Posted on 03/14/2004 7:37:24 AM PST by MaryFromMichigan
Please, folks... let's not have another thread of "Idiots on Parade." Anyone can go to the Heinz web site and read their annual report. Anyone can go to the sec.gov site and read their 10-K. Theresa "Heinz" Kerry has no position with the company whatsoever. She is not on the Board, she is not in management, she is not even a significant stockholder. She is the widow of a Heinz family member... that's it. This whole "get Heinz" thing is beyond stupidity. It's actually harming innocent people... those who work for and invest in the H.J. Heinz company. The guy who really does run the H.J. Heinz company is William R. Johnson, Chairman and CEO. Here are his contributions, according to the FEC. This is the guy you are out to "get": JOHNSON, WILLIAM R PITTSBURGH, PA 15230 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE 12/17/2001 1000.00 22020061646 04/05/2002 250.00 22020311372 SANTORUM, RICHARD J VIA SANTORUM 2000 09/15/2000 1000.00 20020301642 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R PITTSBURGH, PA 15230 H J HEINZ NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE 05/07/2002 250.00 22020361306 05/15/2003 1000.00 23020241948 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R PITTSBURGH, PA 15230 H J HEINZ COMPANY SANTORUM, RICHARD J VIA SANTORUM 2000 06/30/1999 1000.00 99020080410 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R PITTSBURGH, PA 15230 HELNZ LAZIO, RICK A VIA LAZIO 2000 INC 10/18/2000 500.00 20020362645 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 H J HEINZ LAZIO, RICK A VIA LAZIO 2000 INC 07/31/2000 500.00 20020270826 08/22/2000 250.00 20020270826 09/09/2000 500.00 21020062540 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 H J HEINZ CO NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS 07/26/1999 500.00 20035161081 08/05/1999 1000.00 20035161081 SPECTER, ARLEN VIA CITIZENS FOR ARLEN SPECTER 06/05/2001 250.00 21020112910 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 H J HEINZ COMPANY H J HEINZ COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 10/05/1998 5000.00 98033802853 07/18/2000 5000.00 20036133955 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 07/23/1998 250.00 98033463970 10/07/1998 250.00 98033811850 10/20/1998 500.00 98033971626 08/19/1999 250.00 99034820868 03/06/2000 500.00 20035512035 03/24/2000 1000.00 20035512035 05/04/2000 250.00 20035660299 06/22/2000 500.00 20035762407 06/23/2000 500.00 20035762407 07/21/2000 500.00 20035952460 07/31/2000 500.00 20035952460 08/14/2000 500.00 20036051381 08/24/2000 500.00 20036051381 08/25/2000 500.00 20036051381 08/30/2000 250.00 20036051381 10/11/2000 1000.00 20036431725 10/17/2000 1000.00 20036431725 11/06/2000 500.00 20036562538 11/28/2000 500.00 21036831609 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 H J HEINZ CORPORATION COYNE, WILLIAM J VIA COYNE FOR CONGRESS (WILLIAM J COYNE) 12/15/1997 500.00 98032653889 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 H T HEINZ COMPANY REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 09/14/1998 250.00 98033753921 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 HEINZ FRANKS, ROBERT D VIA BOB FRANKS FOR US SENATE INC 11/02/2000 1000.00 20020411757 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 HJ HEINZ NATIONAL REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL COMMITTEE 07/25/2003 360.00 23020342639 10/21/2003 500.00 23020490398 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 HJ HEINZ CO NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS 06/19/1997 350.00 97032241814 05/11/1998 250.00 98033272512 07/22/1998 250.00 98033651658 09/25/1998 250.00 98033651658 10/19/1998 500.00 98034000613 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R MR & MRS SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 STAR KIST FOODS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 11/12/1999 250.00 99034970349 11/12/1999 250.00 99034970349 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R MR. PITTSBURGH, PA 15230 H.J. HEINZ COMPANY/BUSINESS EXECU REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 01/22/2004 700.00 24990611329 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R. MR. PITTSBURGH, PA 15230 H.J. HEINZ COMPANY/BUSINESS EXECU REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 11/03/2003 500.00 23992533876 12/29/2003 300.00 24990334589 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R. MR. SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 