whirlpool appliances. among the heirs to the whirlpool appliances fortune is benton harbor s republican congressman, fred upton, a former fred upton staffer, republican state rep al paschallca, he represents benton harbor in the statehouse, he s the person who introduced emergency state takeover bill that governor rick snyder signed. this is their ceremonial re-enacting of the signing there. until last year, he served on the board of directors for a nonprofit that wants to build a half billion-dollar, 530-acre lake-front jack nicklaus-designed golf course and luxury real estate development that would span both relatively wealthy st. joseph and poor little benton harbor, a development that eats the one ç collective asset that benton harbor had, benton harbor s beautiful beach-front park. it would turn it into a place where caddies carry bags for whirlpool executives and for rich folk who is drive in from chicago for a weekend at their new luxury signature home! i don t know what a sig