ACORN Watch
If it’s Monday, it’s ACORN Watch! William Amos is watching Oakland’s Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee leading foreclosure tours in her district organized by…ACORN. Watch your wallets, people:
Berta Berrayo is trying to hang on to the quaint East Oakland home that represents her American dream.
Sitting on her front porch Saturday, decorated with a U.S. flag and a statue of the Virgin Mary, Berrayo shared with Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and a crowd of others her plight as a working mother and recent foreclosure victim.
“We have to find a solution to the foreclosure crisis,” said Berrayo, who was a first-time home buyer when she made the purchase four years ago. “The banks don’t want to negotiate with us or our community.”
Lee was in her district this weekend to take a bus foreclosure tour around Oakland, which is among the 20 U.S. cities with the most number of houses in foreclosure.
She was joined by City Council members Desley Brooks, Eastmont-Seminary, and Larry Reid, Elmhurst-East Oakland. Their districts have about 400 bank-owned homes and are at the epicenter of the foreclosure crisis.
The tour was organized by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, which advocates for low- and moderate-income families. Representatives from the Urban Strategies Council and the Department of Housing and Urban Development also participated in the event. Junious Williams, CEO of the Urban Strategies Council, said the foreclosure crisis is the “tipping point” for neighborhoods that already have a lot of problems.
“The American dream is turning into a nightmare, and unfortunately the federal government hasn’t done enough to help,” Lee said. “The impact extends beyond the personal tragedies of families “…there’s massive suffering in our country and our communities.”
If you’re wondering how many of these first-time homebuyers are illegal aliens, you’re not alone.
Huffpo has ACORN’s back. Of course.
The NYPost keeps up the pressure.
So should you.
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Clarice Feldman e-mails a course of action for public officials on the ball:
I think Governors or Secretaries of States which have been forced to expend a great deal of money because of ACORN’s fraud, should sue to block further federal payments to that outfit and Points of Light, arguing that in the face of repeated, egregious conduct which affects the validity of elections and forces states to expend large sume of money in a vain effort to protect the election process, continuing to fund these outfits violates the due process rights of the citizens of the effected states.
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More red flags. Danger, danger, red alert:
Martha Carranza has lived in Denver for the past 27 years, but this is the first year she is going to vote.
She’s not alone.
Members of Ya Es Hora Coalition, We Are America Alliance Coalition of Colorado, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, and Latina Initiative last week held a news conference to mark the launch of an effort to help more immigrants apply for citizenship and become a part of the civic process.
This year, volunteers hope to register 500,000 new Latino, Asian and immigrant voters in 13 states as well as encourage 1 million registered voters to go to the polls, said Rachel Hamrick with We Are America Alliance.
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Liberals have thrown the kiddies used as shields under the bus. They’ve been replaced the the sob stories of illegal aliens. Bailouts for all(!) to the rescue.
Where’s my bailout? Homes in Hawaii are around $750,000 and I’ll settle form the cash.
The Democrat mantra…can’t win if they don’t cheat, lie and spend that money, honey.
I’m easy - 75K will do it for me. My vote, however, is not available at any price.
If they are bailing people out, mine is only 175,000. Just email me and I will arrange for the dem’s to pay off my mortgage…
Governors, SOS’s and AG’s are helping FUND ACORN - look at what the MN Attorney General and former Gubernatorial candidate did in MN (and this guy only lost to Pawlenty by 1 point!).
From Michael Brodkorb at MN Democrats Exposed, emphasis is mine:
“Attorney General Lori Swanson and her predecessor, Mike Hatch, have come under question for their role in a court settlement that diverted money to a nonprofit whose political wing endorsed Hatch’s bid for governor.
Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles recently asked Swanson and Hatch to explain the 2006 settlement, which required a credit card company accused of violating consumer protection laws to give $249,999 to a community advocacy organization, Minnesota ACORN. Its political action committee endorsed Hatch three weeks later.
The money for ACORN was part of a $749,999 settlement agreed to by Capital One. The dollar figure is significant because state law requires that settlement money go to the state — except when the amount is less than $750,000.
