There are two political entities in Coatesville; hint it’s not Democrats and Republicans

The two basic political entities are those who are go along with the drug traffickers and those who are working against the drug traffickers. It does not matter whether they are Democrats or Republicans; the big differences in politicians here is whether they go along with the drug scene or not. One caveat to keep in mind is that there are many naïves who do not understand how things work here.

There is a separate underground economy that operates on trickle down money from drug trafficking in Coatesville. When the undercover ATF and DEA people were here because of the arson, much of the drug trafficking stopped. The legitimate local business here suffered; some people did not have the cash to their pay bills.

There is no long standing drug trafficking business anywhere that does not have support from public officials. Read; Police Politics Corruption “The mixture dangerous to freedom and justice” by Colonel Frank McKetta Retired Pennsylvania State Police.

On the surface Coatesville seems like an ordinary Pennsylvania town. But a drive down any main street on a Friday or Saturday night will tell you that this is a huge drug trafficking town. It is a beautiful town with great potential and wonderful people but one that is held hostage by long time drug traffickers with political connections. I call it “Little Sicily”.

If a shooting occurs in front of several people in Coatesville right now; chances are “nobody saw it”. Much of the tips that law enforcement does get in Coatesville comes from new residents. Coatesville is a city of about 12,000 residents with the infrastructure for 20,000 residents. New residents without long time family connections in Coatesville cannot be easily intimidated by drug traffickers. The USDoJ is well aware that a redevelopment of Coatesville that brings in new people may be the end of the drug trafficking and the terror hold that it has over Coatesville. The drug traffickers are also aware of that fact.

Election of people not connected to the drug trafficking political establishment here will help but what I think Coatesville and Chester County really needs is a full investigation of the city by the USDoJ. Until that happens we will continue to see articles like this one in the Daily Local News:

The Daily Local (dailylocal.com), Serving Chester County, PA
'How do you sleep at night?'
Along with most other older Daily Local articles this one is difficult to find. But the same article appears in the DelCo Times:

One year last, double-slayings in Chesco continues to haunt families, police

Monday, July 6, 2009
By JENNIFER MILLER
One year ago, two Chester County families were destroyed and a community was sent into a state of shock.

“A protected class of people”

Is there “a protected class of people” in Chester County?

The unmentioned Chester County State Representative is the Hon. Tim Hennessey 26th Legislative District. Lisa Johnson is Hennessey’s Administrative Assistant.

The Daily Local (dailylocal.com), Serving Chester County, PA
Aid in murder case lessens sentence for Coatesville man
David 'Science' Johnson to serve time for aggravated assault
Thursday, July 2, 2009
By Michael P. Rellahan, Staff Writer
http://www.dailylocal.com/article/20090702/NEWS/307029960/aid-in-murder-case-lessens-sentence-for-coatesville-man

More about the Coatesville Unity Committee

Solicitor's campaign link raises questions
Legal adviser responds he has supported all 7 members on Coatesville City Council
Sunday, June 21, 2009
By JENNIFER MILLER, Staff Writer
http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2009/06/21/news/srv0000005641236.txt

The links to the CUC’s campaign finance report filing and other information about the CUC are here:
http://coatesvilledems.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-coatesville-unity-committee-united.html

MORE ABOUT CUC ON SUNDAY

See the Sunday Daily Local News for more about the Coatesville Unity Committee.

http://coatesvilledems.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-coatesville-unity-committee-united.html

October 22. 2007 The Coatesville Administration did not know that 200 police would march side by side into the City Council Meeting

From the Chester County Reporter:

"Five months ago the police department was a mess,’ said Schenk. Matthews was hired in April. Schenk said many of the police officers who departed didn't want to work for a black chief. ‘If that's the reason they left, they need to be gone,’ he said. Statements that angered District Attorney Joe Carroll.

‘The department was not a mess before Chief Matthews came here,’ shouted Carroll, pointing his finger at Schenk. And to say these officers left because of racism is outrageous.’ Schenk later retracted his statement regarding officers not wanting to work for a black chief, saying it was based on rumor.”

