Reply With QuoteCharlie Flynn preceded Orsini as Erie County Independence Party Chair, running the party with his City Chair Ricky Donovan (now a Parking Enforcement Officer, as his wife is a Masiello "hotline" operator) as if a criminal enterprise.
Flynn has been totally ousted by current IP leadership & has been repeatedly involved in costly court battles between party leaders, which have rarely been reported by the media. A major case is currently before the courts, involving the state IP chair as well as Flynn, but it has not been reported by the media.
Flynn was previously a "Conservative" and ran as a young man for mayor against Jimmy Griffin.
After being convicted of criminal tampering by ADA Lisa Rodwin & ordered for psychological counselling in 1994, he quickly became City Residency Officer #2 (of four, now there is none) before even paying the $80 court surcharge for his conviction. He was soon fired, but had also been appointed by Masiello to the massively corrupt housing authority (BMHA) where he was paid about $50 per hour to rubberstamp the agenda of a longtime Buiffalo patronage bonanaza.
I made typos in my earlier post about Flynn's HUD-FHA mortgage scam in January 2001 while a pstronage housing official & Flynn's perjured charges to retaliate against me to coverup his crime, with help from DA Frank Clark. The events were all in 2001 & 2002, not 1991 & 1992.
Flynn has been described by Griffin as "a liar like his father". Indeed, Flynn has used about 15 anonymous email addresses to attack me and many other enemies, including Joe Illuzzi, Judge Barbara Howe, City IP Chair Lou Corrigan, Ralph Mohr, Tom Reynolds, etc (see Flynn's anonymous website www.Reynoldswatch.com).
Flynn is a widely acknowledgedsociopathic personality whose misconduct has been very costly to taxpayers, but he gets ongoing protection from top political leaders as well as the media.
If there were a campaign, Frank Clark's repeated use of his office to protect political friends like Flynn should be a major issue.
But when a respected attorney & experienced prosecutor approached Democratic Party boss Len Lenihan to explore running against Clark, she was told, "We are not interested in the DA's race".
So a politically corrupt DA will be swept back into office, insuring that a pervaive culture of corruption & unaccountability in city (and county) government will be preserved.
