A number of people have responded to my post about Dennis Muchmore asking where I got the information on him being a big donor to Justice Taylor. I received the invitation to a $3,400 a couple fundraiser from Taylor (I am a Republican so figure I must be on their lists) and copied it in my original post. I also copied the invite again at the end of this post along with a bunch of other information that should open some eyes.
I got so many responses about Muchmore that I Googled him with Nestle and voila! answers came forth. As you can see below Muchmore is not only MUCC director he's a lobbyist whose wife is Nestle's PR person. What is totally outrageous is that MUCC is an affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation which sued to prevent destructive mining in Michigan and that suit led to Taylor and his anti-conservationists 'gang of four' to rule against NWF and destroy the Michigan Environmental Protection Act. Is that a conflict for MUCC and Muchmore?
Also, if you google Muchmore you will see he has give $750 to the Farm Credit Council PAC, which promotes those big industrial farms that are polluting our water in Michigan. He has also given money to Joe Knollenberg, who has the worst record in congress from Michigan on environment votes. Is that a conflict for MUCC and Muchmore?
So I ask again, why is Dennis Muchmore supporting the anti-environment Clifford Taylor? Only now thanks to the internet I have the answer: money. His wife's a PR flack for Nestle making big bucks, MUCC sides with Nestle on water diversions under Muchmore's leadership, Muchmore gives money to Justice Taylor's campaign--the same justice that has ruled in favor of Nestle and against the environment and National Wildlife Federation.
No conflict of interest? Read below and weep fellow conservationists. Maybe it's time to start a real Michigan Conservationists group.
It is no secret that MUCC Director Dennis Muchmore's wife (Debra
Muchmore) is none other than the famous well paid spokesperson working
for the Nestle Ice Mountain Company. MUCC says that is not conflict of
interest, but then the Muchmore family is still building wealth
supporting the 'free taking' of Michigan "Public Trust" ground waters
http://www.michiganforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=154805&page=2
Nestle spokeswoman Deb Muchmore said Luttenton's claim was "generally accurate."
Muchmore said Nestle is trying to develop more pumping sites -- near
the White River and other trout streams -- so its Ice Mountain bottling
operation doesn't place too much strain on the natural resources at any
one site.
But she acknowledged that construction of a second bottled water
plant, whether it's built in Evart or Indiana, would enable the company
to double production of Ice Mountain spring water.
http://blog.mlive.com/muskegon_chronicle_extra/2007/01/nestle_raises_stakes_in_bottle.html
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Why is Dennis Muchmore supporting the most anti-environmental judge in Michigan?Dennis Muchmore's MUCC is under firm control of the anti-environmental right-wing "Sportsmen for Bush" Republicans. They hired him for his lobby expertise. The anti-environmental members of MUCC are supporting the anti-environmental judge as necessary to violate the "Public Trust" of Michigan ground waters, which undermines the Great Lakes Compact, and in the future the Republicans can then divert the Great Lakes to the SW states and world wide for the highest corporate profits, screw Michigan's ground waters and Great Lakes. Michigan needs a strong law on commercial water withdrawals
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