  Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 1000 Registered: 04-2006 |
I was going to wait to post my 1,000th post to write my first ever "profound post," but instead decided to resort to another Kwame Kilpatrick theft accusation! How great is gossip? While walking by the Manoogian a couple of weeks ago, just a matter of days before the mayor moved, I was taken by the moving van outside the building. Below is a picture I took that day.  My point is this: The city paid for ALL of the expensive contemporary furniture in the facility to be TEMPORARILY enjoyed by the mayor - until he left office - and the DIA TEMPORARILY loaned the mayor the artwork in the home. Why the hell, in that case could the mayor have ANY reason to use a SEMI if he had no (or not much) furniture of his own to move? I smell a rat. A very large criminal rat with a diamond stud firmly planted in his ear. A close up of the van reveals that it is indeed a MOVING semi, labeled "North American University Moving and Storage CO, INC."  As I recall, when Archer moved out, HIS decor remained until the next mayor (Kilpatrick) was elected. Looking for a good news story Free Press, News, or Metrotimes? You're welcome to my pictures if indeed I am correct. Nail this sucker. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 2916 Registered: 12-2004 |
quote: Source for this? | ||
Westsiiiide Member Username: Westsiiiide Post Number: 351 Registered: 05-2008 |
To: Fnemecek; Go back to the thread called "Manogian Mansion photo's" from 9-21-08 | ||
Blueidone Member Username: Blueidone Post Number: 341 Registered: 03-2007 |
Is it possible the moving van took the furniture to storage? I thought I read that other furniture is still being stored from prior mayors. On the other hand, with all the money he got, he may have been stocking up on other possessions in the house that were not on loan. Still hard to believe that it would be enough for a moving van. I was afraid of something like this from the beginning. I hope someone was checking... | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 1001 Registered: 04-2006 |
here are some excerpts from the article that was posted on that thread: Detroit Free Press (MI)-April 4, 2002 Author: M.L. ELRICK FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER ...Four months after Dennis Archer bid adieu to Detroit's mayoral manse, Kwame Kilpatrick is ready to give his furniture the heave-ho... ...So those distinguished items -- along with dozens of others in 150 lots made up mostly of furniture, plus some artwork and mirrored wall sconces -- will be auctioned at 11 a.m. April 20. The proceeds, which could exceed $200,000, will help the Kilpatricks put their own stamp on Detroit's official residence... ..."We've got some wonderful things being auctioned, but they don't fit in with the young family of the Kilpatricks," Ernest DuMouchelle, whose downtown gallery will sell the items, said Wednesday. "With the Archers, it was a more formal type of living."... ...All were purchased for the mansion by the nonprofit Manoogian Mansion Society, which helped the Archers redecorate after Coleman Young left office in 1993 after 20 years as mayor... Contact M.L. ELRICK at 313-223-3327 or elrick@freepress.com. Edition: METRO FINAL Section: NWS Page: 1A Index Terms: MANOOGIAN MANSION ; AUCTION ; KWAME KILPATRICK ; DUMOUCHELLES Record Number: 0204040396 Copyright (c) 2002 Detroit Free Press | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 1002 Registered: 04-2006 |
bluedone, that could very well be, and I hope it is true. however, at the time that this photo was taken, it was unclear whether or not Cockerel would be moving in. At at least according to the above article, the precedent was that furniture was left so that the incoming mayor could select what they want, and then the Manoogian Mansion Society would sell and then purchase new items... | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 2491 Registered: 11-2007 |
There should be city auditors on hand for every tenant move on city owned property. But with the the DPS warehouse problems unresolved, what can you expect? (Message edited by Bigb23 on September 30, 2008) | ||
Westsiiiide Member Username: Westsiiiide Post Number: 352 Registered: 05-2008 |
I remember reading either an Hour Magazine or Detroit Home magazine with photo's of the NEW decor when Kwame moved in. He just moved in December 21, 2002, almost a year after he got elected. So the article was after that. The furnishing were super modern in the living room, and the designer was supposedly the same interior designer who decorated Sweet Georgia Brown and the Breakfast restaurant on Woodward downtown. I have searched and searched & neither of the periodicals are on-line. I had the magazine but tossed it. But yeah, I thought the same thing, like what does he have to move besides incidentals, clothing, maybe electronics. I thought the City and the Society paid for the furniture. (Message edited by Westsiiiide on September 30, 2008) | ||
