Only those bereft of ethics could support a slimy criminal enterprise like ACORN or whatever other name they've mutated into. It is precisely these type of shit hole organizations that self-centered government officials pour OUR money into that are bankrupting us. Of course, when we ask government to tighten their belts, they contend that they'll have to fire police, firemen or teachers.
On Apr 7, 8:07 am, Chickie <chickie...@hotmail.com> wrote: > http://ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/release.php?id=1888&; > > Brown Releases Report Detailing a Litany of Problems with ACORN, But > No Criminality > > SAN DIEGO - California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today > released a report, including newly obtained videotapes, that shows > some members of the community organizing group ACORN engaged in > "highly inappropriate behavior," but committed no violation of > criminal laws. > > Brown's report also uncovered "likely violations" of state law, > including dumping 500 pages of confidential records into a dumpster, > failure to file a 2007 tax return, and four instances of possible > voter registration fraud by ACORN in San Diego in connection with the > 2008 election, as well as other irregularities in the group's > California operations. These irregularities have been referred to the > appropriate authorities. > > "A few ACORN members exhibited terrible judgment and highly > inappropriate behavior in videotapes obtained in the investigation," > Brown said. "But they didn't commit prosecutable crimes in > California." > > Last September, Gov. Schwarzenegger asked Brown to investigate the > activities of ACORN in California. His request was triggered by tapes > made by undercover videographer James O'Keefe III that purported to > show ACORN employees providing advice on how to conduct a prostitution > ring and commit other serious crimes. > > But new, unedited videotapes discovered through Brown's investigation, > as well as other evidence, shed clearer light on interactions between > O'Keefe and the now-defunct ACORN. > > Videotapes secretly recorded last summer and severely edited by > O'Keefe seemed to show ACORN employees encouraging a "pimp" (O'Keefe) > and his "prostitute," actually a Florida college student named Hannah > Giles, in conversations involving prostitution by underage girls, > human trafficking and cheating on taxes. Those videos created a media > sensation. > > Evidence obtained by Brown tells a somewhat different story, however, > as reflected in three videotapes made at ACORN locations in > California. One ACORN worker in San Diego called the cops. Another > ACORN worker in San Bernardino caught on to the scheme and played > along with it, claiming among other things that she had murdered her > abusive husband. Her two former husbands are alive and well, the > Attorney General's report noted. At the beginning and end of the > Internet videos, O'Keefe was dressed as a 1970s Superfly pimp, but in > his actual taped sessions with ACORN workers, he was dressed in a > shirt and tie, presented himself as a law student, and said he planned > to use the prostitution proceeds to run for Congress. He never claimed > he was a pimp. > > "The evidence illustrates," Brown said, "that things are not always as > partisan zealots portray them through highly selective editing of > reality. Sometimes a fuller truth is found on the cutting room > floor." > > The original storm of publicity created by O'Keefe's videotapes was > instrumental in ACORN's subsequent denunciation in Congress, a sudden > tourniquet on its funding, and the organization's eventual collapse. > > In New Orleans, O'Keefe faces a maximum sentence of six months in > prison and a fine of $5,000 on reduced federal charges related to > misrepresentation in gaining access to the Louisiana office telephones > of U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu. > > The unedited O'Keefe videotapes from California are available on the > Attorney General's website athttp://ag.ca.gov/newsalerts/multimedia/index.php. > Tapes from other states are available on request. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
