Well, fine, it is outrageous situation. But I’m more curious as to how he can afford his fancy new McMansion and the nearly $3,000 monthly rental payments that come with it.
After all, Kilpatrick claims he’s only making $60,000 with his tacky new career as a third-rate motivational speaker on the prosperity gospel circuit. Once he pays rent, there’s not much left over for taxes, utilities, cars, food, and whatever else his wife and kids may need.
Plus he has to repay Messrs. Karmanos, Gilbert, Penske, and Nicholson for that $240,000 loan. That’ll cost. If they just forgave that loan, it would have serious tax implications for all parties involved.
So, honestly, how is he making this work? Money in the mattress?
And more importantly, given his opulent lifestyle, large family (three growing boys can’t be cheap), and claims of poverty, how did that money make its way into Kwame Kilpatrick’s mattress?
He was, after all, just a humble public servant who never earned an annual salary of more than $185,000 in his life.
The math just doesn’t add up, but that’s ok because I’m pretty sure federal investigators will figure out just how Kilpatrick is paying his bills. You know, as they put together their RICO case against the ex-mayor and his three fellow Kilpatrick Enterprise defendants.