Amway heir Dick DeVos runs for Gov. of MI (he outsourced 1,400 MI jobs)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

DeVos gathers steam as Republicans gather to see 2006 candidates

September 24, 2005, 5:07 PM



http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw121742_20050924.htm

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos said Saturday he laid off Michigan workers while president of Alticor Inc. as part of a restructuring effort needed to keep the Ada-based company competitive.

But he objected to Democratic charges that the loss of Michigan jobs was tied to Alticor's increasing investment in China and its decision to open factories and shops there to make and sell Amway products.

"It's a distraction. It's a lie," DeVos told reporters at the Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference. "Let's get back to talking about ... (solving) the problems of this state."

Michigan Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer, however, said during a Mackinac Island news conference that Alticor "is all but a China company at this point, and he's turned his back on Michigan." Brewer also said DeVos asked for and got federal tax breaks on its China investments as well as favorable China trade legislation. "While he eliminated 1,400 Michigan jobs at Amway, DeVos has been a tireless promoter of free trade in general and with China in particular, all to benefit Amway's overseas profit-making," Brewer said.

[Aviation Pro]

1. God Effin' No....

...the people of Michigan should never allow this son of a bitch a chance to run for dog catcher. Every Democrat in the state should be on the attack over the scam that Daddy Rich built into a theocratic Ponzi scheme that smacks of cultism and is one of the strongest supporters of Shrub in the entire neo-con hierarchy (want to know where "compassionate conservatism" came from? Try reading "Compassionate Capitalism" if you can stomach it). Dick "Dick" Devos did not fall far from the rotten apple tree and is a by-product of the detestable practices of this craporation. His wife, Betsy (God Told Me to Hate You) Devos, is a screeching shrew who is hell bent to turn our education system into a theocracy with the kind of religous, nut-job radicalism that only a moron in Kansas would love.

The web site that must be e-mailed to everyone in Michigan is http://www.mlmsurvivor.com, an insider's look into the Amway/Quixtar/Alticor scam.

Honore de Balzac was right, behind every great fortune is a great crime.

[Upfront]

3. Agreed

Thanks for the info. you are correct. You should also know that anything written here that has to do with the Governor will be seen by her staff. Trust me.

[Aviation Pro]

10. Trusted.

n/t

[bluedawg12]

2. He looks like Satanorum and knowing how things work

he'll scare them with cultural war/values crap and they will vote for this enemy of workers.

[MasonJar]

4. Plaster that in every paper in the state; as I remember jobs are

scarce in Michigan.

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. I think his wife is Sam Waltons daughter. n/t

[adadem]

8. No

The wicked witch of Ada is from the Prince family of Holland, MI.
Brother is Eric; owner of Blackwater Security.

How do I know? They live just down the road.

[ret5hd]

12. i believe the wife of eric is a walton. (nt)

[mandyky]

6. I used to be in Amway - look into his ties

with World Com/MCI.

[MichiganVote]

7. And Secchia.....

[noonwitch]

11. I met Peter Sechia once or twice

He participated in the Close/Up program when I was in high school. He is a jerk, and gave a really annoying speech at one of the events I attended. Plus, my dad knew him through business.

He owned all the restaurants at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in the early 80s, right after they restored the building and opened the new addition. The reason was that DeVos and VanAndel were Christian Reformed, and their religion prevented them from owning establishments that served alcohol. DeVos (VanAndel is dead, now) got over it, and now own all the restaurants.

[MichiganVote]

13. Brother in law works for him. Yup, he's a head case.

[meow2u3]

9. Do you mean Mr. Scamway himself?

a.k.a., The Pyramid Schemer?