Posted on 11/28/2009 4:26:54 AM PST by BradtotheBone
Have you heard the one about the pimp, prostitute, politician and the community organizer? Well, thanks to San Diego private investigator Derrick Roach, Californians are not laughing at what is turning into a political nightmare for California Attorney General Jerry Brown and ACORN. On Tuesday, November 24, Attorney General Brown appeared on KABC’s “Peter Tilden Show” after it was revealed that some 20,000 documents had been thrown into a National City dumpster by ACORN employees.
The documents were thrown out in advance of state investigators arriving at the local ACORN office to conduct an investigation resulting from national media attention. ACORN employee Juan Carlos Vera was videotaped giving advice to two individuals posing as a pimp and a prostitute regarding underage prostitution and human smuggling. Without admitting any wrongdoing ACORN terminated Mr. Vera, or so they said. Documents provided to BigGovernment.com show that Mr. Vera was not terminated but was simply laid off, implying that Mr. Vera is also eligible for rehire. (The document also notes that Mr. Vera was laid off due to “restructuring” related to “videotaping incident.)
(Excerpt) Read more at biggovernment.com ...
“...The documents were thrown out in advance of state investigators arriving at the local ACORN office...”
Was there a “tip off” to when the raid would occur and what exactly the investigators would be looking for? Who gave the order to dump?
Just another scandal the MSM will ignore...doesn’t fit their agenda.
“Take out the papers and the trash...Yakkity-Yak...Don’t talk back!”
The trash dumpster being a victim here...
The more they keep fumbling, the deeper the hole gets...Yet somehow, I know nothing will come from any of this...
Go get 'em, Breitbart!
Not unless an independant investigation by a special prosecutor.
And if you think Holder or obozo will allow that you be on drugs.
The fix is in and jerry brown hasn’t the cajone’s to take them out.
National nightmare is what acorn is.
Documents provided to BigGovernment.com show that Mr. Vera was not terminated but was simply laid off, implying that Mr. Vera is also eligible for rehire. (The document also notes that Mr. Vera was laid off due to “restructuring” related to “videotaping incident.)
Being “laid-off” also makes him eligable for unemployment benefits. Since Acorn is non-profit and does not pay their bills(bankruptcies),other businesses and the taxpayer will pay.
Every move that Acorn makes is intended to rip-off the system.
The undersigned State Board delegates and National Board members of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (“ACORN”) file this criminal complaint against ACORN Staff and Executive Board members for fraud, embezzlement, conspiracy and concealment, and criminal civil rights violations. Additionally, since there has already been thepublic admission that a felony was committed, it is also possible that other federal offenses havealso been committed including but not limited to;
Title 18 U.S.C. §1341, Mail Fraud,
18 U.S.C.§1001, Presenting a False Document to an Agent of the United States Government;
18 U.S.C.§1027 False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and other possible offenses including civiland/or criminal RICO violations.
18 U.S.C. §§1961-68 (RICO Act)
18 U.S.C. §1001 (False Statements to Agents of the U.S. Government),
18 U.S.C. §1341 (Mail Fraud),
18 U.S.C. §1027 (ERISA Violations),
18 U.S.C. §241 (Conspiracy Against Civil Rights).
Finally, the complainants contend that full investigations of a RICO conspiracy under 18U.S.C. §1962(c) are warranted because they assert that (1) the defendant persons (2) were employed by or associated with an enterprise (3) that engaged in or affected interstate commerce and that (4) the defendant persons operated or managed the enterprise (5) through a pattern (6) of racketeering activity, and (7) the complaints were injured in its business or property by reason of the pattern of racketeering activity.
Thus, the complainants feel that a formal RICO investigationis also warranted. 1. The Alleged Offense:The Complainants hereby allege a violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §241 – Conspiracy Against Constitutional Rights – which prohibits in relevant part, “two or more persons (fromconspiring) to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same . . .” See, 18 U.S.C. §241.
BACKGROUND ACORN, or the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is acommunity-based advocacy organization founded in 1970. ACORN became part of the story of the 2008 presidential election as news reports and allegations surfaced against ACORN in a number of states. These complaints refer primarily to alleged irregularities with voter registrationdrives conducted by the organization. (National Review Online: Inside Obama's ACORN, May 29, 2008.) But also included significant embezzlement and concealment by Senior Staff and Executive Committee members.
