NAACP head is paid by tribes, backs their plan

Sacbee ^ | 18 JAN 2008 | Shane Goldmacher

[radar101]

I take it as a privilege to be able to work on their behalf." --Alice Huffman, NAACP California president, insisting there is no link between the money and the endorsements

The president of the California NAACP has been paid more than $40,000 in consulting fees – and the organization itself has received $60,000 – from a coalition of Indian tribes at the same time the civil rights group has endorsed four ballot measures pushed by its tribal benefactors.

The payments to Alice Huffman, who has served as president of the state conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People since 1999, continue a three-year pattern in which Huffman's political firm has been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by special interest groups.

Those same interests, including tobacco and pharmaceutical companies, have also donated tens of thousands of dollars directly to the state NAACP while receiving the organization's backing.

It is commonplace for political campaigns to hire consultants for outreach to various constituencies and ethnic groups. But Huffman's dual role as a paid political strategist and president of a respected civil rights organization has raised questions about whether the group's endorsement can be bought

[TexGuy]

... there is no link between the money and the endorsements

Of course there isn't! ... tee hee ... *snicker* ... Ha Ha ... ROFL ... Sorry I just couldn't hold it in.