From the Wall Street Journal – Senate Acts to Deny Acorn Aid
By COREY BOLES
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to prevent Acorn, an umbrella group of community organizers, from being able to bid for federal grant money.
The 83-7 vote came as Acorn — the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — has been in the spotlight for hidden-camera videos in which Acorn employees give tax advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and her pimp. Prosecutors in Florida last week issued warrants for several Acorn employees on allegations they falsified voter-registration records last year, and on Friday, the Census Bureau severed ties with the organization as it prepares for the 2010 count.
A spokesman for Acorn didn’t return an email seeking comment on the vote. Earlier, a spokesman said Acorn would have no comment until the Senate acted.
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I just wish these guys would go away. But like most illegal money making operations if the name ACORN disappears don’t assume it is dead. It will just raise it’s head with a new improved name. Like, Americorp or one of my favorites St. Hope. Remember St. Hope and the poor Inspector General that was fired because he reported wrong doing? That is more of what we can expect for organizations like ACORN. Don’t expect them to go away. But do expect them to have a much better name the second time around.
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