[spintreebob]

NTIC is one of the many non-ACORN branches of the Alinsky movement. NTIC started in Chicago as an outgrowth of many community umbrella groups such as OBA and my NCO. ACORN started in Little Rock. From the start NTIC was not about grassroots organizing, but about grantsmanship ... how to con companies, foundations and especially the gubmint out of money for "training" community organizers.

[John123]

Will NTIC be using federal grant money to settle the claim with the Feds?

[spintreebob]

NTIC started suburban groups such as UPAJ - United People for Action and Justice, which is strong in DuPage and one faction of the Democrats there. The new COD board members and their organization are just one small part of the larger UPAJ umbrella.

NTIC/UPAJ has strong backing from the Catholic Church, many archdiocese and priests/nuns and congregations.

[Elle Bee]

Follow the money and the attorneys

“We didn’t think we violated (federal) regulation,” said Tom Geoghegan, NTIC’s lawyer. “We just determined it was better to resolve the matter now and move on.”

Leftist labor lawyer involved with disgraced Teamster boss Ron Ca$h & Carey

Project Vote, Tides and several other ACORN splinters were involved with the cash swaps which brought comrade Carey down

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[SERKIT]

Atty General Eric “The Coward” Holder will probably reverse the 2006 investigation.

[SunkenCiv]

A high-profile Chicago-based advocate for low-income communities has agreed to pay the federal government $550,000 to settle claims that it misused federal grant money.

In lieu of the $550,000, everyone in the organization could be hanged. Just an idea.

[popdonnelly]

The Left could never survive without government subsidies.

[devolve]

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Hmmmm

[Tunehead54]

Jeez Louise bump on entire thread! Will it ever end? :-(

[Major Matt Mason]

Maybe it is time to do a thorough investigation of these "community" organizations. I suspect plenty of criminal activity would be found, such as what is found in this case.