Thursday, September 27, 2012

Prosecutors now focusing on Carlita Kilpatrick



Now we’re getting some action!

Federal prosecutors are now setting their sights on Carlita Kilpatrick, or specifically, a non-profit organization she ran called U.N.I.T.E.
The purpose of this organization was, in theory, to help educate children in the city of Detroit. However, prosecutors claim that once State grants were given to the organization, Carlita Kilpatrick did nothing more than pocket the money.

Prosecutors shared one instance where the organization received $137,000 in grants, of which $91,000 collected as a salary! Whoa! Talk about a red flag.

Also interesting to note in this part of the trial is that supposedly some of the grant money was funneled through a non-profit organization called Vanguard, which was controlled by Kwame Kilpatrick’s ex-Pastor, Bishop Edgar Vann.

Although we are all innocent until proven guilty, the Kilpatrick Klan is not looking too good at the moment. If all of this is true, it is shameful that money given in the form of grants to help children ended up in someone’s greedy pockets. How can you look at yourself in the mirror every day?

Many people are wondering why Carlita was not brought up on charges as well. Maybe the Feds surmised that she has been through enough hell already by finding out about the illicit affair her husband was involved in with Christine Beatty.

In any event, if the Feds don’t get you, you’ll have to answer to God on the other side. This saga is getting uglier by the day, and we’re only through one week of testimony.

Let the action continue!

S.Ray Harris, CEO
Live From Detroit

Monday, September 24, 2012

Money in the shoe



Money in the shoe!

Kwame. Really? Your shoe?

Damn. I wish I had that much loot where I can summon a member of my security team to go over my house; go into my closet; get a wad of bills from my shoe; and take it to MY bank in order to pay a credit card bill!
I guess I’m in the wrong business.

The business I’m referring to is what Kwame and three other defendants are being charged with by the Feds. Bribery, racketeering, extortion and tax evasion are the charges facing Kwame, his father Bernard, best bud Bobby Ferguson, and Victor Mercado.

How about this from your typical sleaze-ball defense attorney …. In this case, Jim Thomas:  (Paraphrasing) “This could be money that Kwame has saved for years and hid the money under the bed or in his shoe”? Really, Jim.  $500,000.00? Or as the youngsters on the streets would say …. “five hundred stacks”!
Even after one day of testimony, you can see how this case is going. Kwame and his team will try and convince the jury that there is nothing illegal about receiving “gifts” from wealthy friends. The Feds will try prove that the money didn’t come without Kwame giving something in return, and that is contracts up the azz.

The real live reality TV show (even though we can’t even see it), will have Detroiters watching the news and reading the papers intently for the next four months. By the way, don’t think that the Freep and the News do not love this action! Everyone in Detroit has an opinion, which will have the Detroit area barber shops abound with comments about this case.

In the end, it will be up to 12 jurors to decide Kwame and Kompany’s fate. Is Kwame just being brought down by “Da Man”, or is he really being brought down by his boy “De Dan?” In will be interesting indeed as we move forward.

In your shoe? C’mon, Kwame! Really?

S.Ray Harris, CEO
Live From Detroit