ACORN Docs Pulled from Dumpster

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ACORN Docs Pulled from Dumpster By R. STICKNEY Updated 3:04 PM PST, Mon, Nov 23, 2009

As Derrick Roach tells it, it was either luck or Divine intervention. His version of events may be hard to believe for ACORN supporters but the former Republican state assembly candidate believes something drew him to the dumpster behind the ACORN office in National City on the night of Friday, Oct. 9.

Roach recalled the moment he discovered thousands of ACORN documents simply bagged up and thrown in the trash.

He was driving home, he explained Monday, when a thought occurred to him to put his skills to use.

Roach, who describes himself as a local private investigator concerned about what was happening in his neighborhood, told how he “came by” the ACORN office and “observed some individuals in the office and also observed the individual dumping documents into the dumpster around the corner,” he said.

“I came back later that evening, after business hours, and from an unsecured dumpster removed those documents and they have been in my possession since,” he said.

The documents, which filled Roach's vehicle, numbered close to 20,000 according to Tony Krvaric, chairman of the Republican Party of San Diego County.

“This is a massive data breach at the very least of individuals who come to ACORN for help and assistance,” said Krvaric. “To have their information, tax returns, immigration documents thrown in the trash like common trash is absolutely an affront to every San Diegan.”

“[ACORN] cannot be trusted to be helping people here,” Krvaric said.

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Many people dig around in dumpsters

...You being serious?

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Yes, at Pizza Hut,MacDonald's, in Tucson at an Apt. complex where I had rented an apartment there were people coming through the parking lot digging through the trash bins. Sad, but true.

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Those greedy and hateful Republicans again.