According to the blog at the Weekly Standard, the US Census has cut its ties with ACORN (Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now); ACORN will no longer be helping with the US Census in 2010. The Census made its decision after two undercover video tapes surfaced showing ACORN offices in Baltimore and Washington, DC, giving advice to the people making the videos on how to set up a business of underaged prostitution with advice on tax status, getting grants, and avoiding notice by law enforcement. This follows charges against ACORN of illegal voter registration in a number of states during the 2008 elections--ACORN registered the Dallas Cowboys football team front line to vote in Nevada, and Mickey Mouse was registered to vote in Florida. These are people who obviously do not have a lot of respect for the law.
The fact that ACORN is no longer involved in the Census is good news. Unfortunately, this won't be the end of government involvement with ACORN. The stimulus bill includes millions of dollars for community organizing that could conceivably go to ACORN. All of us need to pay close attention to where the stimulus money is going. According to Recovery.gov as of September 4, only 93.6 billion dollars of the supposedly 233.76 billion dollars available had been actually paid out.
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