Judge Sadler
Judge Sadler used the Conroe Courier almost two weeks ago to announce his candidacy for a sixth term as Montgomery County Judge. (Click to Read)
The Courier should be ashamed of not “vetting” the judge’s statements more carefully. If they had, they might not have come off looking like they fell hook, line and sinker for the judge’s (shall I be kind and call it) “spin” that appears to have been utilized in the Judge’s attempt to counter some of the very real issues that are facing him as he runs for office again.
The judge’s many friends and neighbors who read the Courier were done a disservice by their hometown paper blindly publishing the judge’s statements.
It looks to this blogger like Judge Sadler purposefully chose his home-town newspaper to “plant” his careful (if not completely truthful) response to two serious issues first brought to light on this website.
The first issue being, two recently filed tax liens against Development II Partners, Inc. a gas station/convenience store partnership between Judge Sadler and Aslam Ismael Kapadia and the second issue of Judge Sadler’s business partner, Kapadia, being under a 2008 federal indictment for Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering and Wire Fraud.
In light of the dates on the two tax liens, Judge Sadler’s statement in the Courier, that hurricane “Ike” was the cause of his and Kapadia’s failure to timely file the federal and state taxes, comes off as nothing more than a thinly-veiled attempt to “pull the wool over the eyes” of the voting public who read the Courier.
One of the Development II Partners, Inc. tax liens is for federal 941 (employment) taxes and one is for state (workman’s comp) taxes. Both liens were filed in Harris County where the partnership’s registered office is located.
I’m taking this opportunity to “clarify” for the voters what dates the tax liens are for, so that they can compare for themselves the facts versus Sadler’s empty claim that “Ike” was the reason for the delinquencies.
First, take a look at the Federal 941 Tax Lien…… (Click to See).
You’ll see that the delinquent employment taxes are for the quarters ended: 3/31/08, 6/30/08 and 12/31/08.
Last time I looked, payroll taxes (withheld from employees) were delinquent if not paid over to the IRS by the 15th of the month following the month they are for.
This means that Sadler’s business, Development II Partners, Inc., should have already timely “paid” over to the IRS all of the payroll taxes withheld in the first and second quarters no later than 7/15/08.
So, how could Sadler’s claim be truthful when the 3/31/08 and the 6/30/08 quarterly taxes WERE ALREADY DELINQUENT well before 09/13/08 when hurricane “Ike” hit Texas?
So much for being able to take Judge Sadler’s “word” on these issues. Statements like this, so easily debunked, diminishes his “credibility” with the public.
It is remotely possible that the “reason” the 12/31/08 taxes were not paid timely had to do with “Ike”, but I believe it is far more likely that the reason those were not paid was because of the Fed’s September 2008 “freeze” of Kapadia’s assets, made a condition of the federal indictment on one of the last pages. (Read the Indictment)
As to Sadler’s claim of “Ike” also being the cause of the State Tax Lien going unpaid, if you look again at that lien, (Click to See), you’ll see that that tax delinquency is for time periods in the year 2007 and January of 2008. Making those taxes “delinquent” almost a year prior to “Ike”!
Shame on you, Mr. Sadler. It looks to me like you used the Courier to “plant” the excuse of “Ike” being the cause of tax delinquencies.
And, Judge Sadler also stated in the Courier article that both tax liens had been paid in September……..as of today (11/9/09) those two liens are not yet “released” at the Harris County Clerk’s office so we can assume they have NOT BEEN PAID (two weeks after Judge Sadler stated they were paid). Did the judge think no one would check on his statements to the paper? Can anyone say, “Good Ole Boys?”
In fact, since my October 23rd exposure here (Click to See) of the original two Development II Partners, Inc. tax liens, there has been a NEW tax lien filed (on Aug. 10, 2009) against Development II Partners, Inc. in the amount of $10,625.10 for federal 941 taxes for the quarter ended 03/31/09. (Click to See)
The second issue finally addressed by Judge Sadler, is his business partnerships with Aslam Ismael Kapadia, who Judge Sadler admitted is under federal indictment for Conspiracy to commit Money Laundering and Wire Fraud.
In the Courier article the judge tried to make it seem okay that he has remained in business with a man that is under indictment by simply stating that he (the judge, that is) is a “silent” partner with Kapadia because he (as County Judge) is “busy running the county’s business”. As far as I’m concerned, Sadler’s claim of being only a “silent” partner doesn’t pass the smell test.
