MI MI - Tamara Greene, 27, Detroit, 30 April 2003

[golfmom]

Lots of info on KK non-profit affiliations in this article:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080204/METRO/802040398/1136/SPORTS07

'The oversight is so slight'

Rich Robinson, executive director of the nonpartisan Michigan Campaign Finance Network, an open-government group, said elected officials use a myriad of nonprofits and campaign funds to spread influence and reward themselves.

"The oversight is so slight, the reality is politicians can do a lot with the money they get," Robinson said.

The escalating use of nonprofits by elected officials means they can even be more secretive about who supports them financially.

"There are very, very few public reporting requirements," said Robinson.

The Fund for Detroit's Future, for example, gave roughly $80,000 to Jerry Oliver when he was Detroit police chief, and spent $5,500 to send the mayor's wife, Carlita, to a Portland, Maine, school to learn how to train staff on protocol and etiquette.

 

[golfmom]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/NEWS01/803250419/1003/NEWS

"If I were her lawyer, I'd probably be encouraging her to have a conversation with the prosecutor," said John Freeman, a former local and federal prosecutor who practices criminal law in Troy. "I'd be recommending that she consider cutting a deal and try to maintain her eligibility to become a lawyer when she graduates from law school."

 

[JinxieJada]

He's arrived....


Beatty's bond at 75k prelim on June 9th

His set up is the same - they stated "personal" (unsure what that means" restricted to state of michigan, however he has the right to travel w/i the united states w/o permission but w/ advance notice as to specific times and whereabouts to sometype of pretrial people. (paraphrasing a bit) because of the position he holds.

(Paraphrasing of arraignment via live feed)

 

[golfmom]

He's arrived....


Beatty's bond at 75k prelim on June 9th

75K for Beatty and Kilpatrick seems low to me based on the charges. :behindbar

 

[golfmom]

This is the first text message that Kym has released, and boy is it a doozy!

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/NEWS01/80325044/1003

A text message prosecutors obtained from Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s city pager shows he urgently asked his staff to give him a good reason for his dismissal of former Deputy Chief Gary Brown, according to documents filed in Kilpatrick’s criminal case in 36th District Court.
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“We must answer the question? Why was Gary Brown fired,” Kilpatrick wrote in the text message to his staff in June 2003. “It will be asked, I need short, powerful answer… I just need a good answer whatever it might be.”

Kilpatrick sent the message just hours before he was to be interviewed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox about a rumored wild party at the mayoral Manoogian mansion and about Brown’s removal, an investigator said in a report filed in 36th District Court in Kilpatrick’s criminal case.

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The investigators’ report said the Kilpatrick text message shows that Brown was fired and not “unappointed” as Kilpatrick and Beatty testified.

 

[SuziQ]

Doozy is right! Another lie, now confirmed.

 

[SuziQ]

The lawyer representing the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene says Monday's criminal charges against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff bolster the credibility of his case.
Norman Yatooma said it is significant that obstruction of justice charges against Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty relate to allegations that they fired former Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown to hamper Brown's criminal investigations related to the mayor and his police bodyguards. Among the allegations Brown was looking into was a rumored party with strippers at the Manoogian Mansion, the mayor's official residence.
"Terminating Gary Brown was done in order to avoid the investigation of the party," and Monday's charges show Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy holds a similar view, Yatooma said. (more at link)

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/METRO/803250351/1409/METRO

 

[golfmom]

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[golfmom]

The lawyer representing the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene says Monday's criminal charges against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff bolster the credibility of his case.
Norman Yatooma said it is significant that obstruction of justice charges against Kilpatrick and Christine Beatty relate to allegations that they fired former Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown to hamper Brown's criminal investigations related to the mayor and his police bodyguards. Among the allegations Brown was looking into was a rumored party with strippers at the Manoogian Mansion, the mayor's official residence.
"Terminating Gary Brown was done in order to avoid the investigation of the party," and Monday's charges show Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy holds a similar view, Yatooma said. (more at link)

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/METRO/803250351/1409/METRO

For me it's more about the obstruction of justice than juicy sex talk and extra-marital affairs. I suspect Kilpatrick is gonna want everyone to stay focused on sex instead of diggin' deeper and considering is ties to a murder.

 

[SuziQ]

Graphic: Here's the procedure for removal

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/NEWS01/80324088

 

[golfmom]

I think the council has the best shot at getting him removed. Did you see they have hearings already scheduled on the matter for April 8-10th?

 

[SuziQ]

For me it's more about the obstruction of justice than juicy sex talk and extra-marital affairs. I suspect Kilpatrick is gonna want everyone to stay focused on sex instead of diggin' deeper and considering is ties to a murder.

I completely agree. His affair had nothing to do with several of the charges anyways. It had to do with the firing of the LE officers and lying about that.

 

[SuziQ]

I think the council has the best shot at getting him removed. Did you see they have hearings already scheduled on the matter for April 8-10th?

Yes, I wonder if they'll be televised?

 

[golfmom]

Yes, I wonder if they'll be televised?

LOL, or they could show the penguins again.

I all but fell out of my chair expecting to see the council meeting and instead was treated to the flock of penguins. There was something ironic going on.

