Jobs, Small Businesses, the Environment or Property Rights?
This story is interesting and I think it speaks for itself. Don't just read my excerpts- click the blue words that link to the MLive story and read it yourself. DeVos only cares about himself and his rich friends...
A driveway grading contractor in Ada Township said he'll go out of business if he can't get crushed concrete from Pettis & Associates recycling facility.
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Local contractors said their businesses will be hurt if plans for a major residential project on property owned by Dick DeVos and RDV Corp. CEO Jerry Tubergen push out the Pettis recycling operation.
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Local contractors contacted by the Forest Hills Advance concur with Pettis' belief that Ada Township is closing her business to pave the way for residential development on adjacent property owned by DeVos and Tubergen.
In a 2003 letter to Ada Township, Tubergen advised it to shut down the Pettis operation so that a major residential development could be built north of the Grand River. Pettis' recycling site is immediately south of 800 acres owned by Ada Holdings and managed by RDV Corp., which is owned by the family of Dick DeVos.
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Ada Township board members earlier this year held closed meetings, claiming attorney-client privilege, where they discussed Pettis' business. Pettis objected to the closed sessions. She has also raised concerns about a conflict of interest involving Township Trustee Randy Damstra, chief investment officer of alternative investments for RDV Corp. Damstra, whose $8,000 campaign for a township board seat in November 2004 was largely financed by the DeVos family, did not recuse himself from voting on the zoning violations.
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