Senate to ACORN, "No Fund For You!"

Damocles

Damocles

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/14/AR2009091402849.html

Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN

By ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
Monday, September 14, 2009; 6:50 PM

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases.

The 83-7 vote would deny housing and community grant funding to ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

The action came as the group is suffering from bad publicity after a duo of conservative activists posing as a prostitute and her pimp released hidden-camera videos in which ACORN employees in Baltimore gave advice on house-buying and how to account on tax forms for the woman's income. Two other videos, aired frequently on media outlets such as the Fox News Channel, depict similar situations in ACORN offices in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C.

The Senate's move would mean that ACORN would not be able to win HUD grants for programs such as counseling low-income people on how to get mortgages and for fair housing education and outreach.

Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., said that ACORN has received $53 million in taxpayer funds since 1994 and that the group was eligible for a wider set of funding in the pending legislation, which funds housing and transportation programs.

Just last week, the Census Bureau severed its ties with ACORN, saying it does not want the group's help in outreach efforts on the decennial count.

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If only this had been the action taken pre housing crash!


Damocles said:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/14/AR2009091402849.html

Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN

By ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
Monday, September 14, 2009; 6:50 PM

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases.

The 83-7 vote would deny housing and community grant funding to ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

The action came as the group is suffering from bad publicity after a duo of conservative activists posing as a prostitute and her pimp released hidden-camera videos in which ACORN employees in Baltimore gave advice on house-buying and how to account on tax forms for the woman's income. Two other videos, aired frequently on media outlets such as the Fox News Channel, depict similar situations in ACORN offices in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C.

The Senate's move would mean that ACORN would not be able to win HUD grants for programs such as counseling low-income people on how to get mortgages and for fair housing education and outreach.

Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., said that ACORN has received $53 million in taxpayer funds since 1994 and that the group was eligible for a wider set of funding in the pending legislation, which funds housing and transportation programs.

Just last week, the Census Bureau severed its ties with ACORN, saying it does not want the group's help in outreach efforts on the decennial count.

More at link...
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uscitizen said:
It would have made no measureable difference.

But keep dreaming.
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Says the housing expert :rolleyes:

ACORN had money directed their way by stupid corrupt pigs in congress to go out and sign up people for homes who could not afford them...I'd say the millions who were so signed up and have lost their homes or are waiting for bailout funds have had a very significant impact on the proverbial fisr falling domino that began the failures.
 
Ice Dancer said:
Says the housing expert :rolleyes:

ACORN had money directed their way by stupid corrupt pigs in congress to go out and sign up people for homes who could not afford them...I'd say the millions who were so signed up and have lost their homes or are waiting for bailout funds have had a very significant impact on the proverbial fisr falling domino that began the failures.
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Yes, because everybody knows that the investment banks aka Wall St casinos were thoroughly altruistic and selfless institutions existing only to promulgate peace, joy and harmony in the world.
 
tom prendergast said:
Yes, because everybody knows that the investment banks aka Wall St casinos were thoroughly altruistic and selfless institutions existing only to promulgate peace, joy and harmony in the world.
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of course. The cause of all this is the mindlessness of a government guaranteeing anything. Wallstreet abused this promise by making all these crazy mortgage backed derivatives. But the government guaranteeing mortgages is insanity in the first place.
 
AssHatZombie said:
of course. The cause of all this is the mindlessness of a government guaranteeing anything. Wallstreet abused this promise by making all these crazy mortgage backed derivatives. But the government guaranteeing mortgages is insanity in the first place.
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The government needs to get rid of a lot more programs than ACORN, I am glad they cut the funds.
 
tom prendergast said:
Yes, because everybody knows that the investment banks aka Wall St casinos were thoroughly altruistic and selfless institutions existing only to promulgate peace, joy and harmony in the world.
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Stupid and beside the point. ACORN had free reign given them by congress...Congress made it clear to banks that they had to provide a high number of loans to low income borrowers. That regulation of how that looked was not in place, is again, the fault of congress, not banks. Banks losing money is on them, but congress getting involved in lending was and remains the root of the problem.
 
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Damocles said:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/14/AR2009091402849.html

Senate votes to deny funds to ACORN

By ANDREW TAYLOR
The Associated Press
Monday, September 14, 2009; 6:50 PM

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Monday to block the Housing and Urban Development Department from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire in several voter-registration fraud cases.

