  E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1719 Registered: 11-2004 |
The Bobby Ferguson gets served thread got me thinking just who is married/related to who of Detroit's political/business elite. I didn't know Kwame's sister was married to Ferguson's cousin/employee. Someone else said in that thread said Warren Evans and Ella Bulla-Cummings were married. That got me thinking which of Metro Detroit's movers is married/related to which shakers? Such information sure would be intriguing. | ||
Pkbroch Member Username: Pkbroch Post Number: 41 Registered: 02-2008 |
Anthony Adams & Judge Deborah Adams | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1720 Registered: 11-2004 |
Is that former deputy mayor/current water dept head Anthony Adams and District Court Judge Deborah Adams? | ||
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame Post Number: 432 Registered: 12-2006 |
Seems like the city government needs a transfusion of fresh genes. Too much political inbreeding, maybe? LOL | ||
Pkbroch Member Username: Pkbroch Post Number: 42 Registered: 02-2008 |
E_hem; yes it is. | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 1578 Registered: 07-2007 |
The Detroit elite help themselves and friends and family. They are not for the little guy at all. (Message edited by lefty2 on July 24, 2008) | ||
Eastsidedame Member Username: Eastsidedame Post Number: 434 Registered: 12-2006 |
"Little Guys", January 1937:  | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 1515 Registered: 08-2007 |
Judge Izetta Bright is the wife of city corporation counsel John Johnson and Judge Ruth Carter is the city's former corporation counsel who was appointed by Kilpatrick. When Carter was appointed to the bench, she was dating Bernard Kilpatrick | ||
Plymouthres Member Username: Plymouthres Post Number: 782 Registered: 02-2007 |
The Kwame version of the "Friends and Family Plan"! Where is that damn "purge" button........ | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 1516 Registered: 08-2007 |
http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20080510/NEWS01/ 80510059 Family on city payroll Name Relationship Year of appointment, title, salary Job, title , salary as of 2007 Alice Beatty Beatty's then-husband's cousin's wife '02, mayor staff secretary II, $43,500 Asst. to mayor I, $44,814 Elizabeth (Ayanna) Benson ¹ Mayor's cousin '02, exec. manager planning, develop., $79,704 Dir. of Detroit Building Auth., $105,500 Akua Bragg-Porter Mayor's cousin '02, asst. to mayor II, $57,500 Dir. neighborhood city halls, $79,999 Ray Cheeks Mayor's uncle '02, exec. asst. to mayor IV, $89,000 Exec. asst. to mayor III, $93,503 Jacquelyn Watts Mayor's cousin '02, asst. to mayor I, $48,500 Exec. asst. to mayor II, $76,810 Nneka Cheeks Mayor's cousin '02, asst. to mayor I, $50,500 Exec. asst. to mayor I, $62,025 April Edgar Beatty's half-sister '02, secretary, Detroit Bldg. Authority, $38,000 Exec. asst. to mayor II, $70,500 Ajene Evans Mayor's cousin '02, mayor's staff secretary I, $32,500 Neighborhood city hall manager, $57,500 Jamila Evans Mayor's cousin '02, urban govt. intern, $18,720 Asst. to mayor I, $40,500 Patricia Peoples Mayor's cousin '04, exec. asst. to mayor III, $114,255 Dep. dir. of Human Res., $114,255 Family: The Free Press established appointees' family ties using marriage certificates, legal and census records and interviews. Friends on city payroll Name Relationship Year of appointment, title, salary Job, title, salary as of 2007 Medina Abdun-Noor MSU law school classmate and friend '02, exec. asst. to the mayor I, $62,500 Dir. of administrative hearings, $100,001 Jeffrey Beasley Florida A&M fraternity brother '05, dir. of project mgt., $114,301 Dir. of project management, $114,301 Chantel Clemons Former roommate of mayor's sister '02, neighborhood city hall manager, $57,500 Dep. dir. of neighborhood city hall, $70,000 Jamarl Eiland Cass Tech '88, football teammate '02, former dep. chief of staff, $65,500 Office of Homeland Security, n/a Dante Goss MSU law school classmate and friend '03, police commissioner, $72,000 Police commissioner, $101,301 Lawrence Hemingway Cass Tech '88, football teammate '02, exec. asst. to mayor II, $65,000 Dep. dir. Dept. of Recreation, $112,499 Beverlyn Hilton Longtime family friend '02, neighborhood city hall manager, $57,500 Exec. asst. to mayor III, $75,001 Loronzo (Greg) Jones ² Cass Tech '88, football teammate '02, exec. protection unit, $45,488 Exec. protection unit, $45,488 DeDan Milton Childhood friend of mayor '02, asst. to mayor I, $42,500 Exec. asst. to mayor II, $66,810 Kandia Milton Childhood friend of mayor '02, asst. to mayor III, $65,500 '07, Exec. asst. to the mayor, $91,300 Sandra Tene Ramsey Longtime family friend, mother of Kandia and DeDan Milton '02, dir., Sr. Citizen, Homeless Services, $85,000 Dir. of Senior Citizen and Homeless Services, $86,700 