Where are they now -- wife of ex-Detroit mayor
From
USA Today:
Wife of ex-Detroit mayor loses job, lease on Texas home
With her husband, Kwame Kilpatrick, behind bars, Detroit's former first lady, Carlita Kilpatrick, has fallen on hard times in Texas, losing her job and her lease on the family's extravagant 5,000-square-foot home in posh Grand Prairie.
According to neighbors, the Kilpatricks' furniture and numerous household belongings were out on the curb on trash pickup day July 15, three days before the family officially moved out of the five-bedroom home they rented for $2,600 a month. According to Dallas real estate agent Will Butler, Carlita Kilpatrick was not evicted, but the owner of the house chose not to renew her lease. Butler did not elaborate, stating only that the house is now on the market to be leased again, this time for $2,799 a month.
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July has been a tough month for Carlita Kilpatrick. One week before she moved out of her house, she lost her $41,200 job working for the city of Duncanville, Texas, because, city officials said, she didn't meet the job's requirements.
Carlita Kilpatrick, who is now raising three sons on her own after Kwame Kilpatrick's public corruption conviction, was hired in January as a specialist at the Duncanville Fieldhouse, an athletic facility with basketball courts, a fitness center and meeting rooms. Her duties included organizing and scheduling sporting events, such as basketball and volleyball tournaments, and overseeing the facility's daily operations.
Claudia Garibay, Duncanville's public information officer, said Carlita Kilpatrick was on a 180-day probation period and did not meet the requirements of the job. She did not elaborate, beyond confirming that Kilpatrick's job officially ended July 10.
I feel sorry for the family but I would think though that the egregious corruption would have been evident to them and they could have done something. And what were they thinking renting a posh house at $2,600/month when her salary was only $3,433/month -- you have $833 left for food and necessities -- not enough for four people...
Posted by DaveH at July 24, 2013 2:18 PM