  Leland_palmer Member Username: Leland_palmer Post Number: 582 Registered: 08-2004 |
Attorney claims ex-mayor only has $6 -- not $6,000 -- left to pay each month. Doug Guthrie / The Detroit News http://tinyurl.com/d8p5k7 DETROIT -- Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is asking for a break on court-ordered payments toward $1 million in restitution he must pay the city as part of his sentence for the text message scandal. Although Kilpatrick is earning a minimum of $10,000 per month in his new job as a salesman in Texas, hefty personal expenses leave just $6 for court-ordered monthly payments of $6,000, according to documents filed this week in Wayne Circuit Court. That doesn't even touch Kilpatrick's $635,828 in unpaid legal bills, revealed in the new court filing. Kilpatrick's newest attorney, Michael Alan Schwartz, claims Judge David Groner's mandated payment schedule appears to be designed to cause Kilpatrick to fail in his five-year restitution effort and possibly face sentencing to prison. Although Kilpatrick served 99 days in jail, resigned from office and gave up his law license, his guilty pleas to two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of assault still allow the judge total sentencing latitude of up to five years if he doesn't meet the requirements of his probation. "The fact the judge is upset Mr. Kilpatrick isn't walking around in sack cloth and ashes isn't what is supposed to happen here," Schwartz said Thursday. The first comment in the forum says it all "douchebag!" | ||
Marshall Member Username: Marshall Post Number: 44 Registered: 09-2008 |
$6.00 a month, hmmm. So that debt would be paid off in 166,000 months - give or take? Wish I could do my mortgage that way. (Message edited by marshall on March 27, 2009) | ||
Softailrider Member Username: Softailrider Post Number: 309 Registered: 02-2007 |
When he wins that lawsuit aganist the text message company he'll have plenty of money available. | ||
Alley Member Username: Alley Post Number: 1065 Registered: 02-2008 |
Screw him! Don't do the crime if you can't pay the fine, and it was his choice to waste major money on attorneys who had no chance of getting him out of trouble, anyway. They should double his fines for being an asshole! | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7973 Registered: 10-2003 |
Poor baby! Maybe he might do what many of us have been forced to do. LIVE WITHIN YOUR MEANS! | ||
Unclefrank Member Username: Unclefrank Post Number: 147 Registered: 03-2006 |
What a tubesteak | ||
Crosswordgirl Member Username: Crosswordgirl Post Number: 502 Registered: 08-2008 |
oh i dunno..........a sack cloth can look stylish if you really try.......... "As its name indicates, it was used for sacks, but was also customarily worn by mourners (in some countries, the ancient custom is still faintly seen today when mourners wear black arm bands at funerals), or as a sign of deep repentance and humility" repentance and humility huh..... (Message edited by crosswordgirl on March 27, 2009) | ||
Detroitbred Member Username: Detroitbred Post Number: 288 Registered: 06-2008 |
He needs to drive a Neon and live in a double wide. His debt to the city should come before anything else...subtract that first and find living arangements that conform to what he has left. Fat Asshat | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 4300 Registered: 11-2007 |
Throw in a few extra lotto tickets, and there goes the $6.00 | ||
Daddeeo Member Username: Daddeeo Post Number: 613 Registered: 09-2008 |
He could get a real steal right here in town instead of living in the ritzy suburbs of Houston. He needs to tone down the life style. | ||
Leland_palmer Member Username: Leland_palmer Post Number: 583 Registered: 08-2004 |
I would like to see KK drive to work in a beater. | ||
Detroitplanner Member Username: Detroitplanner Post Number: 2275 Registered: 04-2006 |
$420 for phone? $400 for credit card debt?? $900 car lease Aren't those the things that got him nailed in the first place? and: $400 credit card DEBT $229 student loan?? He still has a student loan?!? $600 miscellaneous. Looks like its time for Carlita to get a job. Help him pay some of his bills. | ||
Spartacus Member Username: Spartacus Post Number: 300 Registered: 07-2005 |
Does anyone remember KK's attorney's argument to the court that he should be allowed to take the job? The gist of it was that KK really wanted to pay back as much as possible and that he had the best chance of paying back his debt by taking the job in Texas. What a joke. | ||
Wally Member Username: Wally Post Number: 610 Registered: 12-2003 |
