This is my second post on DU, actually, it is the same as the first but I didn't really put it under a good header. So If you already read this, please disregard. Although I've been lurking here on DU for awhile, I've been following the voter fraud and BBV stories as closely as anyone on this and other bloggers. This post is fairly long, but I promise to provide some educational links regarding our neo-con friends in my neck of the woods.
I live fairly close to CyberNet headquarters and happen to know a little something about the local community. I also work in IT and know that although a fairly good company, the owner is a complete slime ball. They have been sued several times for fraud, so don't put anything past this guy if the GOP, were to say, provide some sort of financial incentive.
There is another connection to be considered, one that you may not have seen elsewhere. As they say, politics is local. But what I present is completely circumstantial and please draw your own conclusions. I present only the information at hand for your consideration.
This original posting at BBV was intriguing, and many have seen it:
Bay Point Schools, Cal Tech, and the CyberNET connectionHere is a new story regarding the FBI investigation from today's news:
CyberNET employees ... no more paychecks ... The article gives more information about bank, wire, and email fraud, again, no mention of election fraud, but don't forget that the FBI has all of their financial and electronic documents at hand, if anything is there for discovery, it will be.
What you may not have noticed are the names of their biggest customers in town. This includes the VanAndel arena, and the DeVos Place. Now these names are very well known in Grand Rapids, as DeVos and VanAndel are the entreprenuers behind the Amway Corporation. They both are in the richest 300 Americans. They basically own Grand Rapids, both families have donated culturally and philanthopically.
Grand Rapids Info: Scroll down the page to see DeVos and VanAndel Centers But they are also very politically active with the GOP and the Christian Reformed Church. They are right in line with the current neo-con agenda, and have plenty of money to throw around. They have donated to Creationist organizations, Organizations to Bring Religion back into government, and Right Wing Voter Fund organizations.
Moreover,
Betsy DeVos is the chair of the Michigan GOP, but she is stepping down to make a run in 2006 against Gov Jennifer Granholm (D) or Debbie Stabenow (D).
The Cybernet inference is this. Cybernet does the IT services for probably all of the VanAndel and DeVos establishments in downtown Grand Rapids - undoubtably their biggest customer. Barton Watson (CyberNet) lives in Ada, a wealthy suburb of GR, and so do the DeVos and VaAndel families. Undoubtably they know each other well through business and social connections. As I said, this is highly speculative, but ala Scott Peterson, there is motive, money, means, and a crook to pull it off.
Anyway, I have included an assortment of search links. Please check out how deeply these wealthy individuals support GOP and the Christian Right. Note: Nowhere was there any public connection between Barton Watson and any of these individuals, although they are all members of the GR Chamber of Commerce.
Richard DeVos SearchJay Van Andel SearchBetty Van Andel SearchBetsy DeVos SearchRM and Helen DeVos ArticleI promise you this is for your conspiracy theory pleasure only. Wouldn't you just love to find out a devout Christian Evangelical family supported massive voter fraud to forward their agenda?