Kennedys at odds over compound

[SoCalDem]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/14/kennedy_family_at_odds_over_hyannis_port_property/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed3

Kennedys at odds over compound
Plan to give main Hyannis Port house to Senate institute is cause of tension
By Frank Phillips
Globe Staff / July 14, 2011

The Kennedy clan will gather tomorrow for a wedding at its Cape Cod compound amid tensions about the future of the property and following a public airing of dissension within the storied political family. Negotiations are underway to transfer ownership of the main Kennedy home in coming months to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, a proposal that has raised concerns among family members who live on adjacent property, according to two associates close to the family who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The senator, who died in August 2009, had stated in his will that he ultimately wanted the property to be turned over to the institute, which is now being built next to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library at Columbia Point. He gave the rights to the house to his widow, Vicki, and his three children, and they are expected to relinquish them very soon, according to the family associates.

Vicki Kennedy, while carrying out her husband’s wishes, has unsettled other family members in and around the compound, particularly Ethel Kennedy, whose compound home is next to the main house. Delicate negotiations are attempting to placate those concerns, the associates said.

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Such a breach in family cohesion would have been unheard of in the decades when Edward Kennedy was the clan’s patriarch. After the death of his brothers, he used a strong hand to present a united family front through scandals, tragedy, and numerous political campaigns.


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[Tatiana]

1. Teddy would not like to see this dissention in his family.

I hope they can work things out. Maybe they should allow more time to pass before turning the home over to the Institute.

[SoCalDem]

2. It would surely be hard to leave that lovely place

especially when it's turned over to the "Senate" whatever, which will probably just use it as a "party house" where they "entertain" their pet lobbyists & assorted "friends"..