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Blythefield Country Club, the Koch brothers' idea of a place to hold a "town hall" meeting |
We cannot imagine what they were thinking when they decided to hold a pro-Right-to-Work-for-Less meeting at the Blythefield Country Club. It's an 80-year-old members-only club in Grand Rapids. It features an 18-hole golf course "among the most beautiful in the Midwest" and "fabulous adult social events with dinner and dancing under the stars." Blythefield has a strict dress code that forbids jeans, sweatpants, sleeveless blouses, short skirts or cutoffs. Show up in a t-shirt that says "I'm A Friend of "Jimmy" Hoffa" and you will no doubt be escorted out the door.
Not exactly a hotbed of populism.
Rep. Brandon Dillon, who gave an impassioned speech against Right to Work for Less in December, represents Grand Rapids. <="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2013/03/right-to-work_event_venue_call.html" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 16.887500762939453px;">Michigan Live tells us that he called out the Koch stooges by posting on Facebook:
Anyone else see the hypocrisy of Americans for Prosperity holding a Right To Work for less town hall at a Grand Rapids area county club that requires membership dues?The Kochs' Michigan stooge, Scott Hagerstrom, said the members-only club illustrated how wrong it would be to force people to join and pay dues. Dillon retorted:
Unsurprising you totally miss the point. But thanks for all you do to protect the rights and interests of a handful of billionaires.Michigan Live wasn't clear on how the Koch stooge missed the point. So Dillon explained:
The question is not whether somebody's forced to join a country club. The fact is, the people who don't pay the dues can't enjoy the benefits of the country club, hence the opposition to right-to-work.The event will be held on Wednesday night. Blythefield's address is 5801 Northland Dr, Belmont. If you're interested in inquiring about membership (heh-heh), the phone number is (616) 361-2661.
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