I would hope some serious soul searching takes place at every level concerning the recent events involving ACORN and their reprehensible actions within the videos circulating the internet.
Three cities. Starting with Baltimore, then D.C. and now New York City.
Employees have been fired in two of these events, but another instance?
I can’t believe what I am hearing and reading. Don’t believe it?
Read this article and play the videos. Our own Sen. Mikulski thinks that funds shouldn’t be pulled from this organization.
I remind you there are currently THREE separate events in THREE different cities.
Will we see more come about? Well, now it looks there is a fourth in San Bernardino, California. Holy Moly, now there’s FIVE! San Diego joins the list!
The question now is – what will we do about it? What will you do about it?
I know what I would do.
UPDATE: It would seem this problem is just getting worse each day.
Not to mention the fact that there is a question about whether ACORN is operating illegally in Maryland. Tsk tsk on whoever dropped the ball here.
That “question” looks a bit different here.
And if you haven’t watched the second video in the first link, John Fund made a reference about a comment that Senator Barbara Mikulski made just this past March – Sen. Mikulski made a motion to kill Vitter’s amendment, saying “I think this is an amendment that has no purpose and [sic] has Draconian consequences if passed.”
Really? This means she DIDN’T want to strip ACORN of federal funds then. What about now? Yes, what about now.
And then? Here’s a reminder and a timeline of ACORN’s involvement up until now.
Psst. Don’t tell anyone, but Senator Mikulski had NOT VOTED on the first amendment (SA 2355) proposed by Senator Johanns [R-NE] on September 14th.
Here’s how that read:
After section 414, insert the following:
Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available under this Act may be directly or indirectly distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
But later, on September 17, 2009, Sen. Mikulski voted YEA on amendment SA 2394 again proposed by Senator Johanns. Here’s how that read:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS
Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available under this Act may be distributed to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or its subsidiaries.
UPDATE2: Well, it appears that ACORN is going to follow up on their threat. However, I find the following statement from their local lawyer here that is just unreal.
“This is really more about the principle than about the money.”
Really? Wow. Where is the humanity in all this? Besides, someone should explain the “privacy in a business office” that is open to walk-in business.
Daniel McAndrew 