Post by Poor Richard on Oct 21, 2020 9:12:02 GMT -7
Glastonbury Landowners Committee
Election Fraud Letter Analysis
Election Fraud Letter Analysis
A group named the Glastonbury Landowners Committee (GLC) recently wrote, printed and mailed a fraud ridden letter advocating three non-landowner candidates to represent North Glastonbury for the Glastonbury Landowners Association (GLA) 2020 Annual Election. All three non-landowner candidates, John Carp, Jordan Schreiber and Michaael Villeneuve were duly disqualified at the Special GLA Board Meeting on October 1st, 2020, for not following 2019 Board approved Election Procedures.
The GLC letter contained an excerpt from the official 2020 GLA North Glastonbury Absentee Ballot, that depicted the Board-recognized candidates with their names crossed out. The Board-disqualified candidates were penned in as write-in candidates. The election letter appears to have come from, and is speaking for, the GLA Board. The Forum asked the GLA Board to identify the directors who comprised the Glastonbury Landowners Committee. We received a short, reply from GLA Board spokesman and Election Committee Chair, Director Ladewig. She tersely stated "Absolutely not". To the best of our knowledge the GLC is not an official GLA committee.
Many Glastonbury landowners the Forum interviewed thought that the GLC letter came from the GLA Board and Election Committee to inform them NOT to waste their votes on candidates who were no longer on the official ballot. In addition they saw the GLC vote recommendations as candidates that the GLA Board approved and wanted them to vote because "Harmony is needed on the GLA Board".
The GLC letter fraudulently states, "These three candidates were removed from the ballot." Only four candidates were on the official North Glastonbury absentee ballot. A GLC copy of the absentee ballot appears below, with lines crossing out three candidates; Donna Lash-Andersen, Joe Bezotsky and Claudette Dirkers. Note the lines we highlighted in yellow.
(Above excerpt from the Glastonbury Landowners Committee Fraudulent Election Letter)
The GLC Letter uses words and phrases that are commonly employed by GLA directors. The letter starts with, "Dear Landowners," which is instantly recognizable to any GLA shareholder who is on the GLA email list. Secretary Mizzi routinely prefaces her landowner emails with the same phrase. The letter also contains facts and circumstances that are not widely known outside of the GLA Board. Such as: "In the past the Administrator received nominations." And, "The forms used this year were exactly the same as used last year." Finally, "The Administrator's mother passed away and asked the president and secretary to pick up the mail."
Whomever wrote the first paragraph of the GLC Letter had intimate knowledge of GLA Board communications, and what was asked of the president and secretary by the administrator, such as picking up the mail.
The purpose of the GLC letter to North Glastonbury landowners is to convince them that three of the four official candidates were removed from the ballot. And to urge landowners to check the box next to Sandra Schreyer, and write in three other names. Several GLA directors have conceded that NO candidates were removed from the ballot and that the GLC letter is fraudulent. But the GLA Board refuses to hold an emergency meeting or send a letter to all landowners and expose the fraud. Three of the four candidates the GLC is supporting do NOT own land in Glastonbury. All are old timers and have shared memories intertwined with the founding of Glastonbury. By contrast, the official candidates identify with newcomers to Glastonbury.
The GLC Letter also contained a proxy form and two pages of candidate bios. John Carp wrote a new and much longer bio for the GLC, than he submitted on the official GLA Nomination Form. The bios of Jordan Schreiber and Michael Villeneuve were identical to their GLA nomination form bios. John Carp must have been contacted by a member of the GLC in order to be convinced to scrap his single paragraph bio for a much more extensively written one. On Saturday, a director sent the BOD and John Carp an email politely asking for more information. No reply has been received yet.
(Above excerpt from the Glastonbury Landowners Committee Fraudulent Election Letter)
The above GLC Letter was postmarked on October 14th, from Billings. The GLA Board meeting was on October 12th, so it appears that Director Accatino either helped to write the GLC Letter, or was quoting directly from it.
Director Accantino wrote in a November 13, 2017 letter to landowners that she has "known Charlotte {Mizzi} since our days in the NY area." Mizzi moved from Jersey City to Glastonbury in the year 2000. Like Mizzi, Director Accantino strongly and passionately opposed disqualifying nomination forms that did not adhere to the 2019 Board approved Election Procedures.
Envelope and Mailing Label Analysis
We obtained several original envelopes that were used to mail the GLC fraudulent letters. One person tore their envelope in half and tossed it in the trash before we asked. That gave us a unique opportunity. Below is a photo of the torn in half GLC envelope and a legitimate GLA envelope that contained the Fall Newsletter. We covered the GLC mailing label name and street address to protect the owner's privacy. The other person, Timothy Brockett, approved use of his full name and address.
A GLC torn envelope and legitimate GLA envelope side by side.
Both are #10 (4.13 inches by 9.5 inches), self-sealing and straight across rear flap envelopes. The mailing labels are identical in size and color; they measure 2 5/8 by 1 inch, are pressure sensitive self-sticking and have rounded corners. The font style, size and spacing appear identical on both mailing labels.