 

[SuziQ]

LOL, or they could show the penguins again.

I all but fell out of my chair expecting to see the council meeting and instead was treated to the flock of penguins. There was something ironic going on.

Lol, duh, now I get what your earlier remark was. At one point all I saw was the camera on the floor and a view of the councils legs and feet. Thankfully all that was going on was alot of nervous toe tapping.

 

[golfmom]

A few articles relating to Ferguson. The first is a series of texting between Beatty and Ferguson showing his absolutely exclusive insider bidding ability for city contracts. Free Press reports that Bobby Ferguson, a close friend of Kilpatrick, won millions of dollars in city contracts while consulting with Beatty as projects were up for bid.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080308/NEWS01/303080004/&imw=Y

In this article it relates Bobby Ferguson's criminal background: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080309/NEWS01/803090616
Bobby Ferguson, 39, has had numerous brushes with the law -- including violent episodes -- that span almost two decades.

Ferguson says he and Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, 37, have been friends since around 1996. Ferguson was running his family business at the time, and Kilpatrick was a first-term state representative.

Contracts awarded to Ferguson Enterprises: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080308/NEWS01/303080002/0/NEWS01

and here's the smoking gun . . . :bang: Quid Pro Quo ... you donate and cash and contracts rain down.
http://www.detnews.com/2005/metro/0503/10/A01-112311.htm

 

[golfmom]

This is an older article by Stefani that I came across that is VERY interesting. It uncovers yet another layer of this scandal. I started googling him because he's on the hot seat for the final deal that hid the text messages. IMO, I think he did the very best he could under very difficult and dangerous circumstances. It was his job to represent his clients ... it was the city attorneys who's job it was to represent the best interests of the city. They didn't, they put Kilpatrick's personal needs above the cities.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080228/METRO/802280388

• Stefani on a source telling him Kilpatrick gave Beatty money to buy a house:

"I believe to this date, it's only my belief, that the mayor gave Christine Beatty twelve thousand dollars to buy that house on -- that new house she bought. Because she had moved out of the home that she was living in with her husband. And my sources told me the mayor actually helped her pick this house out, this new one on Westmoreland. And when she went to apply for the mortgage, she had no money to put down. And the bank told her that she needed twenty-four thousand dollars. And the bank gave her, gave her, not loaned her, but gave her twelve thousand dollars. And my source told me that Beatty said, 'Well, the mayor will give me the other twelve.' And the bank said, 'Look, this can't be a loan. It has to be a gift.' And she says, 'Well, it will be a gift.' And he said, 'Nobody's going to believe that the mayor gave you a gift, so have the mayor give the money to your mother, then have your mother make a gift.'"

 

[golfmom]

Oh Oh Oh! I think that there's a lot more to this mortgage info on Beatty.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080227/NEWS01/302270001

The confidential deal requires Stefani to turn over records he has on Beatty's homes in Detroit. The Free Press reported in 2004 that Beatty, who was making $140,000 a year, obtained a $12,000 grant from Fifth Third Bank for a mortgage from a program intended for underprivileged people. Fink asks Stefani why the city wanted that information turned over.

Stefani: You know, I only know what McCargo told me. And McCargo told me ... first of all, it could have been a negotiation tactic on his part, it could have been pure BS, but he said in order for us to get you this much money, you have to give us some more documents. We have to make it look like we are really getting a bang for our buck. ... And he said, so we want the Christine Beatty, her mortgage, her husband's mortgage, anything you've got on that. And I said, fine, it's been reported already in the newspaper, but I will be happy to turn -- and that was also turned over and put in escrow.

 

[SuziQ]

Oh Oh Oh! I think that there's a lot more to this mortgage info on Beatty.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080227/NEWS01/302270001

The confidential deal requires Stefani to turn over records he has on Beatty's homes in Detroit. The Free Press reported in 2004 that Beatty, who was making $140,000 a year, obtained a $12,000 grant from Fifth Third Bank for a mortgage from a program intended for underprivileged people. Fink asks Stefani why the city wanted that information turned over.

That really upsets me. So many hardworking people want a home and can't get it because the guidelines of these programs are so strict that most are disqualified from the get go. Mainly because the salary caps are so rediculously low and are told they make too much money to qualify for assistance. And here Beatty walks off with 12,000.00 dollars while making 140K a year.

From your above link I saw this and it made me realize how easily and how close the city came to being able to hide the text messages.

So, I expected them to file motions for a new trial ... and I wanted to obtain the records, especially after I found out that the jury was deprived of these records really through the chicanery of somebody from the city who told SkyTel not to honor the subpoena until the judge ruled -- and then never brought the motion up for hearing. So ... I felt like I had been tricked. I felt like it was dishonest. And I wanted to see what was in those records for post-trial motions.

 

[golfmom]

More from the Mad Hatter's Tea Party ... the bank after realizing it could get in trouble for granting $12K to Ms. Beatty under a program that WASN'T YET IN EXISTENCE, has now backed off and said that she did not in fact receive the funds from that program, however they DECLINE to say where exactly that grant came from!!!!

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080305/METRO/803050386