ACORN whistleblowers say laws were broken [ACORN Scandal Worse Than Watergate--The Tip of Iceberg]

Columbia Conservative Examiner ^ | May 19, 2009 | Anthony G. Martin

[Danae]

You are correct it can’t, that’s why I have spent so much time researching and publishing about it. http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-7715-Portland-Civil-Rights-Examiner~y2009m5d19-Recession-of-20089-caused-by-Congress

[Vendome]

Drip, Drip, Drip. Slowly but surely...

[Welshman007]

I was unaware that the title of the thread was supposed to be the same as the title of the article. Sorry.

Not that it matters, but I AM Anthony G. Martin, and I figured I could write it the way I wanted since I am the author of the article. I guess not.

[Admin Moderator]

Thanks and welcome to FR. We want the original titles to remain in the title line (you can append like is shown above) so it will show up in search and we don’t have dozens of duplicate articles posted.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Just heard on Fox Houston that Acorn Leader murdered.
Nothing on their website or Houston Comical about it.

[Welshman007]

Thank-you very much.

A question for you. I noticed this was removed from the front page. Was there a reason for that?

And how do I see how many views the article has had?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

“Where are Woodward and Bernstein when you need them.”

You must mean the ones who started the rumor that Castro
gave money to the DNC so they could make news.

[Copernicus]

Greetings! Welcome to Free Republic.

I have posted some of your columns in the past.

If you need help to navigate the somewhat quirky Free Republic customs and traditions I will be happy to help in whatever way possible.(Not that I have cracked the code myself or anything)

Best regards,

[StAntKnee]

Thanks. Soon as I figure out how to arrange those numerals into a powerball config, I’ll play em.

[StAntKnee]

I’m working with Antonio, my patron saint, to insert some surprises into America’s daily life. Surprises for the administration.

Oh, yeah, he’s a mischief-maker, this saint.

[Cacique]

ACORN will win the 2010 elections for Obama...

[SecondAmendment]

Please visit the following website to submit any information on government fraud:

U.S. GAO FraudNet

Be sure to mention C.C.I, Acorn, and Obama in your report !!

[Coleus]

Former organizer says ACORN will commit fraud in Census work

By: Gregory Hall, OpEd Contributor

Following calls by a reform group known as the “ACORN 8,” many are rightly worried about the prospect of taxpayer money flowing to the scandal-plagued Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) for the stated purpose of counting Americans in the 2010 U.S. census.  After all, this is the same group that couldn't count to "1" when registering voters during last year's election. In Ohio, ACORN's machine registered one man more than 70 separate times. But the group's critics don't face the same mathematical challenges. They have counted to at least 14 - the number of states investigating ACORN for voter registration and potential voter fraud. In the past month alone, the group has been named in complaints by at least two states.

While much criticism is directed at ACORN, though, the problem is more complex. A group intended to better our communities is a thing that should be commended. Unfortunately, a small cadre of powerful but corrupt ACORN executives have warped the organization's mission into a high-powered, big-money machine that treats its well-intentioned, idealistic staff horribly. Consider ACORN's record for its staff: The group has sought minimum wage increases (yay!) but sued to get out of paying its own staff the minimum wage (boo!). ACORN campaigns for seven sick days a year but only gives its staff five.

ACORN short-changed employees, while the founder's brother embezzled nearly a half-million dollars. ACORN has founded unions but busts unions when its own employees try to organize. And every time the organization's machine creates voter fraud allegations, the group throws its poorly trained temporary workers under the bus. Just since starting our "Speaking Truth To Power" campaign to achieve justice for ACORN workers within the last year, I've heard firsthand stories of temporary workers - like those who will be hired for the Census project - not getting paid the agreed wage (and some not getting paid at all), being dropped off in locations for 10-14 hours a day with no one answering calls to relieve them or save them from heat exhaustion. Some even say they were misled about why they were gathering signatures.

The plight of ACORN's full-time staff is hardly better. Most complain of the group's "crony" management system. And many say they've been coerced into lying to ACORN's low- and moderate-income membership about how their "dues" will be spent. Meanwhile, most people unfamiliar with ACORN don't understand how the headline-grabbing fraud keeps happening. Perhaps the least-understood problem is the unofficial "quota" system that ACORN uses for its political canvassers. By encouraging (or, for all intents and purposes, requiring) its foot soldiers to reach a numerical goal for each day, it provides an incentive for corruption during tough times.

In all, the corrupt management of ACORN allegedly forced its part- and full-time employees to stretch or break laws just to meet registration quotas to keep their jobs. That's because ACORN gets paid by its sponsors and pressures employees to deliver unreasonable goals. There is no reason to believe the problems of staff mistreatment or systematic fraud will be any different if and when the federal government asks ACORN to take its show on the road to households across the country.  That's one reason why former ACORN board member Marcel Reid has publicly called for the government to withhold future taxpayer money to the group until a full investigation can be held into the corrupt executive leadership that has led this promising community organization astray.

A note to future ACORN census workers: We are here for you when ACORN management betrays you. To everyone else we say, grab your government by the lapels and demand they help clean up ACORN before sending tens of millions of dollars to an organization that mistreats taxpayers and its own employees alike. We all want stronger communities. Some of us want a stronger progressive movement. Neither will happen until we clean up ACORN and protect taxpayer money.  Gregory Hall, a former union and ACORN organizer, founded www.SpeakingTruth2Power.org

[cradle of freedom]

Can anyone tell me how all of the ACORN fraudulent names can be used to benefit the Democrats? It seems that they are trying to tie up the elections like they did in Florida so they can contest the results by intimidating and shouting down the Republicans. Is there any other way that those extra bogus names can help them? Why do they need so many extra names anyway?

[Salvation]

Paging all Senators and Representatives in Washington D. C.

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[Munz]

The acorn 8 have been subdued, they really need to get some backing here. For community organizers they don’t seem to be able to get ...... organized.