‘The dollar amount … initially, was the major thing that caught my attention,’ Nobles told the Legislative Audit Commission Monday, calling it ’somewhat suspicious.’” Source: Star Tribune, June 30, 2008
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And in MN so far this has only “raised eyebrows” not investigations, not outcries, just “somewhat suspicious”.
McCain’s “balance the budget” plan is bigger election fraud. Even the Washington Post has to admit it doesn’t add up. How many poor suckers (in the old fashioned meaning to the term) will fall for it?
ACORN and government subsidies by self-serving politicians…the nut doesn’t fall far from the tree, I guess.
Does this sort of thing, typical liberal hysteria, just come naturally to you, lgm, or do you actually have to work at it?
lgm, re: “McCain’s “balance the budget” plan is bigger election fraud.”
Yes, I am sure that the jury will take that into consideration…
Counting you? One.
Why does an “American” organization have a Spanish title? Why do 500,000 “new” immigrants need to register to vote? Doesn’t the law require citizenship for voting rights, or am I all confused/misinformed about this issue? How long does it take to become a “Citizen”? Is there a test involved? Is this test administered in English, or is it provided in every language on the planet?
Why is citizenship even an issue, if one can vote regardless of their status? What would be the point of becoming a citizen, if you are allowed to stay here illegally, but can help determine the outcome of an election for your government representatives, by legally casting a ballot? I am baffled!
Why am I not surprised by this.
And when ACORN was finished fouling voter registration in Washington State I have no faith that my vote will count after the Democratic Party said I think I like this, the governor of the state was elected by 100+ votes after being allowed by the courts to find uncounted votes on three occasions, and having more Democrats registered in King County, the largest county in the state, than live in the county. How many of these people have risen to register with the help of ACORN. If ACORN is around the system is rotten to the core.
LGM - “Balance the Budget Plan”? At least McCain has the word balance in his idea. Obama has no plans to balance anything - just increased deficit spending on giveaway programs at the expense of defense.
We can’t afford his “change” politics - either financially or morally.
Well, I for one am just shocked that LGM came on here and didn’t debate the issue at hand, but threw out another dem talking point instead. What a cute little parrot.
The article doesn’t say which comes first, the citizenship or the voting registration. Can someone from that organization clarify this point? In English?
Am I the only one , except for a few of us here, that understand if you can’t pay for something, you lose it? Too bad , so sad, mamacitas…… it doesn’t take a genius to know when a rose in a sewer isn’t pretty. NO, leftards, I am NOT rich nor will I be…..
I’d ask you for some details…you know, FACTS. but you dont usually provide those, because who needs those right?
ACORN is breaking how many federal laws compared to McCain. Granted, no love lost on McShamnesty, but…in this case, you’re just full of crap again.
Wait a minute….They are not bailing out overburdened homeowners who obtained loans they could not afford….The bailout is for LENDERS…and those that guaranteed those risky loans..What happens to the homes then??….Isn’t the loan satisfied when the lenders are reimbursed??….do the homeowners get to keep the homes now that the lender has been satisfied by the bailout?? Or does the government now own all these homes since it was the government that made the payments?? Just how in hell does this work?? Certainly the lenders can’t keep the homes now that the mortgage has been paid by the government, can they?? Isn’t the government us, you and me?? WTF are we going to do with all these houses?? Who can we sell them to if we already own them??? My brain hurts!!!!
Fluff piece of the day. Sick, just plain sick.
lgm, please explain your balanced budget is fraud crap. And what the hell does this have to do with bail-outs and ACORN?
I wonder how much money acorn is getting from us taxpayers they are ‘giving’ to people to fund our dear bho? Thanks Michelle, please keep looking into this. I don’t understand why they can’t be stopped by someone.
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Oh, I know! I know, Alex! What is a non-sequitir troll?
You negotiated when you signed all those papers. Pay your mortgage like the rest of us and you can keep your house. BTW banks don’t negotiate with “communities”. Is that your euphemism for “gang”?
“Their districts have about 400 bank-owned homes and are at the epicenter of the foreclosure crisis.”
Hardly! Sacramento has as many or more than that. Once again, Oakland finds a way to try and spin its own abject failure of responsibility to its citizens into a victim story. What a load.