The massive amount of public records created over the past 20 years to do with Judge Sadler’s extensive “personal” business dealings (gathered together in date order) tends to belie his quoted claim of being kept busy running the county’s business. The running of his numerous personal businesses has taken an enormous amount of time out of his five day a week job as the County Judge according to all the dates on these public records.
To put it another way, if we were to envision Judge Sadler’s twenty years in office as a straight line and entered along that time “line” the specific dates off of each “personal” business document with which the Judge was kept busy operating, consulting, creating, filling out, reading, learning, signing, notarizing, telephoning, addressing and mailing each of his “personal” corporate filings, deeds, leases, bank loans and notes, land re-plats, tax permits, beer & wine licenses, variances, board resolutions, UCC filings, title searches, TCEQ complaints, development contracts, board minutes, tax sales, food licenses, real estate broker’s continuing education, federal employment taxes, state workman’s comp taxes, sales taxes, appraisal district accounts, property tax bills, construction contracts, franchise tax reports, releases of liens, etc., etc., we are left wondering when he finds ANY time to “fit in” the county’s business!
With that thought in mind, there is one particular public “filing” that I believe gives a good sense of what Judge Sadler’s personal business versus the county’s business “mindset” seems to have been within days of his winning re-election for the first time in 1994.
The document I’m referring to is the original “Articles of Incorporation” for Convenience USA, Inc., set up on Nov. 28, 1994, listing a “nominee” Director which acted to keep the judge’s role (of sole ownership) in this very ambitious undertaking “under the radar” of the public during his second term in office. (Click to Read)
Also (Click to See) a public document dated February 1, 1995 and called “Certificate of Corporate Resolution” (filed for Record on March 21, 1995) revealing that Judge Sadler was indeed the sole shareholder of Convenience USA, Inc. on 2/1/95 (a mere 64 days after setting up the corporation) and the names of Sadler’s two “nominee” officers of the corporation.
As you can see in the documents, Judge Sadler eventually dropped any pretense of NOT being the sole owner/operator of Convenience USA, Inc. as he finally (starting in 1998) listed at the Secretary of State the business’s registered office at his home on Jake Pearson Rd and himself as (sole) Director, President and Registered Agent and occasionally his wife as Secretary.
I know when I first read over these original “Articles of Incorporation” they provided me with a very real sense that Judge Sadler’s concern for “county business” was the farthest thing from his mind in 1994 as he set about securing his own personal “future”.
A future planned and based on the “perks” of a County Judge’s “insider” knowledge of things such as projected county roads and business expansion plans and special personal relationships able to be formed with local and statewide business leaders.
As he ran for re-election in 1994, it appears to have been a very “heady” time for him and all the friends, family and colleagues he apparently knew would help him realize his “personal” business dreams.
The Convenience USA, Inc. “Articles of Incorporation” gives NO SENSE whatsoever that the Judge will be a mere “silent partner” in any of the “litany” of private businesses he so “ambitiously” envisions entering into according to this document. I don’t know about you, but I am thankfully, enlightened by the overreaching and unbridled “empire-building” reflected in this personal business “plan”. Note all of the highlighted “action” verbs. Does this sound like a man who anticipated being only a “silent partner” in any of these specific business realms? I think not.
Not only has Judge Sadler done nothing visible to “distance” himself from Kapadia (since the indictment) but public records show that Judge Sadler has started a NEW company with Kapadia in April of 2009 (Click to See) and a second NEW business with a Kapadia relative in June of 2009. (Click to See)
Public loan documents put Sadler up to his eyeballs in the finances of the Kapadia partnerships. The Judge’s biography reminds us of his “finance” degree from U of T. and his being a Director of First Bank of Conroe.
We are all left to draw our own conclusions about why the Judge would make such easily debunked statements to the Courier.
My conclusion is that the Judge’s reasoning abilities seem diminished. Perhaps it is stress, perhaps it is something much more serious. I’m sure, though, that he knows that a lot of voters read the Courier and that a significant block of his loyal fans don’t even know about the Montgomery County Monitor website where so many public records have come to light exposing the Judge’s “below the radar” business dealings and history of non-payment.
There seems to be a “disconnect” somewhere in the Judge’s brain. He expects the voters to return him to office for a sixth term. We should all ask ourselves, is Sadler for real? I don’t think so……I think he lives in a whole other world than the rest of us. That is what the rest of us has the power to do…….bring him back to the world the rest of us live in.
VOTE SADLER OUT OF OFFICE.
Until next time……
Maxxbuster
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