Gannett Star: ACORN has scaled back Indiana operations
Yet the spin is mighty:
“I’m angry that a few bad apples can ruin it for the others,” said Sears, the president of ACORN’s Indianapolis volunteer membership, which she said numbers about 560. “This really put a knife through me, because we’ve done so much good for people here.”
Yeah, sure you have.
Affiliates also lobby against predatory lending and in favor of raising the minimum wage and reforming health care.
Yeah, of course you do.
But ACORN quietly began ramping down its Indiana operations earlier this year. It closed the Gary office in May — not because of a voter registration controversy last year, a spokesman said, but because it was failing at its basic mission.
Spin it, bitch.
“They weren’t doing the job of organizing,” said Jeff Ordower, ACORN’s Midwest regional director, based in St. Louis.
Yeah — they were too busy out there registering Mickey Mouse and the Chicago Bears’ offensive line to vote in Gary to do any “organizing”.
ACORN also has downsized its Indianapolis office because of limited resources in the midst of a recession, Ordower said. The group left one of two positions open after the lead organizer departed over “performance issues,” Ordower said.
After the remaining employee’s job was cut by the recent service suspension, he said, “whether we need to supplement (Indianapolis) with paid organizers is an outstanding question.”
More spin. You closed the office to cut your losses; no point in getting it pwned by someone with a hidden camera.
No loss for us. We’re better off without your sorry asses.