Well At Least Here's Some GOOD News

[twyacht]

Even the NY Times, shed a tear writing this one.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/us/politics/20acorn.html

Acorn on Brink of Bankruptcy, Officials Say
By IAN URBINA
Published: March 19, 2010

BALTIMORE — The community organizing group Acorn, battered politically from the right and suffering from mismanagement along with a severe loss of government and other funds, is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy, officials of the group said Friday.

Bertha Lewis, Acorn's chief executive, blamed “relentless, well-funded right-wing attacks” reminiscent of the McCarthy era.

Acorn is holding a teleconference this weekend to discuss plans for a bankruptcy filing, two officials of the group said. They asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the news media.

Over the last six months, at least 15 of the group’s 30 state chapters have disbanded and have no plans of re-forming, Acorn officials said. The California and New York chapters, two of the largest, have severed their ties to the national group and have independently reconstituted themselves with new names. Several other state groups are also re-forming outside the Acorn umbrella, and will not be affected if the national organization files for bankruptcy.

This week, the Maryland chapter announced that it would not reopen its offices, which were shuttered in September in the wake of a widely publicized series of video recordings made by two conservative activists, posing as a prostitute and a pimp, who secretly filmed Acorn workers providing them tax advice.

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Since any PAC, or political figure would be called out for contributing to this sleazy outfit, they seem to not be able to get those local folks to contribute...Hmmmmm I figured with all the voters they found, ya know dead folks, pets, illegal aliens, homeless, that they could raise some operating funds,....

One less hindrance to this November's elections.

Good-bye, and good riddance!!! Yes they can weasel, re-organize, re-name themselves, because they are like roaches when you turn a light on,.....you can get a lot of them, but there is always a couple that make an escape.

Unless the BHO admin, authorizes a bailout?

[JC5123]

While it is a good thing that they are going away. Unfortunately I fear it will make little difference as most of their goals were achieved. Most notably yesterday, with the house ramming through health care. And if the Senate doesn't stop it, we will see immigration reform an cap and trade right behind it. This WILL bankrupt the US. We are already well on our way as it is.

[Hazcat]

I have heard that they're funding is being reinstated by court order so it seems they will be around for some time!

[twyacht]

I have heard that they're funding is being reinstated by court order so it seems they will be around for some time!

NOT so fast....

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0310/Acorn_folds.html?showall

Acorn folds

The national group ACORN is folding, an official there, Kevin Whelan, said in an emailed statement:

    The ACORN Association Board met on Sunday March 21 and approved a set of steps to responsibly manage the process of bringing its operations to a close over the coming months. These include:

    * Closing ACORN’s remaining state affiliates and field offices by April 1st; and
    * Developing a plan to resolve all outstanding debts, obligations and other issues.

    ACORN’s members have a great deal to be proud of--from promoting to homeownership to helping rebuild New Orleans, from raising wages to winning safer streets, from training community leaders to promoting voter participation—ACORN members have worked hard to create stronger to communities, a more inclusive democracy, and a more just nation.

ACORN was always a very decentralized group, with a great deal of its activity and power concentrated in local chapters from New York to Arkansas -- the strongest of which will survive. The collapse of the national group, though, reflects the impact of a conservative assault that never prompted any prosecutions.

BHO threw them under the bus,...and so it goes...

[Fatman]

Wow. 

This is akin to Adolf eliminating the SA (brownshirsts), although in a bloodless fashion.

[Sponsor]

[fightingquaker13]

Wow. 

This is akin to Adolf eliminating the SA (brownshirsts), although in a bloodless fashion.

Who wants a bunch of troublemakers around after they've outlived their usefulness? The Gop leaders (whoever they are these days) will do the same to the tea partyers after the elections and for the same reasons. No politician likes a political force they can't control. ACORN made it easy by being corrupt. The Tea Party will be harder to dismantle or co-opt, but you know Boehner and McConnell will try.
FQ13

[Pathfinder]

We all need to be careful, and very alert. ACORN is not going away, it is changing shape and form. Like a Hydra, the local offices are changing names, re-incorporating as a newly minted organization - and are still staffed by the very same people who were corrupt to begin with. We need to find out the new names, and get the publicity out as to who they are. This is a dangerous outfit, and we need to continue our vigilance.

[tombogan03884]

The groups that reorganized took the money with them. Watch where the people go.
This is how communists operate, as well as scammers. Once Acorn goes out of business they can't be sued, also, by breaking it up they give themselves a plausible defense against a RICO prosecution. By breaking up it gives the appearance that it is not an "on going criminal conspiracy" but instead becomes a series of separate groups who are "Plagued by allegations".

[Dagger53]

I don't think that they are going away, they are just re-organizing and will be back under different business names and I wouldn't

surprised if most of them were hired to run obamacare along with the 16,000 new IRS agents.

[Hazcat]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_2010/m10-12.pdf