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ACORN at a rally for Atlantic Yards.
ACORN also got a $1 million loan and a $500,000 grant from Ratner last September to weather some financial trouble. That's not really news for those who've been following the embattled project closely, but the article does feature a juicy quote from Patti Hagan, a Prospects Heights activist and former operative for ACORN’s political arm. She tells the Post, "ACORN is a corrupt organization that had its silence bought by Ratner." But that's not exactly controversial either, since ACORN's Director Bertha Lewis has herself admitted that Ratner essentially bought ACORN's "political cover."
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ACORN should be prosecuted under RICO.
So should most of Obama's cronies.
It's time for the someone to put this project down for good and go after all of the public money that has been given for this project. It sucks, it's a bad idea, it's never going to happen and everyone is getting suckered out of a LOT of money.
What really bothers me is that our hypocritical mayor, who claims he is so honest and above all corruption, is the driving force behind this horror that is costing the middle class taxpayers so much. But what does he care about us? It's only his super-rich and corrupt cronies that matter. Eight is enough! Spitzer paid women. BUMberg pays developers, calling it a "subsidy", with our money!
Pick your poison. Bloomberg has little to gain personally from these deals, so I trust that there's at least some possibility of quality control going on, whereas other mayors get checks from the mob and other shady characters for doing similar work.
ACORN ran a poverty pimp shakedown operation? I feel faint...
The rage is useful for the GOP.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/09/17/acorn_hysteria/index.html
Their being in bed with Ratner is useful for the GOP.
If they're taking money from Ratner, I guess the prostitution rumors are true.
I went to the initial acorn meetings for this project. Not surprised.
the rage about AY/Ratner/ACORN has nothing to do with the right wing stuff. nothing at all. it has to do with a compromised organization claiming they represent "the community" and "poor people" when all they are about at this point with Ratner/Atlantic Yards is a quid pro quo.
Acorn? Halliburton, KBR & Blackwater are ripping us off for billions & we're focusing on this little operation? The GOP wins again, folks!
what about the wallstreet mess WE ARE STILL IN!?
nothing to to do with the GOP, yeah RIGHT!
It's not easy doing something about Blackwater, etc., in Iraq. But RATner, BUMberg, and AY are right under our noses, we will have to live with this horror on a daily basis, and we CAN do something about it by voting OUT everyone in favor of AY.
ratner paid bertha for political cover, you don't care about tat Sommelier? then move on to something else.