The Myster of Kofi Annan's Apartment

[Marnie]

From the NY Sun. Excerpts:

As Secretary-General Annan prepares to leave his post at the United Nations, a mystery is surfacing surrounding his apartment on Roosevelt Island, subsidized by New York taxpayers, which is still in use by the family of his brother, Kobina Annan.

The apartment was where Mr. Annan and his wife lived before 1997, when he became secretary-general. The Roosevelt Island home is part of an estate of low-rent state-regulated housing. For years, the Annans saved considerable sums by occupying an apartment meant to help financially strapped low- to moderate-income New York families.

One question Mr. Annan has never addressed is why he and his wife felt comfortable availing themselves of this generous arrangement. Another is how it is that, since Mr. Annan and his wife left that Roosevelt Island apartment 10 years ago to move into the rent-free residence on Sutton Place supplied to the secretary-general, their former low-rent apartment was handed over to be occupied by the family of Mr. Annan's brother.

No one is saying that any of the Annans have broken the law; the regulations for Mitchell-Lama housing allow a certain amount of flexibility once applicants have obtained a lease. But the issue is pertinent because Kofi Annan, whose wife comes from one of Sweden's wealthier families, has spent years lecturing Americans on how the well-heeled have obligations to those less fortunate. Those low- to moderate-income New York families for whom such accommodation was built face a four-year waiting list.

Marnie's comment: Typical behavior for a liberal.

[JustinM]

They've mastered the art of speaking out of both sides of their mouths. You can't trust anything a liberal says.

[peaches]

why is this only surfacing now?

The Truth Exposed, Act 1 Scene 1

** Sniff, Sniff **

"You smell that?"

"Smell what"

"I smell a rat!"

"Naw, can't be. We don't have rats."

** Follows his nose, finds rat, picks up rat by the tail, turns to the room and points to the rat **

"Look everybody, a rat!"

** Everybody in the rooms gasps in disgust! **

"Man that guy is angry!"

"Word. And what's he doing with that smelly rat?"

"Doesn't he know? We don't have rats."

loving the signature peter....

[JustinM]

Good Riddance Kofi Annan, your impotent reign over the world is over.