Joe Carroll is a very quiet spoken gentleman. He rarely raises his voice. Joe's hands shook as he said the words below. A recording of Kurt Schenk’s Comments and Joe Carroll's response at that meeting is below:

http://www.box.net/shared/tieit04ix8

An article in the Chester County Reporter is here:
http://chestercountyreporter.com/100policeturnout.html

WAS MOSAIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC CREATED TO OWN THE RDA'S FLATS PROPERTY?

Michael T Whitlow's law office in Coatesville was and still is a sort of hot traffic spot for several city council members including Patsy Ray and Kareem Johnson.

Patsy Ray publicly stated at a city council meeting that she gets out of bed every morning at eleven thirty and drives to PA State Rep. Tim Hennessey's office in Coatesville. She stated that she spends the afternoon at Hennessey's Coatesville Office with her friends, Tim Hennessey's Legislative Assistant, Linda Lavender and Kareem Johnson’s sister; Lisa Johnson, Hennessey’s Administrative Assistant.

Lavender also had an alleged association with Whitlow. I have even witnessed Lavender and Michael Whitlow going in and out of her employer Rep. Tim Hennessey's office each carrying cardboard file boxes. I could not tell what was in the boxes.

Tim Hennessey's Legislative Assistant Linda Lavender also allegedly spent many days in Whitlow's office in Coatesville at 118 E Lincoln Highway.

Tim Hennessey's Legislative Assistant Linda Lavender also sat in at least one Executive Committee Meeting at City Council Meetings.

So we have at the very least an alleged person to person link between Tim Hennessey's office staff, at least two Coatesville city council members and Michael Whitlow.

There is also an alleged person to person business link between Michael Whitlow and Mosaic Development Partners, LLC's owner, Leslie Smallwood. Leslie Smallwood was disbarred in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for "knowingly misappropriating clients' trust funds in the amount of at least $139,500. Smallwood's co-council representing that unfortunate client was alleged to be Michael T Whitlow.

So allegedly, Smallwood and Whitlow had a business relationship well before the creation of Mosaic Development Partners, LLC on July 7, 2008.

Did Smallwood, Lehr, Walker, Johnson, Ray and Lavender know each other through Whitlow before Mosaic was created?

Mosaic Development Partners, LLC was created on July 7, 2008 at 4950 PARKSIDE AVE STE 506, PHILADELPHIA PA 19131 just two weeks before they made their pitch to develop the flats at the Coatesville RDA meeting on July 21, 2008.

Was Mosaic Development Partners, LLC created for the purpose of buying the "flats"?

Did Andrew Lehr or Harry Walker or Linda Lavender or Patsy Ray or Kareem Johnson have a hand in the creation of Mosaic?

SMALLWOOD DISBARRED ATTORNEY SMALLWOOD MOSAIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

Do we want to put the future of the City of Coatesville in the hands of this person?

Are we going to let the Coatesville City Council do just that on Monday night?

Just in case anyone has any doubts that the disbarred Attorney Leslie Smallwood and the owner of Mosaic Development Partners is not one and the same person.
Follow the trail:

From the Daily Local News:
“During the meeting, Smallwood-Lewis and Reaves referenced big projects they previously worked on with people such as Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. But those projects were not handled by Mosaic; the projects were done while at their previous employer, the Goldenberg Group.”
URL: http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2009/04/29/news/srv0000005215387.prt


"Leslie Smallwood
Director of Development
The Goldenberg Group
Updated
Q2/2007
Barack Obama
$1,000
1437 ACADEMY LN
Elkins Park PA"

From: http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=emp&employer=The+Goldenberg+Group

MOSAIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

"Leslie Smallwood-Lewis
Principal, Managing Member
BA, Psychology, Brown University/JD Villanova University
• Over 17 years of legal and real estate development expertise
• Acquired and developed highly-visible real estate projects in Philadelphia
• Knowledgeable in all aspects of Acquisitions, Entitlements, Development and Public Financing"
From Mosaic Website:
http://hstrial-greaves1.homestead.com/index.html


"LESLIE A. SMALLWOOD
Admitted: 1981; Elkins Park (Pennsylvania)
Disbarment - 176 N.J. 506 (2003)
Decided: 6/20/2003

APPEARANCES BEFORE SUPREME COURT
Richard J. Engelhardt for Attorney Ethics
Respondent failed to appear

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that disbarment was the only appropriate discipline for an attorney who was disbarred in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for knowingly misappropriating clients’ trust funds in the amount of at least $139,500."

