AccuWeather and the GOP
I did some poking around on the Internet and found some interesting informaton about Dr. Joel N. Myers, founder and CEO of AccuWeather, Inc., of State College, Pa., the leading private weather service in the United States. Myers didn't just give a single, $2,000 donation to Republican Sen. Rick Santorum in 2005. He has donated regularly to Santorum and other Republican candidates and political action committees. No Democrats need apply. His total since 1991, according to the Federal Elections Commission, is $6,600 to Santorum, $44,850 to all Republicans including Santorum. He was a major donor to the misbegotten Scott Paterno run for Congress against U.S. Rep. Tim Holden in 2004. Interestingly, neither he nor his brother Barry, executive vice president of AccuWeather, have given anything to Santorum since the
the storm hit about that $2,000 donation. But donations to other Republicans have continued, most recently a $5,000 donation in March to the National Republican Congressional Committee. Given all this it's not surprising AccuWeather has signed on with the "skeptics" of global warming. When you join a church, there are certain things you are asked to believe through faith, not fact.