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                                                                Exhibit 31.1
                                CERTIFICATION
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I, Laurence A. Schiffer, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of PGI
         Incorporated;

2.       Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
         necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
         circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
         with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
         financial information included in this report, fairly present in
         all material respects the financial condition, results of
         operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and
         for, the periods presented in this report;

4.       The small business issuer's other certifying officers and I are
         responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
         and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
         15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:

         a)    designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
               such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
               our supervision, to ensure that material information relating
               to the small business issuer, including its consolidated
               subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
               entities, particularly during the period in which this report
               is being prepared;
         b)    [reserved for future use;]
         c)    evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's
               disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
               report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
               disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
               period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
         d)    disclosed in this report any change in the small business
               issuer's internal control over financial reporting that
               occurred during the small business issuer's most recent
               fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably
               likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's
               internal control over financial reporting; and

5.       The small business issuer's other certifying officers and I have
         disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
         over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors
         and the audit committee of the small business issuer's board of
         directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

         a)    all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
               design or operation of internal control over financial
               reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
               small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize
               and report financial information; and
         b)    any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
               or other employees who have a significant role in the small
               business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.


/s/ Laurence A. Schiffer                                   November 14, 2005
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Laurence A. Schiffer
Principal Executive Officer