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Camp Casey III Fires Lawyers, Lawyers Say $100K May Be Missing
Sweetness & Light ^ | September 20, 2005 | N/A

Posted on 09/20/2005 9:52:32 AM PDT by Sam Hill

It would appear Cindy Sheehan's Veterans For Peace, have terminated the services of their lawyers, Buddy and Annie Spell.

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Better days: Buddy Spell, Mother Sheehan, and (faux Vietnam combat veteran, but real crackpot) Ward Reilly, New Orleans, June 18, 2005

The following was posted at the modern-day Bedlam, Democrats Underground. It has since been disappeared, which only further validates its authenticity:

Spells terminated / failed to provide relief

Spells no Longer involved in Disaster Relief / Fail to provide service

Dear Ms. Arata-Spell and Mr. Spell,

I am writing to request the following be delivered to Monica Hampton at The
Green Room, tomorrow, Monday September 16 at 1pm.
1. All records, receipts, and chart of accounts relating to Veterans for Peace,
chapter 116. These items include
+ The notebook of receipts supplied to Ms. Arata-Spell and Mr. Spell by Monica
Hampton on September 16;
+ requests-for-reimbursements filled out by vounteers and VFP;
+ receipts on inventory ordered and delivery confirmation;
+ reimbursed receipts.

2. Copies of every check written to pay for VFP expenditures, as well as an
inventory of what items were bought and delivered with those monies.

3. A reimbursement request for each separate receipt or outstanding purchase
order and delivery confirmation put in by Ms. Arata-Spell and Mr. Spell
including description of how monies spent were used for immediate relief.

4. Three pre-signed blank checks on the VFP Redwood Credit Union account, signed
by Patrick Tate., VFP chapter 116 president.

5. All donations received by Ms. Arata-Spell and Mr. Spell on behalf of VFP
chapter 116, including a $300 cash donation from Mid-Rivers Ethical Society.

6. A list of any and all vendor or other accounts opened on behalf of VFP
chapter 116 and any purchase orders on those accounts.

Upon receipt of the requested materials, to be supplied to Monica Hampton no
later than 1pm Monday, September, 19 2005, the VFP chapter will immediately
review the reimbursement request submitted by Ms. Arata-Spell and Mr. Spell,
and will supply a check or direct wire to The Spells for the agreed amount. We
request five business hours (defined as Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm) to review the
materials supplied to us before the money transfer can occur. As you know, Ms.
Spell, we are waiting for the money to be transferred into the Louisiana bank,
which may delay this timetable. To expedite the reimbursement of the monies,
please provide us with any computer records available.

Twenty four hours after the monies are received by Ms. Arata-Spell and Mr.
Spell (and after it is that the file can be opened), all computer files and
accounting records generated by the Spells are to be deleted.

Thank you both for your efforts during the time we worked together.

Sincerely,

Patrick Tate
President
Veterans for Peace
Chapter 116

And

Michael McPhearson
Executive Director
Veterans for Peace, inc.”

This offering was also posted at DU, then quickly flushed down the memory hole:

Annie and Buddy Spell asked me to post this for them as they still do not have internet access.

Freddy Danforth, Gordon Sodoberg, Dennis Kyne, and it is assumed Pat Tate and Alex Ellison-Tomlinson have left Covington, LA spending only $1,000 of $370,000 donated to the Hurricane Relief effort. The Hurricane struck Covington, LA Aug 29th.

Unfortunately these Veterans For Peace have left behind 100 volunteers w/out any resources and at least 7 trucks of additional items being brought in from all over America.

Some of the volunteers are currently stranded w/out the ability to return to camp or homes because Freddy Danforth, Gordon Sodoberg, Dennis Kyne, Pat Tate and Alex Ellison-Tomlinson have failed to supply any sort of remibusement mechanism.

Annie Spell was given check writing authority on Friday Sept. 16th, however Freddy Danforth, Gordon Sodoberg, Dennis Kyne, Pat Tate and Alex Ellison-Tomlinson failed to transfer the entirety, $350,000 of the funds. But Pat Tate told Annie the funds needed to clear through an account in a Credit Union which would be 10 days from this past Saturday.

Accordingly the donation for immediate relief will not be available until 1 month after the storm hit.

Annie Spell was able to write a check for $1,000 to get water into Bogalusa.

Buddy has personally guaranteed and delivered $30,000 of immediately needed supplies including chainsaws, generators and other tools and has not been reimbursed.

All of this while the bus heads to Washington, DC to bask in the glow of all their great works.”

And lastly but certainly not leastly, we have this post from the Political Switchboard, purportedly from the great woman, Annie Spell herself. (This post has not yet been airbrushed away by this merry band of Stalinists):

$100,000 might be missing. A post by Anita Spell.

“Here’s what is going on now…I hope I can stay on-line long enough to get this out and answer any questions:

Friday, Sept. 16th, the Michael Moore people and Veterans for Peace people approved the purchase of 25 generators, electric chords, and chain saws, gas and oil from local vendors in Franklinton, LA to be supplied to families in Arcola who are without power.

When we spoke with the vendors they said they would be more than willing to help out, however the purchase totalled about $28,000.00 and they had no idea who the Michael Moore and Veterans for Peace people were. We were assured by Pat Tate of VfP that over $100,000.00 was in the account in Mandeville, LA, so Buddy and I allowed the purchases to be placed on our account. These vendors generously offered to deliver (at no cost) the generators to Arcola.

Yesterday (Monday, Sept. 19th) I was told by the account manager in Mandeville, LA that I could not write checks from the Mandeville account. (I was put on the account Friday, Sept. 16th) because I had been taken off the account earlier that morning.

