Questions to ask ACORN
ARE THE BOOKS OPEN?
If you saw Bertha Lewis, Chief Organizer of ACORN on the Fox Network you could have seen her tap dancing around that question. She did say that the book will never be open for the public but suggested that they were open to the ACORN Board members and had a blind reverend with her to verify that they were open. I think that means if you are blind then they would be produced.
WHY IS MOST OF THE UPPER MANAGEMENT STAFF WHITE?
Bertha Lewis in material she has written not only said that ACORN was for low and moderate income people, but she further quailfied her comments to say that ACORN represented Blacks, (she did not use the preferred term,African-American ) and Latinos. If you look at the upper management and the head organizers in each state you will find that by and large they are, young whit men with an occasional white female and less often a member of a minority. Does ACORN hiring practice reflect a plantation mentality?
WHY, IF ACORN REPRESENTS LOW AND MODERATE INDIVIDUALS, ARE THEY NOT CONCERNED WITH RENTERS, VETERANS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS?
Could it be that there are no lucrative contracts to work with these poor people? While many people were being foreclosed upon, the rallying cry was for the homeowner. There was no rallying action for the hundreds of renters who suddenly found themselves with no place to live because the landlord was foreclosed. Most of the time these people had 72 to find another place to live and they did not get their deposit back.
Thousands of veterans, suffering PTS, needing treatment of ten find themselves homeless and living on the street. These heroes that have given so much for the country are being ignored by the organization that claims to be looking out for the interst of the poor and disenfranchised.
WHY ARE PROGRESSIVE GROUPS MEETING TO DISCUSS THE ATTACKS ON ACORN?
That is a good question since there is enough information that indicates that what is being seen as attacks should be seen as a call to have the activities of ACORN investigated. ACORN should welcome any help offered to get it’s house in order.