FROM HOMELESS TO FEDERAL LOBBYIST THE TRUE STORY OF THE FALL OF A STOCKBROKER AND HOW HE BECAME A HOMELESS DRUG ADDICT, HIS RECOVERY, RISE TO A FEDERAL LOBBYIST AND THEN TO A HIGHLY POPULAR INTERNET MINISTER, WHO THEN GOES ON TO BUILD ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST INTERESTING LOBBYING FIRMS, AS WELL AS AN INTERNET CHURCH AND SEVERAL OTHER SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING A WORLDWIDE RENOWNED SUCCESSFUL BLOG SITE. WRITTEN BY A.W. KHABIR 1 MY MINISTERS ORDINATION CERTIFICATE 2 DEDICATIONS This book would not be possible without the following dedications to the people I respect who contributed to my life and made a huge impression and impact on me whether I told them or not. Well now guys and gals, you know how special ya’ll are to me. Thanks in advance for making this book a reality. This book is dedicated to “God” for creating me and making something of my life. I want to give a special thanks to honoraable Congresswoman Karen Bass whom I have met only once, but her professional demeanor, people person skills, humility and just great overall attitude rubbed off on me in a way that said you can use power without having to show you have the power. This book is also dedicated to my late great parents Artie Lee Jordan and Willis Jordan, whom if it had not been their bonding and marriage I would never exist. 3 I also dedicate this book to my late Guru in Akron, Ohio, Charles “Chuckie” Mitchell (not pictured), who gave me my first introduction to metaphysics and introduced me to Earth, Wind & Fire back in 1970. This book is also dedicated to my homeboy from Akron, Ohio, Jerry Dampier and his family (not pictured) who is a accomplished author and educator in San Francisco, California who has inspired me to write this book. Additional dedications are to the late great basketball legends Nate Howard and Gus Johnson who put Akron, Ohio on the map in athletics. I also dedicate this book to Howard Hewitt (singer), James Ingram (singer), Michael Dokes (former Heavy Weight Boxing Champion) and Lebron “King” James (professional basketball player), all of whom are from Akron, Ohio This book is especially dedicated to the Hall of Fame Rock N Roll musical group, Earth, Wind & Fire for creating the music that kept me focused for years and even unto this day. I also dedicate this book to all of the men and women, especially Alice Wilson (not pictured) of Burbank, California, who taught me a lot about love, responsibility and for being the one woman in my life who never gave up on me, she just “kicked my butt” into making something of my life. This book is also dedicated to my business manager Edmund Soohoo (not pictured) , who became my friend, confidant and my butt kicker when I needed my butt kicked, so I would not get side tracked from greatness. I also dedicate this book to my senior business manager Marcella Wong (not pictured), a wife, mother and the woman who initially took me on as a client and invested in me frequently. A huge thanks goes out to Johnson Ng (not pictured), the director to my business managers, who almost cancelled the client-business managers relationship and fought me as if he was Evander Holyfield fighting Mike Tyson, hitting while asking me “are you keeping busy?” Another big thanks goes out to my accountant and friend for over twenty five years, Randall Graham (not pictured) and his wife, Gail, whom I call my sister. Without a doubt this book is also dedicated to my late great first wife, Carlotta Francis-Khabir (not pictured), for being a great wife when I didn’t deserve one and for giving me two beautiful highly gifted and talented adult children (Jr. and Tonya Khatika Khabir). This book is also dedicated to the late great corporate attorney Reginald F. Lewis (Why Should All The White Guys Have All Te Fun) and the countless times I read his book and the inspiration his book gave me to tell my story. I also dedicate this book to my third wife, Kimberly Louise Bateman-Khabir, thanking her for leaving me three times, because had she not left this good man, “God” wouldn’t have been able to do a new thang with my life. And so this book, and future products (i.e. movies, music and other books) are dedicated to the “fool” in her for letting me a good man get away” (“I’m scared I will mess this up”). I recall the song she played for me when we first met “No Pain, No gain,” and lets not forget the song on my upcoming coming album “Money, Money, Money to The Body of Christ.” And finally this book is dedicated to those who have come out of homelessness, the recovered addicts, those still in homelessness and those addicts still suffering from all kinds of additions. 