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		<title>ACORN Document Dump: Why Did ACORN Spend $9,000 at Fertility Clinic?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Government&#8217;s first post about the San Diego Document Dump showed a bank authorization to automatically pay monthly membership dues. That particular individual committed to paying ACORN $10 a month. Thousands of California residents have made similar commitments, adding up to substantial monthly revenue for ACORN. How an organization chooses to spend its members money [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Big Government&#8217;s first post about the San Diego Document Dump <a href="http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/23/breaking-san-diego-acorn-document-dump-scandal/#more-35430">showed a bank authorization</a> to automatically pay monthly membership dues. That particular individual committed to paying ACORN $10 a month. Thousands of California residents have made similar commitments, adding up to substantial monthly revenue for ACORN. How an organization chooses to spend its members money says a lot about that organization.</p>
<p>Below is a monthly credit card statement for ACORN employee David Lagstein&#8217;s corporate credit card:</p>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.docstoc.com/docs/17253729/ACORN---Credit-Card-_Redacted_">ACORN &#8211; Credit Card _Redacted_</a> &#8211; </span></p>
<p><span id="more-36078"></span>We&#8217;re not entirely certain what the &#8220;Fertility Specialist Medical Group&#8221; or the &#8220;San Diego Reproductive Surgery Center&#8221; does, but we know that, in June, ACORN paid them more than $9,000. We also know that ACORN dumped the credit card statement detailing the charge into a public dumpster just days before the Attorney&#8217;s General office was scheduled to visit.</p>
<p>No doubt, Mr. Lagstein has a good reason for this purchase. Or, at least, an explanation for how payments to a fertility clinic further the hopes and dreams of the poor and low-income families who have turned to ACORN for help. We&#8217;ll be waiting along with the rest of you for the answer.</p>
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