H.J. HEINZ COMPANY/BUSINESS EXECU BUSH, GEORGE W VIA BUSH-CHENEY '04 INC 06/11/2003 1000.00 23991420022 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R. MR. SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 HJ HEINZE COMPANY/EXECUTIVE BUSH, GEORGE W VIA BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC. 08/07/2000 1000.00 20990212336 JOHNSON, WILLIAM R. MR. SEWICKLY, PA 15143 H. J. HEINZ COMPANY/CHAIRMAN PRES H J HEINZ COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 07/17/2001 5000.00 22990372723 07/10/2002 5000.00 22992003140 07/02/2003 5000.00 24990195570 JOHNSON, WILLIAMR. MR. PITTSBURGH, PA 15230 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 01/31/2002 250.00 22990425485 JOHNSON, WILLIAMR. MR. PITTSBURGH, PA 15230 H.J. HEINZ COMPANY/BUSINESS EXECU REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 01/13/2003 275.00 23990413758 JOHNSON, WILLIAMR. MR. SEWICKLEY, PA 15143 H. J. HEINZ COMPANY/BUSINESS EXEC REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE 04/18/2002 250.00 22990983959 05/24/2002 250.00 22991121481 Total Contributions: 53585.00 |
Thank goodness VeryFine isn't on that list.
After speaking at a news conference in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on April 4, 1991, Heinz was headed to Philadelphia to conduct the first in a series of investigative hearings to examine the telemarketing of medical equipment to Medicare beneficiaries, "Bleeding Medicare Dry: The Great Sales Scam." When the twin-engine plane carrying him and four other adults developed landing-gear trouble, a helicopter was dispatched to examine the problem. Consequently, the helicopter's blades accidentally hit the bottom of the plane, sending both aircraft to the ground and killing everyone on board. Two children, who were playing outside at noon recess at the Merion Elementary School in Montgomery County, were also killed when the wreckage fell on the school ground.
Memorial services were held in Pittsburgh at the Heinz Memorial Chapel on the University of Pittsburgh's Oakland campus on April 10. Following the service, Heinz was buried in the family mausoleum in Homewood Cemetery. Another memorial service was held on April 12 at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. In a White House statement, President Bush remarked, "The people of Pennsylvania have lost a great leader, and the nation has lost a great senator... His leadership and commitment will be greatly missed."
He must have been the "Black Sheep." Wonder how he is remembered around the Thanksgiving table? . .
Heinz's Senate colleagues chose him to chair the Senate Steel Caucus (1983-1991), the Senate Coal Caucus (1983-1988), and the Senate Northeast-Midwest Coalition (1984-1991). He was a founding member of the Northeast-Midwest Institute as well as the Environment and Energy Study Conference. He chaired the Alliance to Save Energy (1983-1989) and served as a member of the Helsinki Commission (1987-1988), which monitored compliance with human rights accords in Eastern Europe.
During the 1979-1980 election cycle, Heinz's Republican colleagues elected him to chair the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), a political fundraising committee devoted to supporting incumbent Republican senators and to increasing Republican membership in the U.S. Senate. He not only acquired more than $20 million, but helped the party gain control of the Senate for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century. Although Heinz performed brilliantly, his Republican colleagues rejected him in 1980 for GOP Conference chairman, the third-ranking leadership position. To make matters worse, Heinz lost to James McClure of Idaho, who already possessed a prize chairmanship of his own as head of the Senate Energy Committee.
Heinz partially avenged that loss in 1984 when he ran for his old post of campaign committee chairman for the 1985-1986 election cycle, defeating Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming by one vote. At the same time, Heinz chaired the Republican Presidential Task Force, which also shared the NRSC's commitment to increasing the number of Republican members in the Senate. He served as a member of the Republican National Committee's Labor Advisory Council (1982-1984) and chaired the Republican Conference Task Force on Job Training and Education (1986-1988).
Right on!!! And after that, we'll BOYCOTT the jerks!!!
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