Posted on 02/13/2009 11:26:57 AM PST by pjsbro
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA - A woman making national headlines after a tearful moment with President Obama has a new home.
Thursday morning, Chene Thompson handed Henrietta Hughes the keys to her home in Hendry County. Thompson is the wife of State Representative Nick Thompson (R-District 73). Hughes and her son will live at the home rent free.
However, a local organization is coming forward saying Hughes isn't being honest about how much help she's had in the past.
The director of We Care Outreach Ministry, Tanya Johnson, says just last month she offered Henrietta Hughes permanent housing and a place to stay free for three months, but Hughes refused.
"We would have allowed her to stay for the first 90 days, no income. You know free," said Tanya Johnson.
We Care Outreach Ministry is a faith based organization in Fort Myers.
Johnson says she also gave Henrietta and her son Corey, money, food and offered Corey job training courses, but it was refused.
"We have extended a lot of her services to her," Johnson said.
But Henrietta Hughes says these services weren't free and the apartment in East Fort Myers came with a price tag.
Hughes says Tanya Johnson wanted $400 a month immediately.
The disability check Hughes gets is a little more than $800 a month.
Hughes owes money on a loan, has her car insurance payment, a monthly storage bill and says she couldn't afford the rent.
"Where was I going to get $400 a month to give her if I got these expenses," Hughes told WINK News.
WINK News Reporter Nick Spinetto went back to talk to Tanya Johnson and she stands by her story.
Henrietta Hughes says she's never taken advantage of the system and doesn't choose to be homeless. Like other programs she's tried to get help from,she says We Care couldn't meet her needs.
State Representative Nick Thompson and his wife Chene are standing by the Henrietta and her son, Corey. They spoke out against the allegations Henrietta is milking the system, even when confronted with the fact WINK News found out the Hughes' sold property, back in 2005. This is after Henrietta and her son lost thier home in 2003 and started living in their car. Henrietta and her son sold the land for $47,000 dollars. But Chene Thompson says that was all the money they had for several years and it's gone.
Good luck Chene Thompson on getting your house back with the copper pipes and fixtures still in it.
And if she somehow DID find one, she'd quickly be complaining the screen on the plasma TV wasn't big enough.
FR was first to expose the milkers.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183147/posts
Reaching Out (Henrietta and Corey Hughes - 2004 bailout)
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ^ | June 16, 2004 | DC, Cynthia Benjamin, Staff
I think I’ve missed something. Why is this woman incapable of holding a job?
Easy enough to do a thorough background check on this woman.
Very easy, actually.
Parasite.
Could be a problem with various name spellings/alias’, DOB’s, and SS#’s, possibly. And, she and her son have/had PO Boxes all over the country.
That takes 60 seconds to ‘fix’ with a SSN verfication check that costs about 45 cents.
No, she's right, she's not milking it. She's bleeding the system.
The word "system" implies things have been done the same way at least twice. I don't think that applies to the messiah.
“I think I’ve missed something. Why is this woman incapable of holding a job?”
Her son has a thyroid condition.
If they are smart, they will drug test Mrs. Freebie & son. Check them often.
Duh, because the man is keepin’ her down.
Sorry, Ms. Hughes, but I think you’re a big, fat liar and a lazy, good-for-nothing mooch to boot.
Those of us with thyroid conditions are sick and tired of lazy people using that for an excuse.
I think these folks have hit a few snags on background checks when (and if) applying for jobs. Just my hunch from the research I’ve done.
I would not be surprise to find out that Henrietta used her mother’s ID on occasion.
JMO
A couple other fun facts:
They have relatives in the Ft Myers area but won’t discuss why they won’t stay with them.
They received cash and food from the ministry but refused housing and job training.
They are hoping to move back into their Lehigh Acres home, which was turned over to the bank with a quitclaim.
Sorry, I neglected to post the [sarcasm] tag.
We Care Outreach Ministry seems to minister to those with addiction problems. Lots of rules about cleaning up, attending church and 12 step, and Bible study. Other rules to follow too, to make sure you work toward healthy living. I guess that’s what Ms. Hughes and her son didn’t like about it. “Didn’t meet her and her son’s needs” because they probably had to follow clean living rules.
http://www.faithbasedsoberliving.org/About%20Us.html
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