SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE'S DARCY MILLER AND OMAR MCDOWELL TIED TO CORRUPTION PROBE

Darcy Miller, Omar McDowell, and Edward Poteat, 

tied to Corruption Probe

Corrupt School Board Candidates Make deals with Developers to Rob Children of an Education and Taxpayers of Their Money

City Council President Roberta Apuzzo, who is under investigations for her dealings with crooked developers, announced that she will not seek re-election. Corruption is also linked to School Board Trustees Darcy Miller, Omar McDowell and their developer running mate, Edward Poteat. Like Roberta Apuzzo, the trio made deals with developers to sell out Mount Vernon.

 Developers plan to bring 4000 new children to the school district, and force homeowners to pay to educate them. Mount Vernon’s current students will soon be forced to compete for classroom space, and programs.

Mount Vernon’s School District has a pending Lawsuit against the City of Mount Vernon, to enact a moratorium on tax reduced, low-income housing. This lawsuit is saving Mount Vernon from destruction. If these developments are built, homeowners will be on the hook for over $100 million extra per year to educate the new students who will flood the school district. Property taxes will double, due to a rise in education, police, and sanitation cost.

The La Porte developers, who are building on Gramatan Ave, convinced the City Council that only 6-8 kids from their building would enter the school district. They received a 40-year PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) and will pay $60,000 per year in property taxes, for 40 years. In a recent Journal News report, La Porte officials now admit that 50 students will enter the school district. At a minimum of $30,000 per year to educate a student, The La Porte will cost Taxpayers $1.5 Million per year to educate children from their building. Others project 75 kids will enter the school system. City Officials hosed the taxpayers for 40 years. This is just one building. Thanks to our crooked politicians, there are 40 more low income developments coming to Mount Vernon, with the same (tax break) deal. Mount Vernon will go bankrupt, while crooked politicians line their pockets.

In order to assure that the other 40 buildings are erected, developers are scrabbling to dismiss the school district lawsuit, and are pouring money into the re- election of Darcy Miller, Omar McDowell. and Edward Poteat. Mr. Poteat, a low-income slum developer was hand-picked by Kenneth Plummer and former City Councilman Steve Horton, who is under federal investigation with Kenneth Plummer for shady deals they made while the Heritage Homes low-income project was developed in New Rochelle. Mr. Plummer is the key low-income lobbyist in Mount Vernon. On any given day, you will find Kenneth Plummer handing out literature and pumping money into the campaign of Miller, McDowell, and Poteat.

The proposed development will add an additional 25,000 new people to an already overcrowded Mount Vernon. Darcy Miller voted for the district lawsuit, and Omar McDowell voted against the Lawsuit. They are now both in bed with the same people our school district are suing. This is a gross conflict of interest.  

CORRUPT AND SHADY LOBBYIST
KENNETH PLUMMER

Lobbyist, Kenneth Plummer, and City Councilman Marcus Griffith are spearheading the election campaign of Miller, McDowell, and Poteat. For years, corrupt City Councilman Marcus Griffith took money from Plummer and developers in exchange for approval of their projects. Griffith has gone on a lavish spending spree, including buying homes for cash. Griffith, who needs to keep his gravy train rolling, cut deals with Darcy Miller, Omar McDowell, and Edward Poteat to roll back the moratorium.  Mr. Poteat, a slum developer, will stand to pocket millions from taxpayers.

Councilwoman Apuzzo has not filed campaign reports for years. Sunday’s Journal News investigative series exposed the widespread corruption in Mount Vernon. Apuzzo received large donations from developers who had applications before the City Council. Money was passed, and developers received approvals for their applications. Against campaign finance law, Roberta Apuzzo did not file reports showing her donors. The heat is on to see her contributions, and now she suspends her campaign. Marcus Griffith should resign from the City Council. He received hundreds of thousands from groups who had applications before the City Council.

COPY OF COUNCILMAN MARCUS GRIFFITH'S DEED OF PROPERTY
HE OWNS IN MARTHA'S VINEYARD THAT HE BROUGHT WITH DIRTY CASH

Make no doubt about it, Mount Vernon is overrun with dirty politicians. Kenneth Plummer and Marcus Griffith are at the center of a government investigation. Darcy Miller, Omar McDowell, and Edward Poteat have sold out our children and taxpayers. The Miller, McDowell, and Poreat campaign has been marred with violence, and corruption.  They made deals with corrupt individuals, and are now the faces of what is wrong with Mount Vernon.