ACORN registered as a non-profit corporation with the Secretary of State in Louisiana in 1977. Its Charter Organization ID is 04700320X. According to its corporate filings, ACORN's principle place of business is New Orleans, Louisiana, and approximately 294 related entitiesand related non-profits are also located at this place of business. ACORN is not registered as a tax-exempt organization.
ACORN's top three officers are President Maude Hurd of Dorchester, MA, Vice President Maria Polanco of Brooklyn, NY, and Secretary Maxine A. Nelson of Pine Bluff, AR. (Bertha Lewis recently became ACORN CEO) Maxine A. Nelson is also the director of Project Vote.
Citizen’s Consulting, Inc. (CCI) provides bookkeeping, human resource and financial management services exclusively for ACORN and related entities. All of CCI’s “clients” reside at ACORN office locations, utilize common management and staff. CCI is the financial “nerve center” for ACORN and it affiliated organizations which houses the corporate books and records for all ACORN entities.
ACORN Structure ACORN was founded by Wade Rathke, an activist on issues of labor unions and lowincome workers, and Gary Delgado, an activist on issues of race and social justice. It has national headquarters in New York, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. The organization describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan social justice organization. In 2003,
ACORN opened operations in 20 new cities, including 5 state capitals. The group claims about 350,000 members across the country. (Wall Street Journal: Obama and ACORN, October 14, 2008).
Since 1970, ACORN has grown to more than 400,000 member families, organized in 1,200 neighborhood chapters in 110 citiesacross the U.S. and in cities in Canada, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Argentina and India.
ACORN Funding--Government grants: According to an October 8, 2008 article in the New York Post, 40% of ACORN'soperations are funded through grants it receives from various governmental entities. (New York Post: The Pro-Barack Vote-Fraud Drive, Michelle Malkin, Oct. 8, 2008)
Grants have been issued to ACORN by the Dept of Housing and Urban Development, which gave $8.2 million to ACORN in the years between 2003 and 2006, as well as $1.6 million to ACORN affiliates. The Environmental Protection Agency gave a $100,000 grant to ACORN in 2004 for a Louisiana Justice Project, which removed lead from the homes of low income families. The Justice Department also gave a grant to ACORN in 2005 for a juvenile delinquency program. (NPR: ACORN's Money Tree Has Many Branches, October 15, 2008). --
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SOURCE http://www.acorn-8.net/PDFs/USAttComp.pdf
Didn’t Jerry Brown’s office tell ACORN not to worry? Seems obvious why.
I feel sorry for ACRON , it’s obvious they are so poor they cannot afford a shredder. /s/
Without admitting any wrongdoing ACORN terminated Mr. Vera, or so they said.Sounds like ACORN has a Obama czar working with them deny everything and pass the buck.
Their shredder likely broke down under the sheer volume of the dump.
From the stories i’ve read,Jerry Brown is leading the fix.
Is that still pending? If so,does it mean that the dumpers were destroying evidence involved in a RICO case? The person that found the files saw the dumping i believe so that means some low level person or persons will turn on whomever gave the order,on up the chain? Could be juicy,yes?
ACORN will survive......they are the MACHINE that FIXES the ELECTIONS for the DEMOCRATS......VOTE FRAUD is what they are ALL ABOUT now. They MUST be STOPPED.
I didn’t see obstruction of justice in there, which dumping documents in advance of an investigation would definitely fall under.
Yep, that is what I’ve read too.
Is it any wonder why folks have lost confience in our government?
That’s why I said nothing will come from this...
And I am not on drugs...Even though there are times when I wish I was, so I could blame someone else for the mess I am in...
That is “/sarc” hehehe
That was filed w/ DOJ January 7, 2009......way before the doc/dump happened....and way before the pimp/prostie tapes.
That should be very serious....IF.....Moonbeam Brown obeys the law.
The posted charges were filed w/ DOJ January 7, 2009......way before the doc/dump happened....and way before the pimp/prostie tapes.
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