September 17th, 2009ACORN suspends Operations to Regroup
In a move that once again contradicts the Press Releases they sent out previously, ACORN is suspending operations temporarily. In other words, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis needs to get all the leadership of the organization’s thousands of locations together to coach them to keep their mouth shut.
If this was nothing but “Gotcha journalism” and “completely false accusations”, why were those employees from the Baltimore branch that were caught on tape, now fired? Why are you suspending operations while at the same time going on to try to falsify up a lawsuit against FoxNEWS and the only two people willing to sacrifice their safety to bring down corruption?
Don’t fool yourself into thinking this is anything but a ploy to buy more time and recoup whatever they can of their reputation and fight back against James, Hannah, and FoxNEWS.
ACORN chief executive Bertha Lewis said in a written statement that she was “ordering a halt to any new intakes into ACORN’s service programs until completion of an independent review.”
The actions were taken, she said, “as a result of indefensible action of a handful of our employees.”
Lewis continued: “We have all been deeply disturbed by what weve seen in some of these videos. I must say, on behalf of ACORN’s Board and our Advisory Council, that we will go to whatever lengths necessary to reestablish the public trust. For nearly forty years, ACORN has given voice to communities, and gotten results. Right now, our nearly 500,000 member are working their hearts out for quality, affordable healthcare for every American and to help stop the foreclosure crisis. We must get this process right, so the good work can go forward.”
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