Friendships: The Free Press established friendships through court and other public records and interviews. Formerly on payroll Name Relationship Last job, title Salary Christine Beatty Friend from Cass Tech, '88 '07, chief of staff $142,813 Ruth Carter Mayor's father's girlfriend at time of appointment '05, corporation council $142,813 Andrea Carroll One of Carlita Kilpatrick's best friends '06, exec. asst. to mayor I $57,177 Misty Evans Cass Tech classmate,'88 '03, exec. asst. to mayor II $65,500 Derrick Miller Cass Tech '88, basketball teammate '07, chief information officer $142,813 Ceeon Quiett Christine Beatty's college sorority sister '06, press secretary $110,561 Dave Rayford Longtime family friend '05, dir. of Information Tech. Services $113,110 Lisa Stokes Cass Tech classmate,'88 '03, asst. to mayor I $41,500 Marlin Wilson-Threatt Friend from Cass Tech, '88 '05, dep. dir. of Information Tech. Services $114,240 ¹ Elizabeth (Ayanna) Benson worked in the planning and development department before Kilpatrick chose her as executive director of the Detroit Building Authority. ² Loronzo (Greg) Jones was a police officer assigned to the 2nd Precinct when Kilpatrick selected him to lead the elite team assigned to protect the mayor, his family and the Manoogian mansion. | ||
Plymouthres Member Username: Plymouthres Post Number: 785 Registered: 02-2007 |
This has got to be some kind of a record for nepotism! What a shameless ass! I remember one time, when queried as to how he could justify all the nepotism, he quickly answered, "I believe in surrounding myself with those you trust." Absolutely shameless, just like the "I don't know how to quit" or "I'm always running mantra he spews all the time..... | ||
Dianeinaustin Member Username: Dianeinaustin Post Number: 78 Registered: 02-2008 |
Gnome, Thanks for the list. Incredible. Poor Detroit.  | ||
Retroit Member Username: Retroit Post Number: 326 Registered: 04-2008 |
Holy Sh!t | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1893 Registered: 11-2003 |
Warren Evans and Ella Bully are divorced and have been so for a number of years | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 1518 Registered: 08-2007 |
Most of these people are all stooges. Low level punks and skanks who are simply making their outrageous salaries on the backs of hard working folk. The real Cass Tech butt-boy asshat in this whole mess is William Phillips, lawyer of Pepper Hamiltion fame. I've been banging the durm on this guy for months now. He is the straw in the drink. Next Vision fund, Super Bowl Committee, Downtown Devolpment Authority, Generations PAC, PEI PAC, Detroit Just-us Fund, attorney on the tunnel deal, attorney on the 2005 800 million dollar Water Department Bond, blah, blah blah. oh, business partners with Don Davis ...the list is endless. | ||
Pffft Member Username: Pffft Post Number: 1598 Registered: 12-2003 |
Shouldn't she be Ella Bully-Warren-Cummings?? Make the hyphenate names stop! Keep your maiden name, or take your husband's and be done with it... | ||
Saintme Member Username: Saintme Post Number: 199 Registered: 08-2006 |
What the hell is the Detroit Just-Us Fund? | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 5906 Registered: 12-2005 |
Detroit Justice Fund | ||
Retroit Member Username: Retroit Post Number: 328 Registered: 04-2008 |
Gnome, I still can't get over that list! Over $2.6 million to support Kwame's family and friends. If he is kicked out of office, the Unemployment Office is going to get awfully busy! | ||
Maxdetroit Member Username: Maxdetroit Post Number: 7 Registered: 08-2007 |
All these leeches sucking $50-150K out of the city on the Fitzpatrick Friends & Family Plan and apparently there's no law against it?! I suppose the 'founding fathers' never imagined a mayoral administration (and council) would be so brazenly crooked. Welcome to the 21st Century. | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1722 Registered: 11-2004 |
Looks like Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans is getting in on the Kilpatrick friends and family plan. "Evans has a daughter working for the mayor." What's a sheriff to do? http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20080725/BLOG250 4/80725088 | ||
Tractor_guy Member Username: Tractor_guy Post Number: 4 Registered: 01-2008 |
Unbelievable!!I guess it is who you know and who you blow! It is a shame for us working folk that put in years with a company doing hard work and raising families and you hear about these stooges making $100k to do nothing. How many assistants does the mayor need?! I have worked in cities and states where the mayors and city managers don't make what his assistant II's are making! | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 476 Registered: 08-2007 |
Where does that little weasel white guy , WHO GOT DUMPED, then was supposed to be some cable guy fit into this? |
