Cleaning Up, by Barry Minkow -- anyone?

[applejuice]

Some twenty years ago I recall a young man in LA had a carpet cleaning business named Barry Minkow.

He was only about twenty years old and was a millionaire already.

A head for business?

He was actually involved with organized crime, served time, and now works with rehabilitating criminals and I heard he runs a church (?) in the San Diego area.

Anyway, has anyone heard of this book or read it?

[calypso]

Hi! I have read his book and I very much enjoyed it. I also attend the church where he is now a pastor. I have not gotten to know him personally but I do enjoy listening to him speak and he is a great writer as well.

[applejuice]

Thank you for posting!

I was a property manager in the 1980's when he began hitting the news, and I was always on the lookout for a carpet cleaner, and he caught my eye...

He was from the San Fernando Valley, here in Los Angeles, as I recall.

Anyway, he fascinated me! He was so ambitious and outgoing, yet, he got caught up with the wrong crowd and he took the fall....

And, welcome to Motheringdotcomdiscussions, calypso, I am honored that you have posted on my thread first!



Good luck and love to you and your family.

[tinybutterfly]

I clicked on this link because I read "Cleaning up, by Barry MANILOW." :LOL

Whoops! I thought he had a new cd out or something. :

[applejuice]

:LOL

Sorry! That is his name!

[calypso]

I'll get the hang of this posting thing soon....promise

Hello again! Last night I had just gotten back from church and I was looking up some info. on Barry Minkow, so that is how I got here. I've only been to that church a few times now but I plan to continue at this point. I hate to admit it but I am more of the skeptic when it comes to the people that make up the church so that is why I read his book. He does take full responsibility for what he did and is still paying restitution to the victims. I dont know about the "head for business" because it really was a huge failure from the beginning. Like I said, I don't know him as a person but it sounds and looks as if he is no longer that boy in his past. It also fascinates me that he was a practicing jew and now a christian...not something I've seen too often! He has a well rounded perspective and a strong presence to deliver it. I also found out on my info. search last night that he has a couple of other books and has founded a fraud detection institute. Anyway, just thought I would share that with you, applejuice. BTW: I love Barry Manilow!!

[applejuice]

A nice, practicing Jewish boy who starts his own religion -!

Sounds familiar ,

Tony Alamo, aka, Eric Hoffman.

or

Jesus ?

Just joking. He sounds sincere, and I hope he is. And if you are skeptical of the people who make up the church, just keep it a healthy skepticism. Church should be a place where people can have a community of an extended family of like-minded friends. You eat, worship, study, raise families, and party together.

G-d bless you in your life and search.