Frank Gigliotti
| Frank J. Gigliotti | |
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| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 22nd district |
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In office January 3, 1989 – June 15, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Steve Seventy |
| Succeeded by | Michael Diven |
| Constituency | Part of Allegheny County |
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October 30, 1942 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Died | August 7, 2011 (aged 68) West Melbourne, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Brookline, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon Managerial School |
Frank J. Gigliotti is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 22nd legislative district. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended South Hills High School and the Carnegie Mellon Managerial School.
A close ally of former Pittsburgh Mayor Richard Caliguiri, Gigliotti was the Special Assistant to Director of the Pittsburgh Department of Public Works during the 1980s and served as a board member of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, also known as Alcosan. He was a Democratic chairman of Pittsburgh's 19th Ward. He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1988. Gigliotti was known as a popular and friendly politician who had the "gift of gab." During his tenure, Gigliotti was known as the House Democratic Caucus' "point man" for the proposed expansion of riverboat gambling.
Over a period of 3 years in the late 1990s, Gigliotti extorted thousands of dollars from government contractors, who had hoped to gain contracts from Alcosan, where Gigliotti sat on the board. In 1998 and 1999, he took $17,100 in bribes in exchange for his influence over the awarding of a sludge recycling contract. Gigliotti then demanded 10 percent of the profits and then $2,000 a month from the contract. He also extorted plane fare and tickets to Disney World from an Alcosan engineering firm. In 1999, he tried to sell confidential Alcosan bid information to several competing firms. One of those firms included governmental informant Ernest Smalis, who recorded Gigliotti say, "[Expletive] the people."
In April 2000, he pleaded guilty to federal extortion, mail fraud, and tax evasion charges and was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison by United States federal judge Gustave Diamond, who said that "Gigliotti treated his political power and influence as a commodity to be sold for personal profit, which he did without restraint or regret." Following the sentencing, the prosecuting Assistant U.S. Attorney told Gigliotti, "Frank, from everything I've been told, you're a loving father and grandfather. I hope your family carries you through this."
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