"Money woes force ACORN to disband" By Associated Press | March 23, 2010
CHICAGO — The once mighty community activist group ACORN said yesterday 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.
Yeah, the left also has its cheaters and crooks.
“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.
No one likes a liar.
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. They will continue to operate under their new names.
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 US 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 did not mean any money would be automatically be restored....
No political group or party will ever get my money ever again.
You want money for politics? Go get it from the banks.
They have plenty of tax loot to spare.
Also see: Around AmeriKa: Burning Down the House in Illinois