$10,000 - $6,000 = $4000 left per month. I think most of us here could live very comfortably off of that level of income. I have absolute zero sympathy for this gas bag. His "hefty living expenses" are purely his choice. Tone it back fatso and pay your debt to the people of Detroit. I'll repeat, I think most of us here could live very comfortably off of $4000/month. | ||
Blueidone Member Username: Blueidone Post Number: 527 Registered: 03-2007 |
I agree with the lifestyle change. Didn't I read somewhere when he took that job that Carlita bought him a $26000 car? If so...why the lease payment? Does he really HAVE to live in a house that costs $3000 a month? He needs to live within his means like the rest of us...or borrow money from his mother...or go back to jail. It's that simple. Why should he get any more special treatment? | ||
Detroitbred Member Username: Detroitbred Post Number: 289 Registered: 06-2008 |
The Navigator cost $35,000.00, a "gift from Carlita". And just where did SHE get the money??? She hasn't done an honest days work in her life....citzens of Detroit would be my guess. They have learned absolutely nothing from all this.....still working the system. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 5450 Registered: 06-2004 |
garnishee his paycheck - we know where he works | ||
Det_ard Member Username: Det_ard Post Number: 74 Registered: 02-2009 |
He's still trying to scam the system any way he can. The system needs to come down on him HARD. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 1988 Registered: 12-2004 |
quote: His gross earnings (before taxes) are $10,000. He'll have approx. $1,200 withheld for federal income taxes plus another grand or so for FICA and Medicare. I have no idea what the state income tax withholdings are like in Texas. Still, when one looks at the other expenses that he has, it's clear that there is considerable room for downsizing. Mr. Kilpatrick graduated from law school. He should have known when he leased that home and such that his court-ordered restitution has to be paid first. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 6187 Registered: 04-2005 |
quote: From what I read, Texas doesn't allow for garnishment: quote: Convenient for Kwame, isn't it? | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 4311 Registered: 11-2007 |
quote: So he'll now use off shore bank accounts? Clever crook. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 6188 Registered: 04-2005 |
If his money is as tight as he claims, he has little use for a bank account, except checking, and I don't know what the law is for that. He can always pay cash for everything with money orders. | ||
Detroitbill Member Username: Detroitbill Post Number: 698 Registered: 09-2006 |
I guarantee you will see Kwame living large when he feels like it, He has always been a slime bag, trys to work the system and get out of things, he has a built in sense of entitlement, no matter what. He agreed to the terms of the settlement and now has to fess up. If he cant then he deserves it. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1727 Registered: 05-2008 |
His entitlement mentality continues... | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1728 Registered: 05-2008 |
Perhaps the Kilpatricks should look at this place--it's just $1395/mo. http://www.rentals.com/Home-Re ntals/Display.aspx?ListingNumb er=887849 It appears to be in a suburb. Mind you, it's not THE ritziest suburb. (Message edited by lodgedodger on March 27, 2009) | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 693 Registered: 07-2008 |
Once again, the children of Detroit are taught by example that one can game the system. No need for honest work. No need to keep one's word. A home that costs $3000 a month, and a $35000 automobile take priority over court ordered payments. One should screw the City and destroy the careers of policemen when it is beneficial to one's lifestyle. No need to keep your wedding vows, women are objects for your taking. If complaints are raised, play the race card. "Makes you want to holler, throw up both your hands!" | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1870 Registered: 11-2005 |
Then why on earth would you go out and buy a pricey new car and live in a huge house in a tony neighborhood. Tough. Deal. | ||
Dianeinaustin Member Username: Dianeinaustin Post Number: 226 Registered: 02-2008 |
Texas does not have a state income tax. | ||
Michiman Member Username: Michiman Post Number: 8 Registered: 02-2009 |
Boo hoo baby...cry me a river. Now pay up..... | ||
Wally Member Username: Wally Post Number: 613 Registered: 12-2003 |
You'd think being closer to the border, the cheaper blow and Mexican prostitutes would bring his cost of living down. |
