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POVERTY PIMP
REV. W. FRANKLYN RICHARDSON |
In times of turmoil and difficult economic times people often turn to
their elected officials and clergy for leadership and hope to get them through
the storm. People seeking the help of these persons often take the advice
given to them as gospel and truth.
Mount Vernon Exposed™® begins its mini-series into the corrupt black
pastors in the City of Mount Vernon. This mini-series will explain how
the leaders of the black churches are directly responsible for the decline in
the quality of life in Mount Vernon, the failure of the Mount Vernon school
system, and the increase in crime.
There are approximately 435 churches in Mount Vernon. With this amount
of churches in the City of Mount Vernon, one would think that the City of Mount
Vernon should be holier than thou. However, this is not the case.
The City of Mount Vernon is a municipal mess of corruption. The preachers
of the largest religious institutions in Mount Vernon are nothing more than
Sunday plate shakers and poverty pimps.
In Mount Vernon it is a given African Americans in Mount Vernon make up
the majority of the population. This population serves as prey for the
sharks and vultures also known as the preachers and poverty pimps. One
such poverty pimp and Sunday plate shaker is Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson,
Pastor of Grace Baptist Church. Pastor Richardson has become a permanent
fixture in the City of Mount Vernon and has repeatedly injected himself into
Mount Vernon politics.
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BISHOP EDWARS, PRESIDENT OF UNITED BLACK CLERGY AND
FELLOW CLERGY MEDDLING IN MAYORAL ELECTION |
On a typical Sunday during service it customary for the worshippers to
pay offerings or tithes to the religious establishments. Tithes are
normally calculated at 10% of one’s annual salary. There have been
allegations that worshippers of Pastor Richardson’s church had to show their
tax returns to prove that they were in fact contributing 10% of their
salary.
Upon arriving at Grace Baptist Church on a Sunday Morning visitors are
greeted by security personnel that mirror the image of Secret Service
Agents. Some of these security personnel are armed. After all,
Pastor Richardson must protect the loot that is funneled through his church
each and every Sunday.
You may ask yourself, “Why is it important that I show my tax returns to
the church”? You may also ask yourself “how does my pastor get paid or
how is my pastor’s salary calculated? Under normal circumstances the
salary of a pastor is 10-15% of the annual intake of the religious
institution. For example if the religious establishment takes in $3
Million per year the pastor’s salary would be between $300,000 - $450-000 per
year. $3 Million per year is a very conservative number for a religious
establishment such as Grace Baptist church.
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LOW INCOME HOUSING
BUILT BY REV. RICHARDSON |
It has been alleged that Pastor Richardson controls over twenty entities
directly and indirectly affiliated with Grace Baptist Church. Some people
question how did Pastor Richardson rise to power? Pastor Richardson rose
to power on the backs of poor blacks in the City of Mount Vernon. Pastor
Richardson is the ultimate poverty pimp.
The City of Mount Vernon is not good enough for Pastor Richardson to
live, but it is good enough for him to come to every Sunday to extract money
from the city residents. Pastor Richardson lives in a grand mansion
in Scarsdale, New York and can often be seen get chauffeured around town in the
latest model Mercedes-Benz. Pastor Richardson usually gets the top of the
line model and has the numbers of that model taken off. One can guess
that his reasoning for doing this is so that his followers do not become too
envious of his material objects. One can also say that Pastor Richardson
idols these material possessions and is guilty himself of violating the gospel
that he preaches every Sunday. The first commandment states “You shall
have no other Gods before me.” It is evident that money makes Pastor
Richardson’s world go round. Jesus would be he poorest in his church, not
the richest.
Pastor Richardson is alleged to be the biggest shakedown artist in town
and is reported to be involved in such crimes as racketeering, extortion, bribery,
and tax evasion. Pastor Richardson is alleged to receive cash filled
envelopes from people with a not so perfect lifestyle on a regular basis.
Pastor Richardson is the former President of the United Black Clergy of
Westchester. As President of the United Black Clergy of Westchester,
Pastor Richardson surely enriched himself. Pastor Richardson has a
history of selling out blacks in Mount Vernon for his own personal gain.
Grace Baptist Church has developed tens of millions of dollars of affordable
housing projects in Mount Vernon over the last decade. In exchange for
promising then gubnortorial candidate George Pataki the black, Pastor
Richardson received millions of dollars from New York State to construct low
income housing across the City of Mount Vernon. This would be the
beginning of Pastor Richardson’s racketeering operation.
Pastor Richardson is aligned with many shady and corrupt
characters. When the dots are connected, Pastor Richardson may very well
be behind bars. It is surprising that he is still a free man.
In addition to the alleged multiple counts of racketeering, Pastor Richardson
has injected himself in the world of Mount Vernon politics. Mount Vernon
Exposed™® will elaborate more on this in our next issue.