I called Michael McPhearson, Executive Director of Vfp yesterday. He told me that he doesn’t know the location of the $100,000.00 and the account in Mandeville, LA has been closed because the local person on the account (me) has been taken off the account.

He said that he hoped to get approval from the Board of Directors of VfP to come to Covington, LA late Wednesday evening and open a new account at another local bank, possibly on Thursday.

What all this means is that local vendors are out $28,000.00 and Buddy and I are on the hook for $28,000.00. So, Buddy is understandably distressed.

I got a letter hand delivered to my house yesterday at 9:00 AM from the Veterans for Peace and the Michael Moore people. They wanted me to give them a list of every single person (with an address) that had received any relief. I’m assuming they mean the houses that received the 25 generators. Pretty ridiculous. Of course we can supply that information, we know these people. Don’t know if they are also asking every other volunteer to do the same.

With their approval, we also paid for and delivered a truck load of water to residents in Bogalusa. It was delivered last Friday. Monica took our check and hand delivered it to the truck driver. I don’t know if she has been asked to provide a list of who received the water.

My computer is blinking.

I’m going to post this and see if it goes through.

If I can, I’ll get back on.”

Developing...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: campcasey; cindysheehan; commies; democrats; duerandhismoney; enemywithin; fired; fraud; katrina; liberals; scamorama; sheehan; veteransforpeace; vfpkatrinafraud
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To: Sam Hill

The Spells are learning. This is what happens when you have idiots for clients.


21 posted on 09/20/2005 10:05:18 AM PDT by popdonnelly
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To: Howlin
For some backround on Annie Spell, click here.
22 posted on 09/20/2005 10:06:31 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Sam Hill
No doubt,they'll be using the "liberated" money to fund battered women's shelters,AIDS treatment and housing for the homeless.

Those of you who think it will be used to buy a seven bedroom,six bath "bungalow" in Chappaqua are far too cynical.

23 posted on 09/20/2005 10:07:10 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: mewzilla
From my link above:

The Spells are a team. 'It's a two-for-one deal; you get me, you also get Buddy,' Annie Spell says.

Gee, who does that sound like?

24 posted on 09/20/2005 10:07:33 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Sam Hill; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Lazamataz; Darksheare; pissant; Dashing Dasher; najida; ...
Follow-up to earlier PING!!

The plot sickens.

25 posted on 09/20/2005 10:07:37 AM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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To: Sam Hill

"including a $300 cash donation from Mid-Rivers Ethical Society"

Ethical Society? Kinda ironic. No?


26 posted on 09/20/2005 10:08:21 AM PDT by Pessimist
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To: frankjr
That's what happened. They let MM bill his meals to their expense account.
27 posted on 09/20/2005 10:08:32 AM PDT by .cnI redruM (Percentage of Sheehen's Charity Fundraising spent on Katrina victims = 0!)
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To: Sam Hill

I am stuned to hear this news regarding these fine, upstanding citizens.

/sarc


28 posted on 09/20/2005 10:08:42 AM PDT by Zechariah_8_13 (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: Howlin

Sweetness & Light » Cindy’s Lawyer And The Man
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/cindys-attorney-and-the-man/


29 posted on 09/20/2005 10:08:59 AM PDT by Sam Hill
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To: Howlin

Sweetness & Light » Camp Casey III Saves 14 Unwanted Babies
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/camp-casey-iii-saves-14-unwanted-babies/

Which is also about Buddy Spell.


30 posted on 09/20/2005 10:09:57 AM PDT by Sam Hill
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To: Sam Hill

You have been following them well, and have uncovered some true grifters and frauds. Whatever our previous history, I appreciate your activities now. Seriously and 100%.


31 posted on 09/20/2005 10:11:10 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: Sam Hill

They pissed Hillary off


32 posted on 09/20/2005 10:11:18 AM PDT by colonialhk (sooprize sooprize sooprize)
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To: Sam Hill

"DUmmies get scammed again!" PING

I'm thinking of starting a Ping list since this happens so often. Freepmail or leave a message if you wanna join.


33 posted on 09/20/2005 10:14:10 AM PDT by varyouga (Reformed Kerry voter (I know, I'm a frickin' idiot))
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

Obviously they were Karl Rove plants, these lawyers...


34 posted on 09/20/2005 10:15:26 AM PDT by Sam's Army
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To: Sam Hill

Dennis Kyne. Hmmm. No surprise there.


35 posted on 09/20/2005 10:16:26 AM PDT by TaxRelief (follow the money...)
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To: Zechariah_8_13
I am stuned

Better turn off your beeber before something happens to it.

36 posted on 09/20/2005 10:16:45 AM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! We willna be fooled again!")
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To: Sam Hill

First she is a lier, now she may be a thief. Why am I surprised.


37 posted on 09/20/2005 10:17:29 AM PDT by Sthitch
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To: colonialhk

28k on three card Monte. P.T. Barnum had it right all along.


38 posted on 09/20/2005 10:18:19 AM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (Because I can!)
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To: Sam's Army

You were not supposed to tell!!


39 posted on 09/20/2005 10:20:06 AM PDT by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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To: mewzilla
From this link:

Buddy Spell, a radical lawyer and activist in the Louisiana Activist Network, who lives in Covington across Lake Ponchartrain, stopped by with Andy Stern after failing to procure a boat to go into East New Orleans to check on a rumor that 1,500 people trapped in a local high school had drowned. He gave Malik his card and said that he was ready to defend anyone who had been framed. Malik said there were already a “bunch of them.” He said that a young guy was accused of shooting at a Blackhawk helicopter with a .22, and may be facing treason charges...

Okaaaaay....

40 posted on 09/20/2005 10:20:10 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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