FEDS PROBING UNITED BLACK CLERGY FOR MONEY LAUNDERING AND TAX CRIMES

UNITED BLACK CLERGY PRESIDENT BISHOP EDWARS
ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

Mount Vernon Exposed has received information from a credible source that the U.S. Justice Department has opened up an investigation in the spending of past school bond money, and the illegal activity of a few churches in Mount Vernon. Residents have flooded their office with complaints.

Past school board elections were stolen by church officials desperate to control contracts and jobs. Mount Vernon residents are concerned that election fraud will happen again this year. Thieves are lining themselves up to get their hands on the current bond, and will do anything to win this election.

Trustee Omar McDowell is already applying pressure to school officials and hoping to award contracts to shady characters. Mount Vernon taxpayers are terrified at the prospect that this $108 million bond will experience the same fate as past bonds. Most of the current board members have performed a great job revitalizing the school district, but are few are hell bent on hitching their wagon to crooked ministers who want to steal money.  In no other community are churches involved in the school district like what is going on in Mt Vernon. After devastating the school system from 1997-2013, these crooked Ministers are back to raid our bond money once again. Enough is enough.

It will be great to see a few past and current corrupt board members, along with their rogue Minister counterparts, being carted off to jail.

Stay tuned

RECREATION COMMISSIONER PASTOR MORTON WILLFULLY AND KNOWINGLY VIOLATES HIS TAX EXEMPT STATUS BY ENDORSING CANDIDATES FROM THE PULPIT

PASTOR DARREN MORTON

Several irate Macedonia Baptist church members called Mount Vernon Exposed to express their outrage that Macedonia Baptist Church Pastor Darren Morton, once again violated United States tax code laws. Last Sunday, Pastor Morton told his congregation whom he wanted them to vote for in the upcoming School Board Election. Such behavior is in violation of Macedonia’s IRS tax-exempt status. A member recorded the service and sent the recording with a complaint to the IRS.

City Hall sources report that Recreation Commissioner, Rev Morton constantly cheats taxpayers by performing his personal business while on the city’s clock. So much for the seventh commandment of thou shall not steal.

CORRUPT SCHOOL TRUSTEE
DARCT MILLER

A handful of the 400 plus Pastors in Mount Vernon are anxious to raid the $108 million school bond so they can line their pockets. Dummy companies are being formed to rob Mount Vernon blind.  Sources say that current board member Omar McDowell the point man for theses rogue Pastors is already lining up shady contractors to receive lucrative contracts. Sources also say that some of these contractors were in on the heist of the 2002 bond.  An anonymous official close to Grace Baptist Church says that School Trustee Dorothea Miller is also in on the plot to oust one of her board colleagues, who is up for reelection. She has been promised to become Board President if this sick plot is successful. Mount Vernon Exposed believes Ms. Miller is either lacking knowledge of how our district suffered under church rule, or she will personally benefit from the ripping off of a poor school district. The feds are currently swarming Mount Vernon with many investigations currently taking place. Handcuffs and a jail cell is what are needed for many in this city.

CORRUPT SCHOOL TRUSTEE
OMAR MCDOWELL

Grace Baptist and other churches should be charged with crimes against humanity for destroying so many lives. Children dropped out of school in droves under church control, because they were denied an ample education. The church controlled board terminated vocational trade classes. This caused academically challenged children to drop out of school in droves. Most ended up in jail. Thousands of students were adversely affected by illegal activities of church officials. One former student suggested a class action suit against the UBC and members of the CEEPA controlled boards.

It appears that every bad character in Mount Vernon is backing Mr. Kevin Bunch. Our current board has made tremendous progress in the past 3 years and extensive oversight has been put in place to protect the taxpayer’s bond money. It is clear that there is an all out assault to steal this bond.

Good board members are now paying the price for not opening up an investigation of the 2002 bond. This would have landed Ministers and past Board Members in Federal prison.

