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Posted by Breaker
on June 25, 2009, 7:59 am, in reply to "Re: Ed Rendell is way out of line."
Just because I DO NOT LIKE ED RENDELL, does not make me a racist. Prejudice? You bet. Racist? NOT.
In the last 6 months, Rendell's proposed policies, activities and basic governing of PA has sucked. He has no business weighing in on a jury verdict AFTER THE FACT. Where was he before and during the trial????? Just another political ploy by Fast Eddie.
Did you notice his statement came out on the heels of Obama nominating Sotomajor??? Fast Eddie is trying to align all his democratic cronies. He doesn't give a shit about Sch. county or the fine people in it. So, for that, he will lose this area's vote when re-election time comes up.
And, his newest policies SUCK. He's not trying to better the interior of PA. Just worried about Philly and Pittsburgh.
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: You people are so ridiculously prejudice that
: it is not even funny anymore.....I thnk all
: the nationality of people should be put
: under a microscope....look in the mirror u
: all and o thats right im guessing the people
: can't look at themselves because it is
: disgusting on how your parents raised you
: all! And You go gov rendell I agree with you
: all the way!
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: Agreed.
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: This is a prime example why this asshole
: needs
: to be voted out of office. Today he's busy
: trying to raise the state sales tax to 6.5%
: because septa in phila needs more money to
: shuttle the niiggers around the city. And
: you and I will have to foot the bill. This
: govner needs to go.
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: Judge blasts Rendell�s suggested sentence
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: BY BEN WOLFGANG
: STAFF WRITER
: bwolfgang@republicanherald.com
: Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 4:13 AM
: EDT
: From the bench Wednesday afternoon, county
: President Judge William E. Baldwin
: criticized Gov. Ed Rendell�s recent
: interjection into the sentencing of
: Shenando-ah-area teens Brandon J. Piekarsky
: and Derrick M. Donchak.
:
: �I�ve never before heard of a head of state
: giving a suggested sentence for a specific
: criminal case. I am not giving consideration
: to the governor�s recommendation,� Baldwin
: said, referencing a letter Rendell sent to
: county District Attorney James P. Goodman on
: May 28.
:
: A copy was provided to The Republican-Herald
: on Wednesday by Rendell spokesman Chuck
: Ardo.
:
: In that letter � the second time the
: governor has weighed in on last July�s
: high-profile death of Luis Eduardo Ramirez
: Zavala, an illegal Mexican immigrant �
: Rendell asks for the harshest possible
: sentences for Piekarsky, 17, and Donchak,
: 19.
:
: �I also believe ... the maximum sentence is
: warranted given both the sheer brutality of
: Piekarsky�s and Donchak�s deadly attack and
: that the crime appears to be racially
: motivated,� Rendell said in the letter,
: which Goodman later shared with Baldwin and
: defense counsel.
:
: On May 1, Piekarsky and Donchak were
: acquitted of the most serious charges in
: connection with Ramirez�s death. On
: Wednesday, they were sentenced for simple
: assault charges and alcohol-related charges.
:
: Piekarsky must serve six to 23 months, while
: Donchak must serve seven to 23 months in
: county prison.
:
: Rendell had previously urged federal charges
: against the teens in a May letter to the
: Department of Justice � a move that drew
: harsh rebukes from county Commissioner
: Francis V. McAndrew and U.S. Rep. Tim
: Holden, D-17.
:
: Goodman said such a letter from a sitting
: governor is �clearly unusual,� while
: Frederick J. Fanelli, Piekarsky�s attorney,
: echoed Baldwin�s opinion.
:
: �I�ve never before seen a head of state
: interject himself in a case like this,�
: Fanelli said in court Wednesday, adding
: Rendell�s comments amount to �unprecedented
: intervention.�
:
: Before handing down the sentences Wednesday,
: Baldwin blasted Rendell�s involvement.
:
: �I can only conclude he must have been
: misinformed about the nature of the
: verdict,� Baldwin said.
:
: While Rendell again stressed in the letter
: he does not wish to �second guess� the jury,
: he specifically cites charges Piekarsky and
: Donchak were acquitted of.
:
: �This kind of senseless criminal behavior
: and ethnic intimidation is never
: appropriate,� the letter states.
:
: Piekarsky and Donchak were each found not
: guilty of ethnic intimidation.
:
: Baldwin said he �could not nullify the
: jury�s verdict� by considering any sort of
: ethnic or racial components during
: sentencing, since the jury acquitted the
: teens of such crimes.
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