Acorn Disbanding

[Guest SUNTZU]

ACORN disbanding because of money woes, scandal | Top AP Stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

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 activist 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.

[Guest FroggyOne2]

The Squirrels will be truly sad!

[Guest RRM]

Dont worry they are surely under some other name now.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Dont worry they are surely under some other name now.

I was wondering if the 400,000 brown shirts finally came in.

[Guest jackdm3]

UPS!?

Sorry. 'nother thread!

Or is there a link?

Edited March 22, 2010 by jackdm3

[-boatman-]

They have been saved by the White House. This video came over Face Book from Fox.

Obama Administration Restores ACORN Funding

Videos Posted by Fox News: Obama Administration Restores ACORN Funding [HQ] | Facebook

[Guest SUNTZU]

They have been saved by the White House. This video came over Face Book from Fox.

Obama Administration Restores ACORN Funding

Videos Posted by Fox News: Obama Administration Restores ACORN Funding [HQ] | Facebook

My news story is from today. Is this video from today or from the 19th?

[Guest 6.8 AR]

I heard about the funding thing today on Fox.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Well if you Google acorn disbanding it pulls up stories posted just seconds ago about them disbanding.

[Garufa]

I thought they already were a thing of the past...or at least operating under a new name.

[-boatman-]

My news story is from today. Is this video from today or from the 19th?

I don't know. It came over Face Book this afternoon so I assume it is today..

[Worriedman]

They are being absorbed by the IRS and the new bureaucracies to dole out health care. Bet your hinney none of them will go hungry or wanting.

[Guest Catdaddy]

Acorn is like having the clap-it don't just go away...

They will resurface under some other sweet-sounding names like "national association to restore the American Way" or " the free puppy and kitten society' or some other BS name to hide the same old liberal progressive traitors.

[Chief07]

These commie scumbags are breaking into groups by other names. Idiot boy will not let them go broke. The Democraps will give them funding. He needs them for the 2012 election.

[Tango down]

The Obama administration had to reauthorize funding for them because these people are going to be our new medical care providers under his plan!

Edited March 23, 2010 by Tango down

[Guest FroggyOne2]

The Obama administration had to reauthorize funding for them because these people are going to be our new medical care providers under his plan!

Nope.. but it will create 156 new federal offices.. and the IRS is going to administer it.. and will be checking to see if you have health insurance every month.. and if you don't.. slap a 2200 dollar fine on you.. for each month you don't have it.. is the way I have read it.

[Guest jackdm3]

Blood from a turnip!