From the Supreme Court of New Jersey:
http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/oae/oae2004.pdf


From:
"U.S. Bank National Association,
F/K/A BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION TRUST
ACTING SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS
TRUSTEE FOR EQCC HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST
1999-1
C/O SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING,
INC. 3815 S. WEST TEMPLE
SALT LAKE CITY UT 814115-4412

PLANTIFF

VS.

LESLIE A. SMALLWOOD, A/K/A LESLIE
A. SMALLWOOD-ROBINSONS, A/K/A
LESLIE A.SMALLWOOD-ROBINSON,
A/K/A LESLIE ROBINSON
1437 ACADEMY LANE
ELKINS PARK, PA 19027

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
PHILADELPHIS COUNTY

NO: SEPTEMBER TERM 2004 NO.1447"
From:
http://www.phillysheriff.com/3129/211/211-367.PDF


"The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Attorney ID: 62764
Smallwood, Leslie A.
HISTORY
Suspended
DB No. Date Comments Opinions
69 DB 2001 05/14/2001 Emergency Temporary Suspension
Disbarred
DB No. Date Comments Opinions
69 DB 2001 06/13/2002 Disbarred on Consent"
http://www.padisciplinaryboard.org/pa_attorney_public.php?id=62764&attname=Smallwood%2C+Leslie+A.+&violations=0

Whitlow and Smallwood

Was Coatesville attorney Michael Whitlow co-counsel on one of the cases which led Leslie Smallwood’s disbarment?

The “Fat Boy” sang, but it is far from over in Coatesville:

Richard Legree Jr. could have gotten more than 100 years. His sentence is 2 years (concurrent) incarceration and 8 years (concurrent) supervised release. Do you think that “Fat Boy” has special protection?

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
V.
RICHARD LEGREE, JR

JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE

CLICK HERE FOR THE JUDGMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT'S SENTENCING MEMORANDUM:

http://www.box.net/shared/disuv5gm2a

Reports of a shooting in Coatesville

There are reports of a shooting last night near 6th and Harmony. There are a large amount of people at the Courthouse in Coatesville today; with a double parked police car.

And I thought the longest sentence for corrupt public officials was 10 years.

"Administrator of the Lackawanna County’s Workers Compensation Fund Convicted"

"Charles A. Costanzo, of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, was convicted today (April 22, 2009) on 19 counts of fraud, money laundering, and tax charges in connection with the administration of the Lackawanna County Workers’ Compensation fund."

"Costanzo faces a maximum of 191 years’ incarceration, fines in excess of $5 million, a term of supervised release as well as forfeiture of the proceeds and derivative proceeds of the offenses."
http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/ph042209c.htm

Agenda for tonight’s Coatesville City Council Meeting

Swearing in Chief of Police Lieutenant Julius Canale

Presentation by the "Mosaic Group" for their Flats (former G.O. Carlson property) housing project

ACTION ITEMS
1. Receive and consider a Resolution to approve the Summary Plan Document for the Police Pension Fund.

2. Receive and consider a Resolution authorizing the City of Coatesville to enter into Easement Agreement between the Redevelopment Authority and the City of Coatesville for the Riverwalk Project.

For an Adobe PDF of the agenda click here:
http://www.box.net/shared/yld39rcidz

Where would we be if Winston Churchill said these words following VE and VJ day?

“Nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past.”-President Obama

I believe that what the Bush Administration did to us in their 8 year reign was not all that different than what the Nazis and Japan's military did to Germany and Japan 70 years ago. How on earth can anyone think it can be ignored?

Paul Krugman says it well:

April 24, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
Reclaiming America’s Soul
By PAUL KRUGMAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/opinion/24krugman.html?ref=opinion