Detroit— Texas parole officials have a message for former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: Get a job.
The message was revealed in Kilpatrick's personal emails to Texas and Michigan prison officials, which were obtained by The Detroit News. Kilpatrick said he is so broke he had to borrow money to pay his $160 restitution to the city last month and hasn't repaid $240,000 in loans from Compuware co-founder Peter Karmanos Jr. and businessmen Roger Penske, Dan Gilbert and James Nicholson.
"The money is gone," Kilpatrick said, adding he has not made a single loan payment.
The emails — along with news that Kilpatrick has not filed his tax return since 2008 — are surfacing as officials in Michigan are poised to increase his court-ordered restitution to about $500 a month. The review was prompted by concerns he is hiding assets and living beyond his means.
Michigan Corrections officials have made a decision on the restitution and instituted new parole conditions and are mailing them to him Tuesday. They won't announce what they are until he gets the letter in the mail, said Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan. Kilpatrick owes $860,222.
The ex-con, who resigned in disgrace in 2008 amid a text message scandal and who faces racketeering conspiracy charges in federal court, complained the Corrections crackdown and canceled appearances are hurting his reputation.
"This has not only hurt my ability to earn income, but has begun a conversation in this industry that I am unable to commit in a timely fashion," Kilpatrick wrote.
He said he was confused about being ordered to report to the Texas Workforce Commission earlier this month to register for a job. Kilpatrick insists he has a job giving speeches and making public appearances.
"We would not consider occasional speaking engagements to be steady employment," Texas Criminal Justice Department spokesman Jason Clark told The News.
Kilpatrick was making $120,000 a year as a salesman for a division of Detroit computer software giant Compuware until 2010. He was fired after Wayne County Judge David Groner put him back behind bars for violating probation by hiding assets that could have been applied to the $1 million restitution he agreed to pay the city.
The emails also shed light on Kilpatrick's controversial move last year to Grand Prairie, Texas.
In a Feb. 3 email, Kilpatrick said his wife, Carlita, is leasing the $372,000 home.
The 5,000-square-foot home is larger and more expensive than the family's last rental, but Kilpatrick is claiming poverty to qualify for taxpayer-funded criminal defense lawyers and low restitution payments.
Following media reports, Texas parole officials made "abrupt sweeping changes," Kilpatrick complained in an email.
Those changes include increasing the number of times he has to check in with parole officials.
"This has caused severe harm, in my ability to earn income, pay my court ordered restitution and even the overall scheduling of my professional, personal and family obligations," he wrote.
Kilpatrick's parole conditions have not changed, Clark said.
In the Feb. 3 email, Kilpatrick said the travel restrictions are a concern because he has $11,000 worth of appearances and book signings lined up this winter, including stops in Chicago, Detroit and a cruise to Jamaica and the Bahamas.
Kilpatrick was offered $1,500 to appear at a six-day Caribbean cruise and sign books during the Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage in late March. Along with his appearance fee, Kilpatrick gets a free cabin and can sell copies of his autobiography during the nationally syndicated radio host's cruise.
Kilpatrick also was offered $5,000 to participate in an "ethics workshop" in April at a forum in Virginia for black public administrators.
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Another crooked democrat that cannot follow the rules....
The message was revealed in Kilpatrick's personal emails to Texas and Michigan prison officials, which were obtained by The Detroit News. Kilpatrick said he is so broke he had to borrow money to pay his $160 restitution to the city last month and hasn't repaid $240,000 in loans from Compuware co-founder Peter Karmanos Jr. and businessmen Roger Penske, Dan Gilbert and James Nicholson.
"The money is gone," Kilpatrick said, adding he has not made a single loan payment.
The emails — along with news that Kilpatrick has not filed his tax return since 2008 — are surfacing as officials in Michigan are poised to increase his court-ordered restitution to about $500 a month. The review was prompted by concerns he is hiding assets and living beyond his means.
Michigan Corrections officials have made a decision on the restitution and instituted new parole conditions and are mailing them to him Tuesday. They won't announce what they are until he gets the letter in the mail, said Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan. Kilpatrick owes $860,222.
The ex-con, who resigned in disgrace in 2008 amid a text message scandal and who faces racketeering conspiracy charges in federal court, complained the Corrections crackdown and canceled appearances are hurting his reputation.
"This has not only hurt my ability to earn income, but has begun a conversation in this industry that I am unable to commit in a timely fashion," Kilpatrick wrote.
He said he was confused about being ordered to report to the Texas Workforce Commission earlier this month to register for a job. Kilpatrick insists he has a job giving speeches and making public appearances.
"We would not consider occasional speaking engagements to be steady employment," Texas Criminal Justice Department spokesman Jason Clark told The News.
Kilpatrick was making $120,000 a year as a salesman for a division of Detroit computer software giant Compuware until 2010. He was fired after Wayne County Judge David Groner put him back behind bars for violating probation by hiding assets that could have been applied to the $1 million restitution he agreed to pay the city.
The emails also shed light on Kilpatrick's controversial move last year to Grand Prairie, Texas.
In a Feb. 3 email, Kilpatrick said his wife, Carlita, is leasing the $372,000 home.
The 5,000-square-foot home is larger and more expensive than the family's last rental, but Kilpatrick is claiming poverty to qualify for taxpayer-funded criminal defense lawyers and low restitution payments.
Following media reports, Texas parole officials made "abrupt sweeping changes," Kilpatrick complained in an email.
Those changes include increasing the number of times he has to check in with parole officials.
"This has caused severe harm, in my ability to earn income, pay my court ordered restitution and even the overall scheduling of my professional, personal and family obligations," he wrote.
Kilpatrick's parole conditions have not changed, Clark said.
In the Feb. 3 email, Kilpatrick said the travel restrictions are a concern because he has $11,000 worth of appearances and book signings lined up this winter, including stops in Chicago, Detroit and a cruise to Jamaica and the Bahamas.
Kilpatrick was offered $1,500 to appear at a six-day Caribbean cruise and sign books during the Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage in late March. Along with his appearance fee, Kilpatrick gets a free cabin and can sell copies of his autobiography during the nationally syndicated radio host's cruise.
Kilpatrick also was offered $5,000 to participate in an "ethics workshop" in April at a forum in Virginia for black public administrators.
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Another crooked democrat that cannot follow the rules....