4 ABOUT THE AUTHOR A.W. Khabir was raised in Akron, Ohio and reared by two loving parents. He went to both the University of Akron and Kent State University. He came to California to work as a staff writer for the legendary musical group Earth, Wind & Fire. He came a stockbroker, federal lobbyist and senior partner to a registered federal lobbying firm called Lobbyists Offices of G.R.W, Inc, and the creator to the highly successful blog at www.lobbyistsofficesofgrw.com. He is also an ordained minister who has created a internet church called, Entrepreneurial Prosperity Thinking Ministries, Inc. which can be visited at, www.eptministries.wordpress.com. He is also the founder of a non-profit called Grameedirsel Foundation Inc. which is a new thought transitional living facility and he is also the founder of Fuaphi, LLC a company whose goal is to employ the talented homeless and teach them how to sell everything to federal, state, county and city government procurement buyers nationwide. He is the father to two beautiful kinds and he lives in Los Angeles, California. Additionally he is also a talented songwriter & play writer. To see music by A.W. Khabir, Google, A.W. Khabir songs/music He is also hearing impaired and has written his first ever movie script called “State of Deafness,” which is about the loss of his hearing and how the entire state, from the governor on down, loses their hearing until the state decides to enact laws to protect and advance the lives of the deaf. To see movies by A.W. Khabir, google, A.W. Khabir movies. He is also author of several other e-books such as “The Politics of Federal Contracting,” “PPM-Private Placement Memorandum” and “People Who Lie To Get Restraining Orders”(Busting My (ex) Wife and Daughter for, Federal, State and County Childcare Fraud), “Earth, Wind & Fire, The Unauthorized Biography.of the Black Beatles”, “The Mistresses of Denzel Washington”, “Success Is The Best Revenge”, “Pimping In The Church”, Message To The Negro”, “The Science of Prosperity” and others. These books can be found and purchased through www.thelobbyistsofficesofgrw.com. You can also see a synopsis of each book at www.tlgrwcorporate.wordpress.com. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS GROWING UP WITH A NBA & ABA PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEGENDS 7 MY NEIGHBOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP 10 MY HOMEBOYS ARE NOW HOLLYWOOD STARS 115 GOING HOLLYWOOD 12 MAKING $500K IN 6 MONTHS 13 TORGIE “COCAINE” SMITH 14 DATING THE ACTRESS 19 COLLECTING $400K IN BAD DEBTS 16 BATTLING CANCER 16 QUESTIONS FROM THE FEDS 17 WHITE CHOCOLATE ALICE 18 DENZEL WASHINGTON’S PEOPLE 19 SUICIDE OR MURDER 19 MEETING WITH POLITICIANS 20 BUILDING THE LOBBYING FIRM 20 FUNDRAISING FOR GEORGE W. BUSH 20 BUILDING MY NON-PROFIT & LLC 22 RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL 22 STANDING BESIDE CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS 22 FUNDRAISING FOR BARACK OBAMA’S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL 22 FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS 23 THE LOSS OF MY HEARING 23 ATTENDING THE INAUGURATION OF THE PRESIDENT 24 LOBBYING & BLOGGING ON AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL 32 FEDERAL, STATE & COUNTY CHILDCARE FRAUD BY MY (EX) WIFE 32 I WILL TEACH, NOT PREACH 33 OUR INTERNET CHURCH & MY FIRST VIEDO SERMON 33 ALLTIME HIGH BLOG STATS FOR WWW.THELOBBYISTSOFFICESOFGRW.WORDPRESS.COM 24 THE STOLEN TRILLION DOLLARS (STEALING FROM THE HOMELESS) 96 6 GROWING UP WITH A NBA AND ABA PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEGENDS I was born and raised in Akron, Ohio up until 1981. Now you readers probably all know of the young great NBA basketball player named Lebron James, well he’s from Akron, Ohio and the exact same neighborhood I grew up in. Only I was long before Lebron James was born and so also is what I am about to tell you. Our little small stown had its share of celebrities. One was a famous man who played professional basketball named Gus Johnson. He attended Central high School in Akron, Ohio, where he was an All-State high school player, and did reasonably-well in the classroom, too. Johnson had enrolled at hometown Akron, but soon left and joined a nearby AAU club. While playing for the AAU team in 1960-61, he was spotted by a former teammate of first-year Idaho head coach Joe Cipriano, and Johnson accepted Idaho's scholarship offer. He played a year at boise Junior College to get his grades up as a sophomore, and averaged 30 points and 20 rebounds a game. Johnson then transferred up north to the University of Idaho in Moscow back in 1962. The Vandals had a .500 season at 13-13 in 1961-62, and the addition of Johnson made an immediate impact as they won their first five games and were 12-2 through January.