Taking a Crack at ACORN
by PubliusFrom today’s New York Post:
Pointing to a string of probes that ACORN is facing and news reports about the two groups sharing a Nevins Street address in Brooklyn, the suit seeks to flush out the overlap.
Critics of the two groups have long complained they work hand in glove — and have found compelling evidence in Brooklyn.
“Another organization that helped found and remains closely [allied] with the WFP is the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, commonly known as ACORN,” reads a petition filed in the case, charging that “ACORN not only shares office space with the WFP . . . but Bertha Lewis, the executive director of New York ACORN, is also a state co-chair of the WFP.”
The court papers cite an exclusive Post story about hidden cameras at the Nevins Street offices capturing ACORN workers counseling a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp on how to buy a home and keep authorities from catching on.
An ACORN spokesman didn’t respond to an e-mailed request for comment. But WFP spokesman Dan Levitan called the suit “a pathetic attempt by a Republican operative trying to win an election.”
Insiders said ACORN was one of many groups involved in creating the WFP and is now among 75 affiliates with the party.
Original story here.
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I wonder how non-partisan you can be when you OWN a political party?
Probably just me.
You might want to include the first sentence from the article – the cut off makes it difficult to read.
Also, the WFP say that 75 affiliates helped to form them – how many of those "affiliates" were ACORN under different names?
[...] A lawsuit has been filed against the Working Families Party of New York, a known affiliate group with the ACORN network, according to a report. [...]
Wiil ACORN be re-funded on Halloween Night?
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An ACORN spokesman didn’t respond to an e-mailed request for comment. (Courtesy of Publius)
And they will not call back b/c they are Corupt Organizations and they claim to be the victim.
YUP! Republicans cannot get around the pesky Constitution and the part of the annoying Constitution that strictly prohibits "Bill OF Attainder". If they pass one of the 3 Defund ACORN Acts that have poorly circulated and comprised, the following organizations will also lose their funding because, well…it's the law!
http://www.contractormisconduct.org/
ACORN just given financial regulatory power. No, I'm not joking. Check the link in my sn and see for yourself.
This is a good thing! Where do these Pols on both sides of the aisle get the authority to dish out these confiscated funds anyway??? The constitution ? The enumerated powers don't cover Washington Handouts.
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