

On Apr 19, 2010, at 9:03:58 PM, Hugh Gallagher wrote:

Yes I am on the Recreation Board and I have never met Mr.Donavan. Hugh Gallagher

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((Me))

Thank you, Mr. Gallagher.

And (all), please forgive my suspiciousness and difficulty with trusting local institutions.

If you had to outmaneuver a crooked and incompetent DA (Jim Martin) and an equally crooked and colluding "newspaper" (The Morning Call) to get justice for your deceased daughter, as I did, you might be as overly sensitive/perceptive about local cronyism as I am. Hopefully you'd be as successful as I've been in outmaneuvering it.

Looking forward to hearing from Rev. Canon Maria and attorney Eaton regarding my reasonable questions to them.

Best Regards,

Bill Villa
610.428.xxxx

Bill Villa said...

Email, Incoming, from Allentown Ethics Board member J. Jackson Eaton, III, cc'd to the rest of the Ethics Board, Mayor Pawlowski, City Clerk Mike Hanlon

Readers, Mr. Eaton is responding (10 days later) to our e-request of April 17 that he recuse himself from the Ethics Board during our complaint proceedings against Michael Donovan for several reasons of impartiality questionability-- one being that Mr. Eaton and the father of my daughter Sheena's killer are both partners in the same law firm; second being that Mr. Eaton's law firm has represented The Morning Call for many years and Michael Donovan is a handpicked and favored member of The Morning Call's "Valley Blogosphere" where Donovan's blog writings (including his anti-Villas attacks) are accessible to the newspaper's self-touted "10 million online visitors every month" (Note: astoundingly up from "600,000" the last time the "newspaper" self-touted its online readership, quite the hefty "increase" (wink wink), but we digress).

On Apr 27, 2010, at 12:01:27 PM, J. Jackson Eaton, III wrote:

Mr. Villa,

Presently, there is nothing [from you] pending before the Ethics Board. At such time as a matter is presented for the Board's consideration, I will consider any potential conflicts [of interest] that may arise from my consideration of the circumstances involved in that matter.

Sincerely,

Jackson Eaton

J. Jackson Eaton, III
Gross McGinley, LLP
33 South Seventh Street
Allentown, PA 18102
610-820-5450
FAX 610-820-6006
www.grossmcginley.com

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((Me))

Mr. Eaton, FYI, you and the rest of the Board, and Mayor Pawlowski, and Mike Hanlon, will have our re-worked complaint and request within the next few days.

Basically, we'll be giving you all the "red meat" we would have presented at the hearing you have deftly avoided via loophole as part of our signed/hard copy submissions.

Each member of the Board will get their own copy, and each copy is rather heavy, about a half-ream's worth.

BTW, I don't appreciate your "cute" and much-delayed response, but at least you've given me one, which is more than we can say for the Rev. Canon Maria who continues to ignore our reasonable question. Hopefully God has an Ethics Board that will address this one day.

Mr. Eaton, stay on the Board, if you wish, glaring conflicts of interest be damned.

Bill Villa,
Angie Villa
610.428.xxxx