The mailing labels appear identical. Do the font style and spacing match?
The GLC torn envelope runs right through the center of the capitol "T" in MT. Look what happens when we move the torn label over the legitimate GLA printed label.
The torn in half "T" mates perfectly with the GLA printed label "T".
The two halves of the "T" match perfectly. In addition, the addresses on all of the GLC mailing labels we viewed perfectly matched the ones in the latest copy of the GLA Customer Mailing List. One label showing a husband and wife was listed with his first name followed by an "&", then her name, and then their shared last name; identical to the GLA Customer list. We also obtained a GLA legitimate envelope with a label and a GLC fraudulent envelope that went to the same person and at the same address. The mailing labels matched perfectly and contained the same information as the GLA customer database.
Both the GLA and GLC envelopes used identical American Flag 1st class postage stamps. Just like GLA Election mailings, the GLC sent multiple letters to people owning multiple parcels. So many landowners received two or more identical letters from the GLC. In 2020 the GLA spent over $2,000.00 in postage.
Sources tell us that the GLA Administrator, Karleen McSherry, is the person who usually prints GLA mailing labels. She uses a GLA printer and labels paid for with landowner funds that is connected to her personal computer. If GLA labels were used by the GLC, that would constitute theft of GLA property. Criminal charges could be filed.
Letter Format Analysis
On Monday, October 19th we received another fraudulent GLC Election letter. The first letter was received on Saturday, October 17th and was sent to North Glastonbury landowners. The second letter was sent to South Glastonbury landowners. Like the North Glastonbury letter it appeared to originate from the GLA and told landowners that "three candidates were removed from the ballot". The letter advocated voting for old timers and non-landowners, Tim Sweeney and Marshall Haley. Vice President and Treasurer John McAlister and Director Andrea Sedlak were both "removed" or crossed off the GLC ballot copy. Sedlack often sided with old timers and thus frequently enabled them to achieve their goals on the GLA Board. It appears Sedlak made a politically fatal mistake when she made a motion at the September 14 Board meeting to censure old timer and GLA President, Newman Brozovsky. Sedlak's motion was ultimately successful and may have sealed her political fate as well.
The first GLC letter used a variety of fonts in what appears to be a hastily and amateurish "cut and pasted" letter. It was signed by the Glastonbury Landowners Committee.
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The second letter appears to be composed after the North Glastonbury letter. It still has mixed fonts, and retains the same line stating, "These three candidates were removed from the ballot". While three candidates were on the official South Glastonbury absentee ballot, only two "official" candidates are shown below on the GLC copy. Both are crossed off. It appears the "three candidates were removed" language was copied from the GLC letter to North Glastonbury landowners.
Only two candidates are listed and crossed off.
As we stated above, three candidates were on the official GLA Absentee ballot for South Glastonbury. They were Vice President and Treasurer John McAlister, Andrea Sedlak and Erica Stone. The public only discovered that Stone resigned at the October 12th GLA Board meeting. Both fraudulent GLC letters were postmarked on October 14th. It is likely that someone with inside knowledge knew that Stone resigned and removed her name from the official candidate list in the GLC letter.
Proxy Form Format Analysis
Both GLC letters contained a copy of the GLA Official Proxy Form. The "Official" GLA proxy form is printed in black and red. An excerpt is below. Note the arrow pointing to the phrase "Your Signature".
The "Official" GLA Proxy Form that was included with official Absentee Ballots.
The GLC fraudulent mailings contained a copy of the "Official" GLA Proxy Form, but with one major difference. Can you spot it? See the arrows below.
The GLC "copy" of the Official GLA Proxy Form.
The GLC copy has misaligned margins. The GLC must have had access to the Word document original 2020 Proxy Form file. They handled it clumsily, misaligned the margins and did not notice their error. Sources tell us that original GLA Election documents are generally not circulated outside of the GLA Election Committee. That committee currently consists of Director Ladewig as Chair and Directors Sedlak and Mizzi. All three would have had access to original Word formatted 2020 Election documents. Other Board members and the Administrator may have had access too. But the general public most certainly did not have access to Word Election files.
Conclusion
The GLC letter was a bold and fraudulent attempt to disqualify legitimate candidates for the 2020 GLA Board Annual Election and replace them with illegitimate candidates whose nomination forms were rejected by the GLA Board. The goal of the GLC appears to be stacking the GLA Board with people who identify with Glastonbury as it was originally envisioned; a Church Universal and Triumphant (CUT) run community. GLC members possessed inside information, had access to confidential election files and apparently used GLA equipment and supplies to achieve their goals. The GLC perpetrated a fraud upon the landowners and sowed the soil for more lawsuits against the GLA by candidates and landowners.
The GLA Board has remained publicly silent and is seen by many landowners as complicit. The Board spokesman and Election Committee chair adamantly refused to identify members of of the GLC. Many landowners believe the GLC letter came directly from the GLA and was a good faith effort to inform them of removed candidates and a gentle nudge telling them how to vote, to achieve greater harmony, for the Board and the community. Whatever shreds of integrity the GLA Board had, are quickly disappearing.
