Kwame Kilpatrick Has it Really Tough: Texas is Just Too Big for Him (Does He Know John Wiley Price?)
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Home, Sweet Home for Kwame in GP
Comes news today that Kwame Kilpatrick, the shady former mayor of Detroit, is asking Michigan officials to change the terms of his probation because Texas is just too darn big. According to exclusive emails obtained by The Detroit News, which YOU MUST READ, the former Detroit mayor has to drive too much in Texas because we are such a big state, he cannot walk, so doing community service is a super duper burden.
Kilpatrick pleaded guilty in 2008 to obstruction of justice charges, something to do with lying about the fact he was having an affair with a staffer, something about sexting, followed by more charges of corruption, extortion, bribes and hiding assets that make you wonder if he’s good friends with John Wiley Price who has been CHARGED, not found guilty, of a whole slew of financial shenanigans. Anyhew, Michigan wants more money out of Kwame, who owes the state a little less than a million. The state smartly upped his payments recently to $500 a month, which is what his former Chief of Staff is shelling out. But Kwame bellyaches that driving time and costs associated with living in Dallas-Fort Worth make those new terms, set in March of this year, just unreasonable.
I know our real estate market is not tanking like Michigan’s, but since when is Texas a high cost of living state?
The current rental is a 5,000-square-footer in Grand Prairie, and the sheer size is making Detroit folks uneasy that Kilpatrick is living way too well. Meantime, hard-working, house-poor taxpayers are funding his legal defense against federal racketeering charges.
Hey Detroit, maybe it’s time for Occupy Kwame!
Forgot to tell you: he’s also an author. His new digs came to light before a hearing to determine why proceeds from the sale of the former mayor’s book –he also does speeches — have not been forwarded to an escrow account.
La Paloma house
Kilpatrick, who is 42 and has three sons, once worked as a medical software salesman for Covisint Healthcare.
Kilpatrick has been priming our real estate rental market since relocating to Texas almost four years ago. First was the$1.2 million Southlake mansion with pool in toney La Paloma, which the family pre-paid $74,000 to lease for 13 months. The home had a market value of $1,125,000 and was built in 1998. It had five bedrooms, five and a half baths, a game room, a study, a formal dining room and an in-ground pool. Maybe they thought that La Paloma was too showy so they relocated to a $235,000, four-bedroom, three-bath home in less toney Grand Prairie that leased for $2,100 a month.
Then they moved to the current pad, seen by folks in Detroit as a step up. This rental is a 5,016-square-footer in Mira Lagos in Grand Prairie. It has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. The home was built in 2006 and has the usual Texas goodies: kitchen with granite countertops, vaulted ceilings in the hall and family room, French doors leading to a landscaped yard, a large master suite and study. It also features a game room and media room. Not sure about a pool. Originally purchased for $371,900, this one is appraised at $338,400 and was recently listed at $309,950.
first Grand Prairie rental
Of course everyone wonders how he can afford a fancy home on $60,000 a year, which is all he claims he is earning. Course, his wife works. His team of attorneys are being covered by Michigan taxpayers, and Kilpatrick was paying $160 per month for restitution until this March. At that rate, the bill would have been paid off in, oh, 448 years.
All I know is this: Booth the Grand Prairie rental and the La Paloma home were larger than his crib as Mayor of Detroit, the Mayor’s pad — 4004 square feet at the Manoogian Mansion. So quit squawking about our cost of living, Kwame.
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I'm just wondering why his crib isn't 10×6 with a cot, a sink, and a commode.
I'm just wondering why his crib isn't 10×6 with a cot, a sink, and a commode.
What’s up with all those “dog houses” on the roof?
What’s up with all those “dog houses” on the roof?
I just want to comment on this article. I find the title to be offensive. As of today's date John Riley Price has not been charged. I thought we are presumed innocent until proved guilty by a court of law.
I just want to comment on this article. I find the title to be offensive. As of today's date John Riley Price has not been charged. I thought we are presumed innocent until proved guilty by a court of law.
