kernwatch
August 11th, 2006, 10:05 AM
Below is the latest in the steady stream of DA Frank J. Clark's protecting political corruption instead of prosecuting it, as he is required by law.
Currently his "felony prosecutor" Michale McHale, the most unscrupled Assistant DA I have encountered in endless prosecutions by Clark for exposing public misconduct, is running for Congress with Clark's blessing. In addition to McHale's covering up then-Independence Party Chair & BMHA Commissioner Charles Flynn's Parlato-style HUD-FHA scam in 2001, McHale is facing a civil lawsuit for allegedly assaulting his 29 year old neighbor (a woman) & is in bankruptcy, although he earns about $70,000 annually.
Former County Legislator David Dale has been dis-barred after a series of dramatically unethical & illegal acts both as a lawyer & legislator, but he remains president of the struggling, heavily taxpayer-subsidized Broadway Market. But he, like so many of Clark's political friends, is DA-protected.
Dick Kern (in Mpls)
COPY:
http://buffalonews.com/editorial/200...sp?PFVer=Story
VILLAGE OF SLOAN
Angry board wants DA to make a decision on probe
By MELANIE D. LARSEN
Cheektowaga Correspondent
8/10/2006
The Village of Sloan is tired of waiting. With allegations of offenses by the previous administration going back to the late 1990s, board members and residents want answers from the Erie County District Attorney's office.
"We are concerned that it has been more than one month or two months and we still don't have a resolution," said Village Attorney Paul Murak.
The board has decided to send a letter to District Attorney Frank Clark urging him to come to a decision about prosecuting former Village Clerk Christine Dodds, former Mayor Ken Pokorski and former Village Attorney David Dale.
Clark decided last fall that the case did not rise to the criminal level but offered to reconsider after meeting again with village officials. He was not available to comment Wednesday.
According to Mayor Leonard Szymanski and Trustee Anthony Sisti, Dodds is responsible for the misappropriation of nearly $130,000 with the help of the former mayor.
"She [Dodds] paid off the lawyer [Dale] $84,000," he said. "She wrote herself checks for a bunch of money that she wasn't entitled to. There is no total amount because each amount is different. When she was pregnant, she went on maternity leave and charged the village personal days and vacation leave."
Sisti and Szymanski said that when they came into office they discovered that the village owed more than $1 million to the Buffalo Sewer Authority. Even after board members voted to lower Dodds' salary from $35,000 to $30,000 and Dale's from $12,500 to $10,000, Sisti said, they continued to be paid their original salaries plus more.
"We are sending a stern letter," Sisti said. "I am thoroughly disgusted with the way [the district attorney's office] has treated us. We had to levy the people's taxes 35 to 38 percent. We are going to ask for a definite answer. We want a date. To keep us dangling like this is unheard of."
The board wants a final answer by Aug. 25. The letter was signed by all four board members.
If Clark decides not to prosecute, the board is prepared to bring the matter before the federal courts.
According to Margaret Murphy, attorney representing the village, the board must wait for the district attorney to decline to prosecute before the federal government is able to step in.
Currently his "felony prosecutor" Michale McHale, the most unscrupled Assistant DA I have encountered in endless prosecutions by Clark for exposing public misconduct, is running for Congress with Clark's blessing. In addition to McHale's covering up then-Independence Party Chair & BMHA Commissioner Charles Flynn's Parlato-style HUD-FHA scam in 2001, McHale is facing a civil lawsuit for allegedly assaulting his 29 year old neighbor (a woman) & is in bankruptcy, although he earns about $70,000 annually.
Former County Legislator David Dale has been dis-barred after a series of dramatically unethical & illegal acts both as a lawyer & legislator, but he remains president of the struggling, heavily taxpayer-subsidized Broadway Market. But he, like so many of Clark's political friends, is DA-protected.
Dick Kern (in Mpls)
COPY:
http://buffalonews.com/editorial/200...sp?PFVer=Story
VILLAGE OF SLOAN
Angry board wants DA to make a decision on probe
By MELANIE D. LARSEN
Cheektowaga Correspondent
8/10/2006
The Village of Sloan is tired of waiting. With allegations of offenses by the previous administration going back to the late 1990s, board members and residents want answers from the Erie County District Attorney's office.
"We are concerned that it has been more than one month or two months and we still don't have a resolution," said Village Attorney Paul Murak.
The board has decided to send a letter to District Attorney Frank Clark urging him to come to a decision about prosecuting former Village Clerk Christine Dodds, former Mayor Ken Pokorski and former Village Attorney David Dale.
Clark decided last fall that the case did not rise to the criminal level but offered to reconsider after meeting again with village officials. He was not available to comment Wednesday.
According to Mayor Leonard Szymanski and Trustee Anthony Sisti, Dodds is responsible for the misappropriation of nearly $130,000 with the help of the former mayor.
"She [Dodds] paid off the lawyer [Dale] $84,000," he said. "She wrote herself checks for a bunch of money that she wasn't entitled to. There is no total amount because each amount is different. When she was pregnant, she went on maternity leave and charged the village personal days and vacation leave."
Sisti and Szymanski said that when they came into office they discovered that the village owed more than $1 million to the Buffalo Sewer Authority. Even after board members voted to lower Dodds' salary from $35,000 to $30,000 and Dale's from $12,500 to $10,000, Sisti said, they continued to be paid their original salaries plus more.
"We are sending a stern letter," Sisti said. "I am thoroughly disgusted with the way [the district attorney's office] has treated us. We had to levy the people's taxes 35 to 38 percent. We are going to ask for a definite answer. We want a date. To keep us dangling like this is unheard of."
The board wants a final answer by Aug. 25. The letter was signed by all four board members.
If Clark decides not to prosecute, the board is prepared to bring the matter before the federal courts.
According to Margaret Murphy, attorney representing the village, the board must wait for the district attorney to decline to prosecute before the federal government is able to step in.