bitcoindonor
27.05.2021 11:05:11
Much of the money the city gets from the state is based on population. If people buy up surrounding houses and don't have people living in them, the city's share of state funding might decline, he said. here
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Much of the money the city gets from the state is based on population. If people buy up surrounding houses and don't have people living in them, the city's share of state funding might decline, he said. here
"The one thing I heard around that time is they were going to remodel it for their nanny. But I don't know what they've done with it since then," Dr. Steven Guyton said.
Schulze said he knew of one other resident -- former Microsoft engineer Charles Simonyi -- who owned separate houses surrounding his own. County property records show Simonyi owns two homes adjacent to his. here
Land-use experts say they haven't heard of other wealthy landowners buying up surrounding homes and then housing employees there. [links]
Medina Mayor Mary Odermat said she saw no problem with it, as long as the houses remained single-family homes and the properties weren't absorbed into the Gates estate. [links]
“I wish I knew!” she said at the time. “We’ll make some lifestyle changes for sure when our last daughter goes off to college, which is in a few years. With the foundation in Seattle, we will be here for at least six months out of the year. But I assure you, if we decide to spend six months somewhere else it will be in a smaller house.”
He wrote that the “whole house is built out of this beautiful orangey wood” and that the home includes a movie theatre. here
Ms Gates said that the mansion caused her to experience a “mini sort of personal crisis”. Mr Gates was already working on the estate before he married Ms Gates in 1994, leading to construction being stopped. [links]
Ms Gates told The New York Times Magazine in 2019: “We won’t have that house forever. I’m actually really looking forward to the day that Bill and I live in a 1,500-square foot house.” The Times revisited the question of who will continue living in the mansion on Wednesday.
In a 2019 interview with The New York Times Magazine, Ms Gates was asked when she thought she would move to a smaller house.
The couple announced their divorce on Monday.
Jones has not been jailed, but he is ordered to stay away from all children.
They were able to track him down in March after he shared a suspicious image through Gmail. here
While Jones was talking to detectives at the Gates' estate, three more detectives had a search warrant for Jones'Ballard apartment. [links]
Police arrested a Seattle man at Bill Gates and Melinda Gates’ mansion for allegedly collecting more than 6,000 child rape photos.
There they found more than 6,000 images of graphic child porn and rape, 133 of which were children identified by police.
Rick Allen Jones, reportedly employed as an engineer at the Gates’ home, is also accused of trading pornography images via Gmail.
During an “off the record” Q&A session that followed Gates’ talk on climate change, CNBC host Becky Quick asked the billionaire about his divorce from Melinda, his wife of 27 years, and the future of the Gates Foundation.
Gates was also seen walking and talking with Zuckerberg on Thursday, Variety reported. The next day, Gates gave a talk on climate change before opening up about his divorce. [links]
Not all attendees were impressed with Gates’ overall attitude, however, with one guest saying the legendary tech tycoon appeared “agitated” throughout his stay and brushed off other attendees who tried to come up and talk to him. more