Posted on 01/14/2006 6:57:11 AM PST by pjsbro
ATLANTA, Jan. 13 - Over the years, the city that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called home has grown accustomed to stagnation and disrepair at the institution established in his name in 1968, even as it has paid her sons six-figure salaries.
Last month, the center's board, controlled by Dr. King's younger son, Dexter Scott King, announced it was considering the sale of the King Center complex, appraised at $11 million, to the National Park Service.
That proposal and myriad other difficulties - including a federal investigation into the center's use of taxpayer money and an estimate by the National Park Service that the complex of buildings needs $11 million in repairs - have deepened a rift among Dr. King's four children.
Acknowledging that the board, which until recently had been made up almost entirely of family members, had been "remiss" in its oversight, Mr. King said the solution was to strengthen and diversify the board. Bernice King said government ownership would result in a loss of ideological independence.
For years, the Park Service has been eager to buy the King Center's physical property, partly because of visitor complaints about the center's condition.
[A] year ago, the Atlanta Journal Constitution began a series of investigative articles about its finances. The articles revealed that the King Center needed repairs and ended most years with a deficit, yet paid Dexter King almost $180,000 and Martin King $150,000 in salaries and had given millions to a for-profit company run by Dexter King.
None of the four King children responded to requests for interviews. and the center did not answer repeated requests for information. In a brief phone conversation, a center spokesman said he could not provide a list of the board members because he did not know who they were.
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That might be why it's in such sad shape, ya think?
I was kind of had hoped that they would give the "International" civil rights center in Greensboro, NC to the MLK outfit so we could be done with both money holes as they slowly spin into oblivion. Actually it would be an upgrade in management if that happened and it might even get their hands out of the taxpayers pockets sooner.
Martin Luther King's children have brought nothing but shame to his hard-earned good name. They are all parasites, feeding at the pubic trough, and Loretta Scott King has allowed this sore to fester as she has done nothing but pimp for more money across the board so the other family members could take it and line their own pockets. I cannot believe each of them, from the professional widow on down, are not in jail for fraud, theft, and theft by conversion of the federal dollars allocated to the King Center. Something is rotten in Atlanta, and you spell it K-I-N-G.
"For years, the Park Service has been eager to buy the King Center's physical property, partly because of visitor complaints about the center's condition. "
Yikes! Don't let the Park Service hear about Zimbabwe!
Jesse's Rainbow will take 99% and the King center will get the balance.
These people are charlatans. They once called a law firm where I used to work, and asked that we do work for them pro bono (free.) I was asked to do this work, and flatly refused, directing the requesting partner to their website, which was espousing some pretty Marxist ideas. The partner agreed with me and we sent the King family on their way.
These people are just pimping MLK Jr.'s legacy in a very shameful way.
And that hard earned good name would be what?
Mr. Adulterer or Mr. Plagiarizer?
This is a good example of how the media can alter public policy with one word.
The word 'many' here is used by the reporter (or the editor) to give the reader the impression that there is widespread support for having the KIng Center become government run.
Exactly what number is 'many"? Five? Ten? Five Million?
The reporter could have used the word 'some' or 'few' to give the reader the impression that there is little support for moving the Center.
A balanced article would have simply omitted this paragraph altogether.
However he earned his good name doesn't hold a candle to what his offspring, and his wife, have done to besmirch it. They are lower than whale sh.. in my eyes, and should be run out of the country for being the scumballs they are. Coretta Scott King is a professional widow, and has nothing to show for all of the monies paid to her by this money-sucking King Center. She is part and parcel the main cause of the incompetence in the running of the Center, and her total lack of leadership is manifested in her children. If her IQ was 4 points lower, she would match a bowl of jell-o!
No, they are doing a good job of honoring his legacy.
Dang near everything named after MLK is a cesspool.
Be it the MLK Drew Hopital in Los Angeles, or any and every school, building and street named for him, they are almost all criminal-infested and/or homes for race whores and nepotism.
What does "her" refer to - King? Atlanta?
No, they are pimping his name for their personal gain, and using the foundation to line their own pockets. They are no better than Je$$e Jack$on, who uses a non-profit foundation that he runs to support a lavish lifestyle for himself, his mistresses, and his children.
Disgraceful.
Incompetents and worse.
Everything you said and then some!
Like I said. They are being true to the legacy.
I take it you don't know much about Dr. King.
It seems that this heritage thing does count for something. The King family is managing our government's money with as much corruption as African nations do. Nagin did the same in NO. Street does it in Philly. There definitely does seem to be a pattern here.
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