Zulu_warrior Member Username: Zulu_warrior Post Number: 3463 Registered: 10-2003 |
Perhaps, there were certain things purchased for the mayor and then he, In turn, purchased items for his children. 3 beds for growing children, maybe? reaching here ? | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 1129 Registered: 10-2003 |
Paging Steve Wilson. | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 1006 Registered: 04-2006 |
if city auditors DONT monitor this kind of stuff what do they do!?  looks like not much is getting audited these days... | ||
Supergay Member Username: Supergay Post Number: 187 Registered: 05-2006 |
Holy rabble-rousing Batman! Is there anything going on here but idle speculation, Andy? Was it like, "I hate that guy so much I bet he's stealing furniture?" Just curious if that's it or if there's anything more to it. | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 1007 Registered: 04-2006 |
hey, is there anything wrong with a rabble rousing 1000th post?! Seriously, though... That man has nothing to fill a SEMI with, so I'm just curious what went in there. Yeah... It's speculation. Poor Kwame. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 2917 Registered: 12-2004 |
Not enough to fill a semi? Where do you think the copies of those text messages that SkyTel delivered went? Or all of those hotel receipts? Oh, and don't forget about the baseball bat that would've had that dancer Strawberry's blood & DNA on it along with Mrs. Kilpatrick's fingerprints. There's lots of things that one could fit inside of a semi, plus all of the usual things like clothes and such. Damn, this would make an interesting story if someone decided to follow it. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 645 Registered: 05-2008 |
>>Seriously, though... That man has nothing to fill a SEMI with, so I'm just curious what went in there.<< He does have an enormous ego. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 7375 Registered: 11-2003 |
jjaba is your answerman. Most of the time, movers haul more than one load in a single truck. The trucks are large enough for 5 households, packed tight. Mixed freight can be sorted later at storage sites or loading docks. So in that truck was furniture from Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, SS Kresge, Walter Chrysler AND the convicted Mayor. All five of these households have left the city. The last one will turn out the lights. jjaba, your answerman. | ||
Stromberg2 Member Username: Stromberg2 Post Number: 122 Registered: 10-2006 |
Welcome back, Jjaba....where you been? Stromberg2 | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 7376 Registered: 11-2003 |
jjaba has been busy. Sorry for not posting. Stromberg2, thanks for your concerns. jjaba, Proudly Westside. | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 1014 Registered: 04-2006 |
jjaba, do you know for a fact that those places shared the semi? | ||
Mschievous Member Username: Mschievous Post Number: 280 Registered: 04-2008 |
Andy, SS Kresge is your clue. I think Jjaba was just pointing out that there could have been any number of groups sharing that moving van. Or am I missing something here Jjaba? :-) | ||
Bdglsmn Member Username: Bdglsmn Post Number: 118 Registered: 01-2008 |
I heard a rumor that the mummified remains of Jimmy Hoffa were in that truck as well. Evidently he was invited to the Manoogian for a party and never... nevermind... | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 1841 Registered: 11-2003 |
Who is to say that it is the mayor who hired the truck? Perhaps the city is hauling this furniture to auction off as well. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 908 Registered: 09-2007 |
Toda, Jjaba....excellent posts! A Very Happy New Year to You. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 5647 Registered: 10-2003 |
Oh yeah, I just found out that the architect was an unknown named Miles Standish. He was a brother-in-law of the original owner before the Manoogians. I found it in a written history of the Berry Sub. | ||
Birdie Member Username: Birdie Post Number: 71 Registered: 04-2007 |
The DIA provides artwork to the Manoogian. Hopefully none of that fell in the truck! | ||
Westsiiiide Member Username: Westsiiiide Post Number: 396 Registered: 05-2008 |
Looking at this clip today from wxyz.com the mansion sure looks a tad bit empty since KK left. http://www.wxyz.com/news/local /story.aspx?content_id=c71f283 3-f4f1-4432-b97d-986bc8ad3f4e | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 14759 Registered: 12-2003 |
And it looks like all the speculation was backwards...he apparently DONATED things to the mansion in his rush out the door. |
