Patterico's Pontifications

3/20/2010

ACORN on the Verge of Bankruptcy

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 3:48 pm



It’s a tiny flicker of good news among the crushing weight of impending doom.

I’m delinquent in posting about this news, which comes via the New York Times:

The community organizing group Acorn, battered politically from the right and suffering from mismanagement along with a severe loss of government and other funds, is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy, officials of the group said Friday.

I have been severely behind on my series of posts refuting the lies of Brad Friedman & Co., and you can blame a crushing workload for that. I’d try finishing them this weekend, but I’m still weighed down with work, and anyway it would all be overshadowed by this looming disaster where the government is going to take over 1/6 of the economy. I’m having a hard time concentrating on a pissant like Brad Friedman.

Anyway, the point is, all his lies don’t seem to be doing much for ACORN. So maybe my input isn’t needed anyway.

13 Responses to “ACORN on the Verge of Bankruptcy”

  1. Bingo! Let ’em dress that in any costume they want to.

    GeneralMalaise (20e943) — 3/20/2010 @ 4:08 pm

  2. It’s sort of good news — a Chapter 11 bankruptcy would open the books to more scrutiny — but it would also enable ACORN to reorganize and move on without its past liabilities. However, the better news is that the organization is fragmenting:

    Over the last six months, at least 15 of the group’s 30 state chapters have disbanded and have no plans of re-forming, Acorn officials said. The California and New York chapters, two of the largest, have severed their ties to the national group and have independently reconstituted themselves with new names. Several other state groups are also re-forming outside the Acorn umbrella, and will not be affected if the national organization files for bankruptcy.

    I doubt I will ever agree with the organization’s goals but hopefully it will pursue them in more responsible and transparent ways in the future.

    DRJ (daa62a) — 3/20/2010 @ 4:17 pm

  3. Mismanagement? At ACORN? Heaven forbid!

    *as the sarcasm drips off every word*

    Technomad (e2c0f2) — 3/20/2010 @ 4:34 pm

  4. […] the article here: ACORN on the Verge of Bankruptcy […]

    ACORN on the Verge of Bankruptcy | Liberal Whoppers (d16888) — 3/20/2010 @ 5:02 pm

  5. I’ve read that Obama has restored ACORN’s funding: An evil that is too big to fail.

    pst314 (dbf8fd) — 3/20/2010 @ 5:29 pm

  6. So the bosses stole all of the money?

    Have Blue (854a6e) — 3/20/2010 @ 8:35 pm

  7. Do you mean the staff and members will have to go on some other form of welfare until they set up another criminal organization?

    Scrapiron (996c34) — 3/21/2010 @ 7:06 am

  8. Scrapiron – Naw, the criminal organization is just operating with different names now.

    daleyrocks (718861) — 3/21/2010 @ 7:18 am

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