KOCHs Leave Confidential Doc At Last Donor Conference---Mother Jones Publishes Secret Meeting List

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WED FEB 05, 2014 AT 11:32 AM PST
Mother Jones Publishes Koch Brothers Secret Meeting Guest List
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From Mother Jones:

The Koch Brothers Left a Confidential Document at Their Last Donor Conference—Read It Here

one main rule at the conservative donor conclaves held twice a year by Charles and David Koch at luxury resorts: What happens there stays there.

The billionaire industrialists and their political operatives strive to ensure the anonymity of the wealthy conservatives who fund their sprawling political operation—which funneled more than $400 million into the 2012 elections—and to keep their plans private. Attendees of these summits are warned that the seminars, where the Kochs and their allies hatch strategies for electing Republicans and advancing conservative initiatives on the state and national levels, are strictly confidential; they are cautioned to keep a close eye on their meeting notes and materials. But last week, following the Kochs' first donor gathering of 2014, one attendee left behind a sensitive document at the Renaissance Esmeralda resort outside of Palm Springs, California, where the Kochs and their comrades had spent three days focused on winning the 2014 midterm elections and more. The document lists VIP donors—including John Schnatter, the founder of the Papa John's pizza chain—who were scheduled for one-on-one meetings with representatives of the political, corporate, and philanthropic wings of Kochworld. The one-page document, provided to Mother Jones by a hotel guest who discovered it, offers a fascinating glimpse into the Kochs' political machine and shows how closely intertwined it is with Koch Industries, their $115 billion conglomerate.

The more than 40 donors courted by the Kochs include hedge fund and private-equity billionaires, real estate tycoons, and executives of top corporations, including Jockey International and TRT Holdings, owner of Omni Hotels and Gold's Gym. A number of them have never been identified as members of the Koch donor network, including Schnatter, one of the more prominent names on the list. An outspoken opponent of the Affordable Care Act, he is a longtime Republican donor who hosted a fundraiser for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. The document notes that the pizza mogul was scheduled to meet with Ryan Stowers, the director of higher education at the Charles G. Koch Foundation. (Schnatter did not respond to requests for comment.)

Anyway, this is kind of a big deal, as these forty lizard people in the left column had hoped they would remain anonymous. Please check out the Mother Jones link, as it contains brief descriptions of everyone on the page:

MORE:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/02/koch-brothers-palm-springs-donor-list?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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Here's a quick list from the MotherJones info
And some of these major conservative donors are "government-tit suckers."
Along with the requisite OIL & GAS & COAL & BIG AG folks.

Carl Berg : Silicon Valley real estate
Ronnie Cameron : agribusiness MOUNTAIRE CORP

Charles Chandler : INTRUST BANK in Wichita KA

John Childs : Boston-based private equity firm J.W. CHILDS & ASSOCIATES

Jamie Coulter : former CEO of LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE restaurants

Bog and Steve Fettig : run a metal fabrication company TANKCRAFT in Darien Wisconsin [manufacture FOR OTHER CORPS fuel tanks and hydraulic reservoirs]

Richard and Leslie Gilliam : coal mining.. founded CUMBERLAND RESOURCES CORP and sold it to MASSEY ENERGY

Ken Griffin : founded hedge fund CITADEL in Chicago

John Griffin : founded a NY hedge fund BLUE RIDGE CAPITAL

Dick Haworth : chairman of office furniture company HAWORTH in Holland, Michigan

Richard Kayne : founded and chairman of KAYNE ANDERSON CAPITAL ADVISORS in LA

Dan Kirby : President of KIRBY FINANCIAL in Sioux Falls, SD

Fred Klipsch : chairman of KLIPSCH GROUP which manufacturers speakers / headphones

Frank Kozel : principal of KEYSTONE ENERGY OIL & GAS in Pittsburgh

Francis Lee : president and CEO of lender FIRST TOWER LLC in Flowood, Mississippi (some kind of PayDay loan company?)

Robert Luddy : president of CativeAire SYSTEMS in Raleigh NC (ventilation systems and GOVERNMENT CONTRACT corp)

Hugh Mcclellan : chairman of MCCLELLAN FOUNDATION in Chattanooga TN (makes grants to Christian causes)

Cecil O’Brate : CEO of PALMER MANUFACTURING & TANK in Garden City KS (Worthington Industries acquired Palmer ... which makes HUGE 10,000 gallon FUEL TANKS)

Verl Purdy : chairman CEO of AGDATA INC in Charlotte NC

Tom Rastin /Karen Buchwald Wright: direction / vice chair of ARIEL FOUNDATION in Mt Vernon OH ; NATURAL GAS-COMPRESSOR MANUFACTURER. Karen is the driver behind the biz, so not sure why SHE wasn’t the one at the Koch meeting.

George Records : HOOVER INSTITUTE Board of Overseers member, retired from MIDLAND GROUP in Oklahoma City

Robert Rowling : cofounder of TRT HOLDINGS , GOLD’S GYM & OMNI HOTELS

John Schnatter : PAPA JOHN PIZZA dude

Tina and Craig Snider : children of Ed Snider, of AYN RAND INSTITUTE and chairman of COMCAST SPECTACOR that owns PHILLI FLYERS

Dian Stai : founded OWEN HEALTHCARE out of Houston, Texas

Jim Stephenson : president and CEO of YANCEY BROS CO in Georgia (sells CATERPILLAR)

Jim Von Ehr : CEO and founder of ZYVEX LABS in Richardson Texas (Zyvex is a nanotechnology research company and a division of DCG SYSTEMS INC which is a semiconductor company out of Fremont CA)

Debra Waller : CEO of JOCKEY INTERNATIONAL (underwear)

Lew Ward : founder of WARD PETROLEUM CORP in Oklahoma

Dick Weiss : core equity senior portfolio manager of WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/05/1275332/-Mother-Jones-Publishes-Koch-Brothers-Secret-Meeting-Guest-List

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. K&R

[xfundy]

2. What a surprise.

They've got Finks working for them.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Definitely switching away from Jockey brand.

[Cha]

4. It's a huge fu***** Deal.. Ooooops!

thanks kpete~

[Wilms]

5. ^

[hunter]

6. Serious question: How do "billionaires" make the world a better place?

I don't think they do.

They ought to be taxed out of existence.

[Hekate]

7. This should be downloaded and printed out by every social justice activist in the US

They really have been anonymous: I don't recognize a single name on the list.

Is there by any chance a stray cell-phone recording awaiting disclosure as well?