Mount Vernon Exposed™® has learned that an organization has filed a
complaint with the Internal Revenue Service seeking to have his tax exempt
status revoked. Pastor Richardson has and is still using his church as a
political playground to promote the platforms of candidates that serve his
interest. Pastor Richardson is a cancer spreading throughout the
community that will prove deadly if it is not stopped and
eradicated.
In the end, Pastor Richardson and the endorsement of the black
pastor’s won’t mean a thing. People are far more intelligent and have
come to the conclusion that they have been bamboozled and hoodwinked for years
by the above-mentioned institutions.
The black community in Mount Vernon must pay attention to nonprofit
groups endorsing the Mayoral candidates. Such organizations should have a
registered Political Action Committee with the New York State Board of
Elections unless they are registered with the I.R.S as a 501(c) 4
nonprofit. The public has a right to know who is funding these black
pastor’s agenda. Failure to register gives an impression that the pastors
are being paid or promised lucrative development deals by the candidates for
their endorsement. One must ask the question why are only the black
pastors endorsing candidates? No other faith-based group has endorsed any
candidate.
It is fact that inference from the black pastor group has proved
deadly for the black community. Hundreds of young black men have murdered
on the streets of Mount Vernon because of their actions, personal agendas, and
political maneuvering. For years the black pastors were telling the
black community that the school board was no good and that the members were racist
and failing our kids. So a group got together led by Pastor Richardson
and backed handpicked candidates that would further their agenda. The
black pastors were not interested in improving the schools but taking control
of a budget, that at the time was $120 Million. Today the budget is over
$200 Million. Where did the $80 Million go? Today, the schools are
no longer in the hands of the black pastors. People have finally started
to wake up.
Children in the black community now have nowhere to go and now they
roam the streets playing laser tag with one another, but the only thing is that
they are playing with real guns with real bullets. Voters, especially in
the black community must question these black pastors and ask them what they
stand to gain from endorsing School Board candidate Kevin Bunch?
Black Ministers under an organization called CEPAA (Coalition for the
Empowerment of People of African Ancestry) mounted a campaign to wrestle power
away from The ICA. The ringleader of CEPAA was Grace Baptist Church pastor, W.
Franklyn Richardson. Despite US laws against mixing politics and religion,
preachers, in violation of their 501-C3 tax-exempt statuses, preached politics
from the pulpit, urging people to come out and vote for their candidates. In
May of 1997, with 11,547 voters casting their vote, CEPAA took control of the
school board. The winning CEPAA candidates were, Frances W. Wynn, Carolyn V.
Ben Reuben, Lynn C. Frazer-McBride, Gerald M. Coleman and the Rev. David D.
Henry.
The 1997-98 budget was $95.9 million. CEPAA challenged the budget vote,
which was defeated during the 1997 May election. In 1997 spending per pupil in
the City of Mount Vernon was $9,383.45. Today, spending has increased to
almost $30,000 per pupil. Immediately following the school board election in
1997, CEPAA went to work, hiring “their” people to work in the school system,
regardless of qualifications. Contracts were awarded to acquaintances, bonds
were taken out and money went missing. People got rich off the backs of our
children and taxpayers.
It was long after CEPAA put “their” people to work that taxpayers and
children in the City of Mount Vernon would begin to feel the effects of CEPAA’s
high taxing policies. Scores of children began to plummet academically,
vocational schools were eliminated, students began to drop out in record
numbers, and property taxes skyrocketed. Crime escalated to record numbers and
our uneducated and unemployable youth ended up in jail. An entire generation
was destroyed mostly African American children, due to the policies of CEPAA.
Board Trustee, Dr. Serigne Gningue is one of the most educated board
members in Mt Vernon history. By all accounts, he works well with his colleagues,
and has been instrumental in the turnaround of the school district. When Mt
Vernon Exposed reveals names, Dr. Gnigue will be shocked to find out the
identities of the current and former board members, who are throwing him under
the bus. Greedy, power hungry people who care nothing about children are
targeting Dr. Gningue.
Today, a formal complaint was filed with the IRS, urging them to open up
an investigation of several Churches in Mt Vernon. They are in violation of their 501c3 status.
This will include present and past violations of illegal electioneering. Join
your fellow citizens who are fed up, and click on the IRS link below. Fill out
and submit, IRS complaint form 13909. The more complaints, the faster the
action.
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf
Mt Vernon also urges the residents of Mt Vernon to contact the US
Justice Department at (914) 993-1900. Lets demand that all past school bonds
be investigated. We should not be spending a dime on the new bond while accused
bond thieves are trying to wrestle control of the school board. Enough is enough.
Most of the over 400 churches in Mt Vernon are honest, and care about
the people of our city. However, their voices must be heard because a few bad apples
are destroying an entire generation of children. Thanks to all the church
members who have contacted Mount Vernon Exposed with information and expressing
your outrage.
To be continued…….
