  Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6932 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24 |
Nice to see the local media check into dealings of other area politicans. While I think Detroit has more than its fair share of pols that waste money it is nice to see some dirt on those so willing to throw stones. http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=2006603080418
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Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6933 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24 |
I will say that LBP is spending money in the city. That's always nice to hear even if he is spending other peoples money. ($3,300 for an event at Pangborn). I wonder if he is trying to give some cash to Pangborn to try to lure him to OC. | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 15 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 68.62.19.247 |
Inexcusible! How do these guys constantly make the same dumb financial mistakes? Don't they know TV stations and Newspapers love this stuff? My only problem with the reports is that they do them at the wrong time. They need to do them right before elections so people remember exactly who they are voting for. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6934 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24 |
What I find interesting is that MC has a website that shows campaign funds info but OC which is very on the ball with IT forces you to go to the county building to request a copy. | ||
Everydayislikesunday Member Username: Everydayislikesunday Post Number: 227 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 68.41.153.99 |
you have to admit, Rob Maniscalco does some amazing work!  | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6935 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24 |
He could have commissioned me to do it. For $5 I would have just painted a large penis. The likeness would be eerily similar.  | ||
_sj_ Member Username: _sj_ Post Number: 1249 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 69.220.230.150 |
I believe though he was spending campaign funds, not taxpayers funds but I could be wrong. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6938 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24 |
Yes - It was campaign funds but it is still shady spending. | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 6939 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.24 |
Add this in for LBP. Rough day for the man. http://detroitnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20060308/M ETRO02/603080367/1009 Patterson defends use of staff work He denies charges he broke campaign finance laws by using county resources to fight state's Single Business Tax. And in usual LBP form. Don't address the issue, just attack someones character:
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Gambling_man Member Username: Gambling_man Post Number: 670 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 199.178.193.5 |
Campaign funds can be spent however they choose. These funds are not from John Q Taxpayer. Don't forget, many politicians become millionaires when they retire, as they get to keep the money left over in their campaign funds....... | ||
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa Post Number: 751 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 208.39.170.77 |
It's the price you pay when you donate to a campaign. Unless you're the campaign manager or politician you really have no say as to how the money is spent after the check is written... | ||
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 908 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 198.208.159.20 |
^his face doesn't look nearly puffy enough | ||
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto Post Number: 1754 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 216.203.223.76 |
well, that's why Rob gets paid so well for his work. | ||
Everydayislikesunday Member Username: Everydayislikesunday Post Number: 228 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 68.41.153.99 |
If that is, indeed, the portrait in question -- it's interesting to note that it seems LBP got a hefty discount. According to Rob's website (a little out dated since he moved almost a year ago), these are the portrait prices : Oil (on canvas or board) Adult Child* Head and Shoulders $6,500 $5,500 Half Figure and Hands 7,500 6,500 Three Quarter Figure 9,000 8,000 Full 11,000 9,500 (Message edited by everydayislikesunday on March 08, 2006) | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 1481 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.250.205.35 |
So see, it was smart spending after all. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 1253 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94 |
Poor Maniscalco. Patterson's spending choice says a little bit about his hubris. | ||
Gdub Member Username: Gdub Post Number: 1005 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.221.78.226 |
There goes the fishwrap again! Biased, racist media on a witch hunt fabricating falsehoods about the improprieties of local politicians! Oh, wait... | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 711 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 209.104.146.146 |
I never thought Brooks' neck was so long and skinny. | ||
Everydayislikesunday Member Username: Everydayislikesunday Post Number: 229 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 68.41.153.99 |
1953 - i don't think it ever was. obviously the portrait has some idealistic qualities. LBP seems to be a tad vain, anyway -- did anyone see the Hour magazine where he was unhappy with a photo of him in the previous issue, so he sent a letter with a more becoming photo? | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 1255 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94 |
And he wasn't joking? Oh my. | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 2340 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.167.210.54 |
Who says he doesn't care about the arts? Remember the flap he made about the art acquisition for Cobo? Maybe [hint, hint] if they hung his picture down there bye gones would be bye gones? I am sure what he did was legal, but I wonder how those campaign donors feel about his vanity expenditures? From an artist's perspective I think more red was needed in the nose. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 352 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 68.2.191.57 |
The corner of the table being, er, right there is a bit disturbing too. | ||
Metrodetguy Member Username: Metrodetguy Post Number: 2399 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.144.86.155 |
Where are "Ilovedetroit", Mwg2s, and other of that ilk for the "defense"? | ||
Ilovedetroit Member Username: Ilovedetroit Post Number: 2113 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 69.246.57.75 |
The pic is nice but it still could not make the faux Versace tie look good! Who dressed him -Cher? | ||
Leoqueen Member Username: Leoqueen Post Number: 1131 Registered: 07-2004 Posted From: 172.171.52.190 |
ARGGGHH!!! I just saw it! The red tip and everything! Paint it out, PLEASE!! | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 454 Registered: 12-2003 Posted From: 71.213.227.199 |
Shouldn't he have had his shirt off and been screaming "what took you so long!"?? Seriously though, can anyone be sure that is the corner of the table? | ||
Ilovedetroit Member Username: Ilovedetroit Post Number: 2114 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 63.149.5.130 |
Leoqueen - LMAO - you made me laugh out loud at work. Well maybe everything is BIG in Oakland CO.? | ||
Dsmith Member Username: Dsmith Post Number: 94 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 68.41.202.23 |
Ilovedetroit Member Username: Ilovedetroit The pic is nice but it still could not make the faux Versace tie look good! Who dressed him -Cher? ---------------------------- It's a Pangborn. All you LBP haters must love seeing him sport a "Detroit" neck tie. https://www.pangbornstore.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=2948&osCsid=9028dbe0a96aabe49cd43b9fb516a6f8 (Message edited by dsmith on March 09, 2006) |
