Never ending saga
October 8, 2009 | ACORN | Comments (0)ACORN is being investigated in Minnesota.
Comment of the Day
October 7, 2009 | ACORN | Comments (0)In response to the post below, “Could ACORN be more corrupt?”
NO!
ACORN receives federal grant
October 7, 2009 | ACORN | Comments (0)It looks like it’s pretty hard to stick a fork in this group. From the story:
Nearly $1 million in Homeland Security funding typically earmarked for fire departments has been awarded to ACORN, despite a clear signal from Congress that it intends to cut off federal funding to the embattled group, the Washington Times reported on Wednesday.
The grant to ACORN’s Louisiana office became public on Oct. 2, less than three weeks after the House and Senate voted to cut off ACORN funding after employees were caught on video advising a fake prostitute and pimp on scams.
Could ACORN be more corrupt?
October 6, 2009 | ACORN, industry | Comments (1)Now this:
Louisiana’s attorney general has broadened the scope of an investigation of ACORN to include a possible embezzlement of $5 million a decade ago within the community organization, five times more than previously reported.
ACORN fights back
October 2, 2009 | ACORN | Comments (0)This will backfire because it will continue to give media opportunities to rehash the original story.
Donors flee ACORN
September 25, 2009 | ACORN | Comments (0)ACORN’s funders
September 24, 2009 | ACORN | Comments (0)From National Review:
JP Morgan Chase Foundation: $5,007,500 and $300,000 to separate state-level ACORN units
JP Morgan Chase Foundation: $5,007,500 and $300,000 to separate state-level ACORN unitsMakes sense. ACORN is essentially a protection racket and these banks bought themselves protection. Sic the protesters on someone else.
Send lawyers, guns and money
September 24, 2009 | ACORN | Comments (1)First, ACORN’s top officials have been on a media apology tour and have dismissed the wayward employees in the infamous pimp video as bad apples who shouldn’t diminish the important work the group does in housing and low-income assistance. Then on Wednesday afternoon, ACORN went on the legal offensive, suing conservative filmmakers James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles for secretly videotaping in their office.
And finally, the group is launching a charm offensive on Capitol Hill, as its Washington lobbying shop has been quietly meeting with sympathetic congressional offices, reminding them that ACORN’s services help low-income residents of urban areas.
Repost
September 22, 2009 | ACORN, Center for Responsible Lending | Comments (0)ACORN & Center for Responsible Lending: Subprime Culprits
For those of you who don’t know, ACORN is a consumer group that began after the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) became official in 1977. Their stated goal since the beginning has been to combat redlining. However, what they have achieved over the years is to effectively convince lenders to relax their standards so that they can serve people with poor credit and little or no assets. According to the Wall Street Journal, ACORN and the CRA “laid the foundation for the house of cards built out of subprime loans.”
During the recent presidential election, an organization called the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) grabbed more than its share of the headlines. Specifically, there have been allegations that ACORN has been involved in large-scale voter fraud (and here’s a road map). But let’s focus on some of their even more prominent activities, and how they have had close ties with Self-Help Credit Union and the Center For Responsible Lending (CRL). It could easily be said that ACORN and the CRL have sided against the American taxpayer since day one.
Dodging
September 21, 2009 | ACORN | Comments (0)ACORN chief is a tad reluctant to testify before Congress.
