• Peter A Reese
Western New York Politics

WNY Cam Visits Political Operative Kerry Saunders

5/3/2014

 
Kerry Saunders is an African-American Democratic Party  political operative who was recently cited in a Buffalo News article on "big-name backers" in the Buffalo School Board race.   Although the BNews article refers to Saunders as "a staff member for State Sen. Tim Kennedy," the Senator's office claims he is not on staff, but part of his election campaign team.    Mr. Saunders is registered to vote at 252 Shumway Street in Buffalo's Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood where he is a Democratic County Committee Member for election district Fillmore 20 and its 438 registered Democrats.   Saunders fills out his schedule as an employee of the Dennis Ward/Champ Eve team at the Erie County Board of Elections, where he works at the Tri-Main warehouse.   In his spare time, Kerry is employed as a volunteer and paid employee of various and sundry political campaigns.    In the past, he has been observed simultaneously participating in the campaigns of several competing candidates in the same election, thus earning himself a reputation as a campaign spy or "rat in the woodpile."    As Senator Kennedy is currently engaged in a battle for survival with County Legislator Betty Jean Grant who is tightly aligned with the Ward/Eve/Zellner axis of the party, Saunder's employment by Kennedy has to make you wonder who he may be spying on.

A review of public records of campaign contributions and expenditures reveals that Mr. Saunders operates out of two separate addresses: the somewhat rundown 252 Shumway Street and 82 Garden Court in a stylish Amherst neighborhood.    See the attached New York State Board of Elections reports which present contributions made and payments received by Saunders:
Saunders was an uninvited attendee at the Progressive Democrats of Western New York annual breakfast in Cheektowaga last Saturday morning, dressed to the nines in a dark business suit.   Ever curious about the lifestyles of local big-hitting political movers and shakers, WNY Cam visited Saunders at his Amherst address....... 
Erie County Board of Elections records show that Saunders is registered at 252 Shumway Street in Buffalo and has been since 2000 .....
However, Saunders is not in title to 252 Shumway, Cleatis Saunders is......
But there is no Cleatis Saunders registered to vote in Erie County.   However, Ernest and Betina Watson are registered to vote at 252 Shumway.    Stephanie A. Torres is the owner of record of 82 Garden Court, Amherst, where she is registered to vote as a Republican.    

Why should we care about this stuff?     First, it is election fraud not to live where you claim when you register to vote and you sign an affidavit stating, "The information above is true.   I understand that if it is not true I can be convicted and fined up to $5000 and/or jailed for up to four years."     In addition, one can only serve as a Democratic Committeeman in the Assembly District where one is registered.     252 Shumway is in a different Assembly District than 82 Garden Court.    If Saunders lives in Amherst, he cannot be a Committeeman in Buffalo.     Perhaps more importantly, false registration and party committee participation deprives the people of the affected area of necessary representation.    


When we were there, the water line at an abandoned house one door away from 252 Shumway was leaking and flooding the street.    I called the problem in to 911.    My wife and I are Committee Members in Buffalo Delaware 21, WHERE WE LIVE.    We call in water leaks, streetlight outages, pick up dead animals in the streets, and otherwise try to make sure that government services are being properly provided to our neighborhood.     We participate in our home owners association, plant trees, and take responsibility for our community.     Fillmore 20 is a poor neighborhood with many problems.    It needs a committeeman, not someone who lives in the fancy suburbs for his own selfish purposes.



Jason Camp
5/3/2014 03:09:53 am

This is FRAUD!!! This man should be held accountable. OMG!

This is perhaps the most interesting posting I have seen on the local political blogs in a long time. Good work, Peter. A lot of legwork involved, too. Love the Staley's homestead, by the way.

I also see that Mr. Saunders works at the Board of Elections, and if true, he should be FIRED on the spot come Monday morning. How can someone work at the Board of Elections and at the same time commit such a clear fraud (A CRIME) on the people who pay his government salary?

And, then this guy repeatedly infers that somehow he hears negative comments about Peter Reese, in conversations Kerry Saunders has in his political talks, and since he does not add any insults about Peter Reese to those conversations, that somehow Peter Reese has to give him a pass for his CLEAR CRIME!!!

This coward of a political hack belongs in JAIL. He does not belong on Tim Kennedy's political payroll, nor on the taxpayers' dime. Mr. Kennedy should view this video, too, and rethink having this crook on his campaign payroll. "I really have no idea what you're talking about," Mr. Saunders says about living in Amherst while registered in Buffalo. SAY WHAT????

Reese: Who do you work for? Saunders: Slams door, LOL, doesn't want to admit he works for the Board of Elections and is committing an election crime at the same time.

Fire this crook Monday morning, Dennis Ward. FIRE HIM!!!!!

Peter, can't you file a lawsuit against this bum? I hope you do.

Janine Berg
5/6/2014 01:29:47 am

What difference does it make where he lives !! Half of you crackers live in the suburbs & work in the city so the fuck what!!! Find some REAL shit to talk about!!!

Peter A Reese
5/6/2014 07:28:39 pm

Janine: This Cracker and his Cracker wife both live in the City and work outside of it. And neither of us has ever registered or voted from anywhere other than we live.

Katrinna Martin
5/4/2014 10:39:50 am



Well, new committeemen are on the way. We will scrutinize all committeeman and all addresses they use to represent their district. If they move, they better report the truth.
I have a similar issue currently affecting the democratic process. I collected signatures for a petition and I used my current address as a witness. I realized that I didn't change my voting address when I moved in November, but I still remained residing in the same voting district. So, I asked for clarification from the Board of Elections, Dennis Ward. My question was, "if I have collected signatures and my address changes, will my signature be okay to submit and be accepted by the board of elections, or should we stop collecting until our address is changed in the registration system?" Answer, "as long as you change your address prior to turning in your petitions, the signatures will count". Also, " The purpose of the witness address is to be able to find the witness of the petition affidavit, if need be contacted."
Never trust an election expert that is appointed by the machine, they will lie to protect their patronage position. Higgins is currently attempting to disqualify all sheets I collected before I changed my address. But, if you are their flunkies, you can live in PA and still vote for them.
I'm firing Dennis Ward first.
I have Mr. Ward on video telling me the address change isn't an issue, but this is the exact reason among others, why we were kicked off the ballot by 29 signatures. 99 signatures lost for "not registered to vote" also known as address change. We recovered almost an additional 300 signatures. And that is after the restoring of almost 500 signatures by Albany, prior to defending the petitions.
In Albany we ran through only 51 sheets, and I was hot and on the money at this point in the game. I'm a registered nurse, and I have read poor illegible hand writing for many years. Doctors have the worse hand writing, the residents are better, but after 10 years for them it's a wrap too. The Higgins legal team became fidgety and began to use their phones to text when the examiner left the room to retrieve more signatures. The examiner took longer than he previously had when he left the room to retrieve the signatures line by line. He reentered the conference room and stated, "the commissioners came out of their meeting and said we can't go line by line and retrieve your signatures anymore." The appointment was made for 1pm, when we arrived I asked, "how long do we have?" The response, "until we are done". But this story changed after all of the texting and commissioner's demand in Albany. It was only 3:45pm when they called it on us.
I don't lose to unfair competition, I don't know how. I am going to give Mr. Higgins the surprise of his life. Being upset by the same community he moves to disenfranchise and oppress.
Get ready for a new Democratic committee.
Katrinna Martin,
Egriu for Congress campaign manager.


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