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ACORN Fires Beth Butler
The Provocateur ^ | 10/13/2009 | Mike Volpe

Posted on 10/13/2009 4:18:42 PM PDT by fiscon1

This is interesting because Beth Butler is the common law wife of Wade Rathke.

Controversial activist group ACORN has fired the longtime companion of founder Wade Rathke over apparent concerns about a lack of "accountability" in her work leading the Louisiana chapter in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Beth Butler was the director of that chapter and close to Rathke, whose brother Dale was accused of embezzling about $1 million from the group a decade ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at theeprovocateur.blogspot.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: acorn; berthalewis; bethbutler; corruption; waderathke

1 posted on 10/13/2009 4:18:42 PM PDT by fiscon1
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To: fiscon1

And now they’ll sue on her behalf....


2 posted on 10/13/2009 4:19:15 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (This tagline excerpted. To read more, click on MyOverratedBlog.com)
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To: fiscon1

Shakin that tree from the roots to the top branches.


3 posted on 10/13/2009 4:30:08 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: cripplecreek
Shakin that tree from the roots to the top branches.

Unfortunately those roots go deep. It's gonna take a huge chain saw and a large crane to pull all of it out. Then it will need lots of poison so it can't grow back!

4 posted on 10/13/2009 4:37:34 PM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: FlingWingFlyer; altair; stephenjohnbanker; little jeremiah; ~Kim4VRWC's~; voteNRA; CaliforniaCon; ..
ACORN Ping!

FReep mail me if you want on/off the list.


5 posted on 10/13/2009 9:32:27 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: fiscon1

Keep firing, it’s just a matter of time before one decides to expose it all.


6 posted on 10/13/2009 10:35:04 PM PDT by mojitojoe (Socialism is just the last “feel good” step on the path to Communism and its slavery. Lenin)
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