Please use the below website to file complaints about illegal electioneering by churches.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf

Mount Vernon Exposed also urges the residents of Mount Vernon to contact the U.S. Justice Department at (914) 993-1900 to demand that all past school bonds be investigated.

VOTERS MUST REJECT LIBRARY BUDGET TOMORROW; REV. RICHARDSON RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTRUCTION OF MOUNT VERNON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Councilwoman Roberta Apuzzo and Mayor Ernie Davis

Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson

Corrupt Ex-Councilwoman Eileen Justino

Clergy and C.E.P.A.A. controlled
Darcy Miller

Clergy and C.E.P.A.A. controlled
Charmaine Fearon

Voters must reject the Mount Vernon Library budget tomorrow.  For starters, City Hall is too much involved in the process as four employees with ties to City Hall and Mayor Davis are running for the School Board. 

The process was not transparent at all.  Federal investigators should also question Mount Vernon City Councilwoman Roberta Apuzzo and why her address is again showing up on questionable documents.  Apuzzo and her cronies in government even went to the extreme of concealing their fraud, by having the public library as the only place voters can cast their ballot for the upcoming library election on May 6, 2014. 

Just this weekend, voters in the City of Mount Vernon received literature from Mount Vernon Taxpayers for a stronger Mount Vernon.  The address for this organization is 4 Park Lane, Apt. 2D, Mount Vernon, NY 10550.  This is the home address of Councilwoman Apuzzo. 

Councilwoman Apuzzo has come under fire in the past and is currently under Federal Investigation because of her close ties with Mayor Davis.  Davis had his tax bills from a Florida condo he owns sent to Apuzzo.   Sources said that Apuzzo said the bills were sent by mistake and has never provided an explanation to the public.  We guess Councilwoman Apuzzo wants voters to again believe that her name showed up by “mistake” again on campaign literature.

A further investigation by Mount Vernon Exposed has revealed that the organization “Mount Vernon Taxpayers for a Stronger Library” is a fraudulent and bogus organization.  Sources have informed Mount Vernon Exposed that a significant amount of monies were raised in the name of this organization but there is no record of any filing whatsoever with the New York State Board of Elections or the New York State Department of State, which is required by law.  Where was the money spent?  Who wrote and signed the checks?

The race for School Board Trustee in the City of Mount Vernon has also taken a turn for the worst and voters will again be left with candidates that are controlled by Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson and his cronies.

The latest candidates to jump ship and join the Rev. Richardson corruption train are Charmaine Fearon and Darthea “Darcy” Miller.  Fearon and Miller, both from Fleetwood were part of the circus that saw them selected as candidates for Richardson, the Mount Vernon Democratic Party, and the United Black Clergy during a fraudulent and rigged process.  Fearon, as an attorney duly admitted to practice law should know better and stay clear of political influence since school board elections should are supposed to be non-partisan.  

Sources have informed Mount Vernon Exposed that a deal is in place that will see Justino return as Councilwoman next year.  Eileen Justino will be running on a ticket with Mayor Ernie Davis.  In order to receive the party support and receive the nomination for Councilwoman, Justino was told that she must turn out a lot of voters in Fleetwood in favor of Richardson and his candidates. 

Fearon and Miller have joined forces with another clergy controlled candidate, Omar McDowell.

Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson and his gang of thieves and cronies are singlehandedly responsible for the destruction of the school system and for Mount Vernon being the highest taxed City in the United States of America.  Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson and his gang of thieves and cronies are responsible for only 15% of third graders being proficient in English, Language, and Arts.  Rev. W. Franklyn is responsible for the high drop out rate and the high incarceration rate for young black and Latino males throughout Mount Vernon.

Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson continues to play the race card by instilling fear into African Americans in the City of Mount Vernon that if voters don’t choose his slate of candidates, a superior "white" force will take over the school system, and other African-Americans that run independently of Richardson are controlled by this superior "white" force.  

Voters must reject any and all candidates associated with Rev. Richardson and clergy in the City of Mount Vernon.  They have destroyed the educational system in the City of Mount Vernon.

Next Issue:  Up close and personal with Rev. W. Franklyn Richardson- “In his own words”………