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ACORN disbanding because of money woes, scandal
By MICHAEL TARM, AP
1 hour ago
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CHICAGO — The once mighty community activist group ACORN announced Monday it is folding amid falling revenues — six months after video footage emerged showing some of its workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.
"It's really declining revenue in the face of a series of attacks from partisan operatives and right-wing activists that have taken away our ability to raise the resources we need," ACORN spokesman Kevin Whelan said.
Several of its largest affiliates, including ACORN New York and ACORN California, broke away this year and changed their names in a bid to ditch the tarnished image of their parent organization and restore revenue that ran dry in the wake of the video scandal.
ACORN's financial situation and reputation went into free fall within days of the videos' release in September. Congress reacted by yanking ACORN's federal funding, private donors held back cash and scores of ACORN offices closed.
Earlier this month, a U.S. judge reiterated an earlier ruling that the federal law blacklisting ACORN and groups allied with it was unconstitutional because it singled them out. But that didn't mean any money would be automatically be restored.
Bertha Lewis, the CEO of ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, alluded to financial hardships in a weekend statement as the group's board prepared to deliberate by phone.
"ACORN has faced a series of well-orchestrated, relentless, well-funded right wing attacks that are unprecedented since the McCarthy era," she said. "The videos were a manufactured, sensational story that led to rush to judgment and an unconstitutional act by Congress."
ACORN's board decided to close remaining state affiliates and field offices by April 1 because of falling revenues, with some national operations will continue operating for at least several weeks before shutting for good, Whelan said Monday.
For years, ACORN could draw on 400,000 members to lobby for liberal causes, such as raising the minimum wage or adopting universal health care. ACORN was arguably most successful at registering hundreds of thousands of low-income voters, though that mission was dogged by fraud allegations, including that some workers submitted forms signed by 'Mickey Mouse' or other cartoon characters.
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Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:12 am |
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Domet
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Man, I called this happening, right here on these boards in fact! XD
The organization has splintered and now the terrible beast that it eventually became now lays in ruin. I can only hope this allows the groups purposes and activities to reform in a healthy way in its new forms. |
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Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:44 am |
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quote:
I can only hope this allows the groups purposes and activities to reform in a healthy way in its new forms.
No surprise there.  after all where would mickey, minnie and donald duck go to get registered as good democrat voters?  |
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Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:26 pm |
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Domet
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Oh twotap - any of the other voter registration groups like happens every year. The difference this time is that the Conservatives won't have ACORN to point out, and will have to admit that this happens all over the place. What is going to be amazingly funny is when you fail to recognize this and further fail to realize that picking on ACORN was nothing more than political theater designed to energize a base against agreat "liberal conspiracy."
It's a terrible thing when otherwise good minds are polluted by partisanship. ACORN has in nearly every instance been cleared of charges, and yet despite this the rabble rousers still yell, "They tried to steal the election," clearly not understanding how stealing an election would actually work and that there is more going on here than what your pundits are telling you. Oh well, deciding to live in the dark is a decision you made, and I don't have the time or interest to run new lighting for you. |
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Lack of support for your assertions does not make you a sage, it just makes the rest of us doubt your reasoning skills. - Elias12, Flint Talk Poster |
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Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:09 pm |
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twotap
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They say a picture is worth 1000 words which is quite a bit less than domet uses in his or hers longwinded posts.
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"If you like your current healthcare you can keep it, Period"!!
Barack Hussein Obama--- multiple times. |
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Thu Mar 25, 2010 1:01 pm |
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