DeVos, who is married to Amway scion Dick DeVos ( Forbes says his father, Richard, is worth more than $5 billion), was seen as a controversial choice because of the family’s history of heavy spending on right-wing causes-at least $200 million since the 1970s to think tanks, media outlets, political committees, and advocacy groups. Sitting in his spacious downtown office suite, Arlyn Lanting is eager to talk about his longtime friend, who entered her Senate committee vote Tuesday on track to become the nation’s top-ranking education official-despite a contentious hearing marked by her stiff, underwhelming responses to pointed questions from Senate Democrats. It’s also where President Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos, grew up. Most locals say rules like these help keep Holland prosperous, with low unemployment, little crime, good city services, and Republicans at almost every government post. Grass clippings longer than eight inches have to be removed and composted, and snow must be shoveled soon after it lands on the streets. If city officials decide that a fence or a shed signals decay, they can tear it down and mail the owner a bill. Residents are still not allowed to yell or whistle between 11 p.m. Until recently, Holland restaurants couldn’t sell alcohol on Sundays. They wanted to keep American influences away from their orthodox community.
More than 150 years ago, Dutch immigrants from a conservative Protestant sect chose western Michigan as the setting for this idealized replica of Holland, in part because of its isolation. Meet the New Kochs: The DeVos Clan’s Plan to Defund the Left
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