ACORN: A Non-Issue. A Red Herring.
Raising ACORN as an issue is a red herring, a distraction from the issue of the corrupting influence of money on our political system.
FaceBook note Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 7:50am
See http://www.scribd.com/doc/24424725/Congressional-Research-Service-Report-On-Acorn
"Federal agencies, mainly the Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development, have awarded money to the group 48 times since 2005. But, in none of those instances did Acorn violate the terms of their funding, the report said.... See More
Since the 2008 elections, the group, which works primarily to expand voter registration and affordable housing, has become a key Republican target. A series of scandals brought to light by conservative activists led to multiple Congressional hearings and repeated attempts to deny it taxpayer funding.
Acorn has been the subject of scores of investigations—a total of 46 inquiries by federal, state, and local agencies, including the FBI and the Treasury Department, and five by Congress as of October 2009, according to the report.
The report found no evidence that voters attempting to cast ballots at the polls had been improperly registered by Acorn, a chief Republican accusation." http://nyti.ms/5TFfdI
FaceBook note Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 7:50am
See http://www.scribd.com/doc/24424725/Congressional-Research-Service-Report-On-Acorn
"Federal agencies, mainly the Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development, have awarded money to the group 48 times since 2005. But, in none of those instances did Acorn violate the terms of their funding, the report said.... See More
Since the 2008 elections, the group, which works primarily to expand voter registration and affordable housing, has become a key Republican target. A series of scandals brought to light by conservative activists led to multiple Congressional hearings and repeated attempts to deny it taxpayer funding.
Acorn has been the subject of scores of investigations—a total of 46 inquiries by federal, state, and local agencies, including the FBI and the Treasury Department, and five by Congress as of October 2009, according to the report.
The report found no evidence that voters attempting to cast ballots at the polls had been improperly registered by Acorn, a chief Republican accusation." http://nyti.ms/5TFfdI
posted by Mario | 5:57 PM
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