The 83-7 vote would deny housing and community grant funding to ACORN, which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

The action came as the group is suffering from bad publicity after a duo of conservative activists posing as a prostitute and her pimp released hidden-camera videos in which ACORN employees in Baltimore gave advice on house-buying and how to account on tax forms for the woman's income. Two other videos, aired frequently on media outlets such as the Fox News Channel, depict similar situations in ACORN offices in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C.

The Senate's move would mean that ACORN would not be able to win HUD grants for programs such as counseling low-income people on how to get mortgages and for fair housing education and outreach.

Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., said that ACORN has received $53 million in taxpayer funds since 1994 and that the group was eligible for a wider set of funding in the pending legislation, which funds housing and transportation programs.

Just last week, the Census Bureau severed its ties with ACORN, saying it does not want the group's help in outreach efforts on the decennial count.

More at link...
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A bad day for patriots.
 
Now it'll be interesting to see if refunded with name change?

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...me-and-moves-to-silence-critics-48730537.html

Note the date:

ACORN drops tarnished name and moves to silence critics
By: KEVIN MOONEY
Commentary Staff Writer
06/21/09 5:07 PM EDT

Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) leaders are using the threat of a law suit to silence and intimidate critics, according to current and former members of the liberal activist group.

In a letter dated June 11 an attorney for ACORN advised top whistleblowers that their unauthorized use of the organization’s name could make them liable for monetary damages and injunctive relief.

ACORN executives have also changed their organization’s name, which was tarnished by investigations in at least 14 states of allegations of voter registration fraud during the 2008 presidential campaign, and charges by current and former members of financial mismanagement and misrepresentation.

The new name will let ACORN leaders continue their operations without worrying about prior bad publicity, according to Marcel Reid of ACORN 8, a group of present and former members.

“We’ve known for many months now that the name ACORN is going to be retired,” Reid said. “The name has been so damaged to the point where the leadership knows it simply can’t go on as it has with the ACORN label out front and center, especially after all of the reporting.”

In fact, the process has already begun, she noted. Wade Rathke, who founded the organization, announced on his blog that ACORN International has officially changed its name to “Community Organizations International.”
Reid also said ACORN is in the process of dismantling Citizen’s Consulting Inc. (CCI), a New-Orleans based non-profit, which has been used to maintain centralized financial control, ACORN 8 activists claim. Tax records show that CCI is interlinked with several ACORN affiliates...
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DNC said:
http://www.sexworkawareness.org/
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Typical. From the site:

Best-selling author David Henry Sterry and sexuality rights activist Audacia Ray, both former workers in the sex industry, are proud to announce Sex Worker Literati, a new free monthly reading series that features sex workers, former sex workers, and people with stories about the sex industry who will read, monologue, perform, and shimmy their ways into your hearts, minds, and naughty bits. The series kicks off at 8 pm on Thursday, August 6 at the Lower East Side staple Happy Ending (302 Broome Street), which fittingly enough was once an erotic massage parlor. On the first Thursday of every month, Sterry and Ray will showcase a diverse set of performers who have stories to tell about the business of sex.

The reading series is inspired by a new anthology edited by David Henry Sterry and RJ Martin, Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Work & Money published in July 2009 by Soft Skull. After Sterry asked Ray to contribute a piece to the anthology, they began to discuss collaboration possibilities. The results are the Sex Worker Literati reading series and the website hoshookercallgirlsrentboys.com, which features writings by sex workers, sneak peeks at the book, and videos featuring anthology contributors.

The Sex Worker Literati inaugural reading on August 6 features six performers from all corners of the sex business. Blues diva and pinup girl Candye Kane, Times Square wild girl Jodi Sh. Doff, Scandinavian/African rent boy Damien Decker, and ex-teenage ho/ award-winning filmmaker Juliana Piccillo are all contributors to the anthology. They will be joined by renowned artist and former nude model Molly Crabapple, who is the illustrator and co-author of the graphic novel Scarlett Takes Manhattan and former go-go dancer and porn producer Sam Benjamin, author of Confessions of an Ivy League Pornographer.

Those in far-away lands who are unable to attend the reading series in New York will be able to enjoy some of the performances online: videos, photos, and stories will be published on hoshookerscallgirlsrentboys.com. We are also planning events for the anthology around the country, so check the website or become a fan on Facebook to find out more.
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