ACORN branches rename, rebrand after video scandal
By The Associated Press
This article was published March 15, 2010 at 7:01 a.m.
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CHICAGO — Some ACORN affiliates are ditching the tarnished name of their parent organization and hoping to regain funding that ran dry after a video scandal.
The videos showed ACORN workers giving tax tips to conservative activists posing as a pimp and prostitute.
ACORN, or the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, already had faced accusations of mismanagement and voter registration fraud.
One of the latest groups to adopt a new name is Chicago-based ACORN Housing. It’s now the Affordable Housing Centers of America. California ACORN is now Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, and New York ACORN has become New York Communities for Change.
Critics contend the groups really haven’t started anew because most are keeping the same offices and staff.
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JIMBOB47 says... March 15, 2010 at 7:24 a.m.
Can't judge a book by the cover? Now matter what they call themselves, they are still the same crooks who stuff the ballot boxes and their own pockets to maintain their 'entitlement' programs. As long as you keep their 'clients' dependent on the rest of us, they will always stay that way. The 'Obama money' (remember that quote?) should have dried up a long time ago and make these people get out and get a real job and contribute to our society rather than be leaches on those of us who actually work! Remember the roots of our current president?
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LevitiCuss says... March 15, 2010 at 9:27 a.m.
Truer words were never spoken, since being poor remains a character flaw. And God help us, who could forget that our very own president is a NEGRO! But don't forget, the vast majority of welfare recipients in this country are white people living in red states. At least in Obama we got one of those damn lazy negroes to go get a job!
Now if we could just get all those lazy white people on welfare to do the same thing. Oh, wait a minute...their jobs got sent overseas by other white people- the really rich white people.
Ah yes...the beauty of people looking after their own!
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Ran2133 says... March 15, 2010 at 11:26 a.m.
No matter what they call themselves, the same people are in charge. These organizations do not deserve taxpayer dollars; period!
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HopeChangeObey says... March 15, 2010 at 12:24 p.m.
New lipstick, same ole pig.
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