Posted on 01/13/2010 12:59:55 PM PST by SmithL
California's branch of ACORN is splitting off from its national organization to form a new entity called Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE). As of Tuesday, it says it is "running as an independent state-wide organization with no legal, financial or structural ties to ACORN."
Why the split? As we told you a while back, because of all its implication in various scandals, ACORN has lost major credibility with local funders and foundations -- even here in the ACORN-luvin' liberal Bay Area. They had to cut staff and services to the working class and poor folks they serve.
Even though a recent Congressional Research Service report found no reports of people improperly registered by ACORN attempting to cast ballots, the damage was done. A report -- paid for by ACORN -- said the group had serious management issues but didn't do anything illegal. A federal court lifted a ban on Congressional funding of the organization, which Obama's Justice Department is appealing.
The whole mess is something that California ACORNers want to walk away from and start all over again.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Not so much walking away from as starting it all over again.
I think the American Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) has copyrighted that acronym.
Sue the nuts.
Lone nut theory.
They threw out all of the old paperwork at one of the offices in California.
They really don’t want to be investigated for the things they did once upon a time...
Putting lipstick on a pig
Well considering how they act around election time they must be the ACCE of clubs.
*MEGA PING*
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