@Gwendolyn — VERY good point. I need to make that very clear. I was trying to be a little snarky b/c the charges sound similar. Always gets me in trouble.
@Gwendolyn — VERY good point. I need to make that very clear. I was trying to be a little snarky b/c the charges sound similar. Always gets me in trouble.
I agree Chuck. This man has it way too easy.
I agree Chuck. This man has it way too easy.
Gwen, surely you jest. The feds would NOT have brought this case again JWP without rock solid evidence. When they are done, JWP will make Kwame look like a choirboy.
@ Macho. This could be true. But he is still innocent until after all of the evidence is out. The Fed, police, etc have been known in the past to distort the truth when they have an ax to grind.
We can all take a page out of all the innocent men freed in Dallas to date.
@ Candy. I enjoy your articles and find them to be very informative when they relate to this business called real estate, which I love. I have even posted (shared) a few on my facebook page.
Gwen, surely you jest. The feds would NOT have brought this case again JWP without rock solid evidence. When they are done, JWP will make Kwame look like a choirboy.
@ Macho. This could be true. But he is still innocent until after all of the evidence is out. The Fed, police, etc have been known in the past to distort the truth when they have an ax to grind.
We can all take a page out of all the innocent men freed in Dallas to date.
@ Candy. I enjoy your articles and find them to be very informative when they relate to this business called real estate, which I love. I have even posted (shared) a few on my facebook page.
@Gwen: Let's have lunch! I think we need to profile you on CD!
@Gwen: Let's have lunch! I think we need to profile you on CD!
I want to know why he isn't paying his own court costs. No one but he should pay any fees related to his troubles. In NO WAY should Michigan taxpayers help him out of the mess he was convicted of. So stop the madness now – go back and add up all he owes for court costs/attorneys,etc. – and add it to the million dollars he owes Detroit!
I want to know why he isn't paying his own court costs. No one but he should pay any fees related to his troubles. In NO WAY should Michigan taxpayers help him out of the mess he was convicted of. So stop the madness now – go back and add up all he owes for court costs/attorneys,etc. – and add it to the million dollars he owes Detroit!
It's good to see that someone in the media is covering the KK debacle. He's now in court facing a jury of his peers, supposedly, and should be convicted of the crimes for which he's been charged. But as many people know, Detroit's racism is legendary and he could walk – simply because some jurors, when it comes to race, won't convict someone like Kwame Kilpatrick. Let's hope the coverage of the trial reaches Texas, specifically the Dallas-Fort Worth area and that Kwame does't escape too much of the notoriety he has so diligently earned. He fled Detroit to escape that notoriety and he views Texas as a refuge. Let's hope Texas does not allow him so much latitude to enjoy his ill gotten gains, in peace and seclusion.
It's good to see that someone in the media is covering the KK debacle. He's now in court facing a jury of his peers, supposedly, and should be convicted of the crimes for which he's been charged. But as many people know, Detroit's racism is legendary and he could walk – simply because some jurors, when it comes to race, won't convict someone like Kwame Kilpatrick. Let's hope the coverage of the trial reaches Texas, specifically the Dallas-Fort Worth area and that Kwame does't escape too much of the notoriety he has so diligently earned. He fled Detroit to escape that notoriety and he views Texas as a refuge. Let's hope Texas does not allow him so much latitude to enjoy his ill gotten gains, in peace and seclusion.
When will the judges get tierd of looking like idiots? kilpatrick must laugh himself to sleep each night.
When will the judges get tierd of looking like idiots? kilpatrick must laugh himself to sleep each night.
love the photo of him in handcuffs and the "put upon" look on his face, and that was for a mere 18 month sentence – can you imagine the pique he must be suffering now that he'll probably be sent up for 15 to 20 years! for someone who "never in a million years thought I'd ever go to prison" he sure has an impressive portfolio of mug shots 🙂
love the photo of him in handcuffs and the "put upon" look on his face, and that was for a mere 18 month sentence – can you imagine the pique he must be suffering now that he'll probably be sent up for 15 to 20 years! for someone who "never in a million years thought I'd ever go to prison" he sure has an impressive portfolio of mug shots 🙂