ACORN Watch: Census Bureau cuts ties; Update: Census letter added
It’s a start!
FNC’s Major Garrett reports on Twitter that the U.S. Census Bureau has cut all ties to ACORN, which had been named a Census data collection partner for the 2010 Census.
Census director Robert Groves, an ACORN-approved nominee, reportedly sent a letter to the racketeers today in the wake of Big Government’s videotaped stings in Baltimore and DC.
Now, on to a full investigation of the ACORN Housing Corporation, CSI, CCI, Project Vote and the Obama campaign.
No more taxpayer funding for this corrupt racket.
Cut ‘em all off NOW.
Repeat after me: ACORN is a criminal enterprise.
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House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today applauded U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves’ decision to terminate its partnership with ACORN in conducting the 2010 Census: “ACORN had no business working on the Census. ACORN’s partisan election efforts and its involvement in criminal conduct rightly disqualified it from working on the non-partisan mission of the Census to accurately and honestly count the U.S. population,” said Rep. Issa. “Had ACORN been allowed to submit fraudulent information to the Census, it could have changed the boundaries of Congressional districts and altered Federal funding decisions to states and local communities. I applaud Census Bureau Director Robert Groves for making this independent decision following mounting evidence of wrongdoing by ACORN.”
Here’s the PDF of the Census Director’s letter to ACORN’s Maude Hurd.
Takeaway quotes from letter: “Over the last several months, through ongoing communication with our regional offices, it is clear that ACORN’s affiliation with 2010 Census promotion has caused sufficient concern in the general public, has ineed become a distraction from our mission, and may even become a discouragement to public cooperation, negatively impacting 2010 Census efforts. While not decisive factors in this decision, recent events concerning several local offices of ACORN have added to the worsening negative perceptions of ACORN and its affiliation with our partnership efforts.”
Bottom line: “We no longer have confidence that our national partnership agreement is being effectively managed through your offices.”
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AGREED!
While not totally disagreeing with your premise, nor saying I know everything, I know from very personal experience that those who are hired for even temporary (which nearly all are) work for the Census such as a “Lister” must fill out official gov forms (Standard Form 50 Rev 7/91 U.S. Office of Personnel Management– I don’t recall the “D” #). When your “HHC” and other equipment is given to you, I remember this, you fill out the “D-11805R”,
Hit a wrong button and did not finish.
On the face of it, a good development, but I wonder if it will
actually stick? Someone will find a backdoor, or there will be a
reconsideration, or lawsuit. Legitimate researchers in social sciences
have to be saints to get any access to census data, whereas these
gangsters at ACORN seem to have been running the census. Given the leftist leanings of most social scientists, one might think they’d be more welcome? Bad data; garbage in, garbage out — look who’s in the WH!
You must take the “oath to defend and protect” just as any other officer of the government. If, as you say (not arguing with you) that the official U.S. gov. paperwork and official swearing-in( punishable by imprisonment if falsely filed) means nothing because they are “contractors etc., then we need to do more than argue about this. The people need to get even more pissed-off than now and demand action.
PSS: Nearly all Census workers are without health care coverage (like 99.9%) so at least on that front ACORN is no better than the Dept. of Commerce.LOL? Not really.
it took the census bureau all this time to figure out acorn is made up of criminals, con artists, frauds, cheats and septic tank dwellers, how the hell can it be trusted to provide an accurate census count. the blind could see what the census bureau refused to see for so long.
Alpha Mike Foxtrot!
They don’t just have to fill out a form; there’s a test they have to pass before the Census will hire them.
The status of organizations like Acorn is that of “partner”; they can direct people to the places where they sign up to take the test, or even provide the physical space where the testing and/or training takes place. But they have no direct say over who is or is not hired by the census.
Nor do they get any other benefits, like paid holidays (for example, Labor Day was a day off without pay).
Its a shame about ACORN. They do have certain talents. ACORN can find and illegals and get them on the government dole. Whereas Sec. Napolitano and the rest of the DHS can’t seem to find illegals to deport. The DHS should deputize newly unemployed ACORN members to help them do their job.
This Census Bureau decision will not stick. Some career Census Bureau official made this decision because it was the right thing to do but without checking with “higher headquarters.” Barry will let it be known he down not agree and this will be reversed.
The Dems are not going to give up an opportunity to game the Census for their advantage.
having not read previous posts sorry if redundant:
this is a ruse in that ACORN workers have already been hired and THEY wont be fired.
and how about AUDITING every single ACORN tax return? why doncha do something real vs pose for camera?
NO SALE
Desert,
all census workers work for census while some groups may be paid to recruit there are NO subcontractors that do the enumeration.
and that is why this news aint news the ACORNers are in place it is red herring
Castrate.
Skin & quarter.
Gut & de-bone.
All the above.
walks like a duck… talks like a duck…
“House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today applauded U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves’ decision to terminate its partnership with ACORN in conducting the 2010 Census”
Let’s see how long it takes for his (Robert Groves) partership with the U.S.Census Bureau to be terminated by the Administration.
OK so acorn is out….for now.
But what about the other “groups” that are connected directly and indirectly to acorn?
No problem. As I mentioned somewhere else…
ACORN will just branch out another group, under another name, which will then be contracted by the Bama and the Commence Sec’y to stuff the Census numbers.
You mean he’s not gone yet? Seriously, I think one of two things will happen (and maybe both):
1. A new census czar will be named, circumventing the Census Bureau and the Commerce Dept.
2. ACORN will create another entity and the money/job will go to that affiliate of the ACORN/SEIU family.
ACORN has been claiming that problems have been due to local offices. The Census Bureau is now using ACORN’s claimed lack of control over local offices against the entire ACORN organization. If national ACORN can’t control local groups, why should there be an expectation that a nationally-controlled census operation will be run any better than the other operations?
I seriously doubt the ties are cut. ACORN is not just a seedling. It had grown roots that are embedded into so many other governmental and nonprofit entities. Uprooting ACORN will take concerted effort from all of us and the cooperation of law enforcement.
Remember there is always Eric Holder, plus his boss. They are sure to be holdouts in the effort. Last I saw, these two are even micromanaging who gets prosecuted, and who gets a pass, in marijuana cases.
How long before they start calling people racist?