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Sunday, March 25, 2012

The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone. « Fred Klonsky

The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone. « Fred Klonsky:


The in box. Kyle Olson’s papa wasn’t exactly a rolling stone.


Fred,
As a MI resident, I know all about the Mackinac Center, even did a point-counterpoint op-ed for them once. (Yes, I was counterpoint. Ha.) While they get Koch money, they have other usual-suspect funders, including Walton, DeVos & VanAndel, and Dow. It’s hard to track where all that money comes from and goes but the purpose is clear.
But it seems to me that Kyle Olson just might have a familial connection to Joe Olson (that would be D. Joseph Olson, founder and long-time chair at Mackinac Center). Call it a seven-salaries-