More Lies from Joe Knollenberg on His Veterans Record

I found this entry on Joe Knollenberg's Congressional blog today. I'm astounded at how Joe can even show his face at a veterans event. Here's Joe's entry and below are Joe's rankings from veterans groups.

Fighting for Veterans As They Have Fought For Us

This week the House passed the annual Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill. This bills funds programs for our military families and veterans through fiscal year 2009. I am proud to have supported this bill.

As a veteran I believe the commitment we make to our brave military men and women is not only important but truly sacred. In fact, in every meeting I have with veterans my commitment to them only grows stronger. We have an obligation to provide proper living conditions for our troops and proper care for our veterans.

The injuries that veterans are coming home with require our immediate attention. The bill Congress just passed provides yet another major increase in veterans’ health programs, which will go a long way towards dealing with the problems our new veterans’ are experiencing, like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Oakland County is home to over 45,000 veterans. These courageous heroes are the best of the best among us, and they deserve the very best we can offer them

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Veterans Issues
2006 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans 66 percent in 2006.

2006 In 2006 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave Representative Knollenberg a grade of C.

2006 Representative Knollenberg sponsored or co-sponsored 7 percent of the legislation favored by the The Retired Enlisted Association in 2006.

2005 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans 0 percent in 2005.

2004 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans 0 percent in 2004.

2004 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the The Retired Enlisted Association 33 percent in 2004.

2003-2004 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the Vietnam Veterans of America 38 percent in 2003-2004.

2003 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the American Veterans 50 percent in 2003.

2003 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans 0 percent in 2003.

2003 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the The American Legion 40 percent in 2003.

2001 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans 100 percent in 2001.

2001 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the Vietnam Veterans of America 77 percent in 2001.

1999 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the Disabled American Veterans 100 percent in 1999.

1997-1998 Representative Knollenberg supported the interests of the Vietnam Veterans of America 0 percent in 1997-199

Joe Scrubs Racist Blog Entry

From Swingstate Project

MI-09: Joe Knollenberg Gets Ugly
by: James L.
Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 3:34 PM EDT

Get a load of this:

That's what currently pops up when you conduct a Google blog search for Knollenberg. If you click through to the actual article, Knollenberg has scrubbed his original title and replaced it with a new headline: "Protecting Our Families From Harmful Products".


This sort of thing -- especially coming from a United States congressman -- is disgusting.

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Knollenberg fixes financial disclosure reports after being alerted

Here's the rule: I guess Joe and his accountant can't read.

The instruction manual provided by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for filling out financial disclosure forms requires that when a property provides rental income, "the gross value of the entire property should be reported even if only part of the property (e.g. the basement of a residence) is used for rental purposes.

Mich. lawmaker fixes financial disclosure reports

Associated Press

4:13 PM CDT, July 29, 2008

U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg on Tuesday fixed his personal financial disclosure forms to report a higher value of his home in Washington, D.C.

In a letter to the House ethics committee, the Bloomfield Township Republican amended reports between 2003 and 2007 to say the value of his property is between $500,000 and $1 million.

Knollenberg had previously reported the home's value at between $50,000 and $100,000.

Spokesman Nate Bailey called the error a "typo" by an accountant who mistakenly reported the value of a basement apartment that Knollenberg rented out -- not the value of the entire house.

Bailey said Knollenberg fixed his financial forms immediately after being alerted by the Roll Call newspaper. Roll Call ran a story Tuesday saying Knollenberg underreported the value of his Washington house.

Lawmakers don't have to include their personal homes in financial disclosure reports unless the properties generate rental income.

Knollenberg supports efforts in Congress to require legislators to report all the mortgages they hold, Bailey said.

Shame on you, Joe. Knollenberg underreports the value of his DC home

Roll Call reports today that Joe Knollenberg has been underreporting the value of his DC home for the last several years. The rule seems pretty clear.

The instruction manual provided by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for filling out financial disclosure forms requires that when a property provides rental income, "the gross value of the entire property should be reported even if only part of the property (e.g. the basement of a residence) is used for rental purposes.

From Roll Call:

Since 2003, Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-Mich.) has underreported the value of his Capitol Hill townhouse by hundreds of thousands of dollars each year in his personal financial disclosure forms, an apparent violation of House rules.

On the most recent disclosure forms, Knollenberg reported the value of the property at $50,000 to $100,000, down from the $100,000 to $250,000 range he reported the year before, despite the fact that District of Columbia tax records indicate a current assessed value of $781,840.

"The Congressman has always striven to go above and beyond the required financial disclosure requirements," Knollenberg spokesman Nate Bailey said. "He has nothing to hide. It appears that his accountant has made a clerical error, and that inadvertent mistake will be corrected immediately."

I guess Joe and his accountant must have a reading comprehension problem. That doesn't appear to be going above and beyond to me. How about you?

Maybe that's what Joe Knollenberg and George W. Bush will call the $9 trillion debt they've racked up, a "clerical error."