Occupy The PGA
May 23-27 (big day: Sat. May 26) - Benton Harbor, Michigan
Demonstrate in protest of land stolen by Whirlpool Corporation
“The thrust [of the county courthouse] is to physically remove and destroy families through the use of the criminal justice system. Every person they can put in jail; every person whose voting rights they can revoke with a felony conviction; every person they can cause to lose their job by putting them on probation; every person they can cause to lose the ability to pay for basic necessities through imposing ruinous court costs and probation is all part of the process. In the 1960s, it was called Negro removal. In Bosnia, it was called ethnic cleansing. It could be called genocide, the removal of the minority population for the purpose of redevelopment of the land. That’s what’s happening in Benton Harbor and the foremost leader of the resistance is Rev. Edward Pinkney.” -Atty. Hugh "Buck" Davis

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Fred Upton still among richest in Congress

By Kalamazoo Gazette staff
September 15, 2009
John A. Lacko | Special to the Kalamazoo Gazette

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, is again listed as one of the most affluent members of Congress.

Upton is 31st among the 50 richest members of Congress in the latest rankings, based on 2008 financial disclosure statements that were due in May, according to Roll Call, a Washington, D.C., political news source.

Upton moved up from 39th place in 2007 and was one of a handful of wealthy federal lawmakers who saw the value of their minimum net worth increase amid the economic recession.

An heir to the Whirlpool Corp. fortune, Upton listed assets of $8.07 million, up from $7.21 million the previous year, and no liabilities.

Upton was the only federal lawmaker from Michigan to make the top-50 list.

U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., continued his top ranking in 2008 with a minimum net worth of $167.5 million, followed by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who had a net worth of $164.7 million.

Of the 50 wealthiest members of Congress, 28 are Democrats and 22 are Republicans.
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/09/fred_upton_still_among_richest.html
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