Wow, I shouldn’t have done it but I did. I clicked through to the HuffPo apologist article. Apologize it is, and oh by the way the author is writing a book about ACORN community organizing efforts. Here are a few Gems from the article on Huffpo (all emphasis is mine):
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Well, duh! Of course the Clinton Administration got the case dropped, this was in the day of, travelgate, filegate, getting one little investigation stopped for an Arkansas company wouldn’t even register as a “…gate”.
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And this one, espousing that its perfectly NOT okay to fire US Attorneys who won’t prosecute Voter Fraud:
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And this little gem claiming -despite conviction- there was really no ACORN wrongdoing in the Seattle case:
When I saw several years ago that Bank of American and other mortgage companies were allowing mortgages to be approved for illegal’s I knew that it would be long before it hit the fan. ACORN and their co-conspiitors were pushing this disaster and now they are trying to capitialize in the fraud they perpetuated.
This caused artificially high housing prices, pushing poeple into homes they could not afford, and set up the foreclosure scenario we have now.
The lenders were the ones who didn’t veify the ability of the home buyers to afford what they were buying and now taxpayer money is going to bailout the lenders. I want these lenders charged with something and put in jail even if the charge is stupidity. Did these clowns fail basic math or did they just feel that in the event of a forclosure the bank would make even more money because they felt the housing prices could only go up? Life is full of high and low tide moments. To think that low tide isn’t going to ever return is shortsighted.
My vote can not be bought!
Rented on the other hand, we’ll talk.
You think the Washington Post is a right leaning paper?
They actively worked to undermine George Allen by running 113 stories regarding or referrencing “Maccaca” in less than 6 weeks. If a blatant Webb partisan “recalled” that Allen said something racial the Post would above- the-fold it, despite the FACT they had NO evidence and no one else would back them up on it.
Then to top it off they ignored Webb using the term “towelheads” IN AN INTERVIEW with a WaPo reporter.
If the WaPo is right-wing to you then what do you think of the true right wing?
J-Dawg, have any openings on the Smoke Crack, Sleep ’til Noon, Go Clubbing Every Night Action Group of the Urban Strategies Council? Never hurts to ask, right?
lgm stated:
lgm…elaborate, do not pontificate.
Times are hard all over… where is my bail out… i have had to cut out going out once a week to eat with my wife to afford our cost of living. I am an american born citizen. I have worked all my life. I served in the military for 12 years. Where is my bail out. I want a free ride. Oh thats right i am not illegal, a welfare dependant person, crack dealer, rapist, murderer, or criminal of some sort so i do not matter.
I updated this story with a video and info on ACORN’s immigration voter registration efforts.
HERE
Try buying a home you can afford in the first place.
I don’t get it.
When you have less than 20% down, the banks make you pay PMI, which insures them against your default.
Why are banks being bailed out?
When I signed off on my mortgage, I knew exactly what every charge was, every stipulation, everything that was expected of me.
How come all these people didn’t get the message? I still have writer’s cramp from all the signatures I wrote.
Why am I paying for someone else’s bad decisions?
And the carbon footprint of that would be…?
Oh!, I’ll bet she got the taxpayers to buy some carbon credits from Al Gore.
I was beginning to think there might be some hypocrisy there, but never mind.
This is the bus tour Lee should have been on.
Good grief. Standing up on the top deck of an open top bus going throuh an underpass.
I am still new to these comment pages and want to know if it is lgm’s assignment here to stir up reactions by going off topic with liberal, leftist, progressive mantras. Also am looking for more information to refute some local libersls in the hills and progressives in the plains in this mostly red county I live in who believe ACORN is a good and just organization.
olsantaroy:
To let you know lgm is an idiot. He is a loser who lives in his moms basement and steals her mail addressed to occupant so he thinks he is somebody. Just ignore him. He likes to run in on the blog say ignorant stuff and run off back to the basement. We are just waiting for his mom to catch him on her computer. We will know she did cause the Huffington Post will run a full page ad defending him saying she spanked him and blame his bad behavior on it calling it child abuse.