Author Topic: Community organizers in the news  (Read 1373 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline bijou

  • Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8937
  • Reputation: +336/-26
Community organizers in the news
« on: September 04, 2008, 05:19:45 PM »
Quote
...``This has been a witch hunt from the start,'' said Byron Frazier, 34, wearing a T-shirt with Kilpatrick's image on it outside the courthouse. ``I've supported the mayor from the start and will continue to support him.'' Frazier is a community organizer in Detroit.

...link

Quote
...In raising the issue of the stock transfer, the Giuliani campaign has also resurrected Mr. Dinkins's failure to file income-tax returns for four years, which came to light in 1973, when he paid full back taxes plus penalties. ''Back then,'' Mr. Giuliani said, ''he blamed it on his accountant. I understand that accountant is now dead. Who's he going to blame now?'' Imagination of Voters Stirred The $9,500 paid to Robert (Sonny) Carson, a community organizer convicted in 1974 of kidnapping, has also been vigorously questioned by the Giuliani campaign, and it has apparently stirred the imagination of some voters. Yesterday, as Mr. Dinkins got into his car after a stop on West 83d street, a passer-by yelled, ''So what did you give Sonny Carson $9,000 for?''

...
link

Quote
07-11) 19:54 PDT SACRAMENTO -- San Francisco community organizer Julie Lee, whose questionable fundraising helped push former California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley out of politics, was found guilty Friday of federal criminal charges in an alleged plot to funnel state grant money to Shelley's 2002 campaign.
...
link

Quote
Rev. Pinckney found guilty in Benton Harbor
Note: This is a case the Green Party of Michigan has followed closely, and has occasionally made Green news sources nationally. Rev. Pinckney is known as a community organizer with the intestinal fortitude to stand up to racism, institutional injustice, and corporate power for years at a time.

To the disbelief of supporters, Rev. Edward Pinkney -- a courageous community leader who has dedicated his life to the defense of the poor -- was found guilty of all 5 charges on March 21.

He faces twenty years in prison. A white Judge, prosecutor, and jury convicted Rev. Pinkney. The jury deliberations in this travesty of justice lasted less than seven hours. The charges are:

1 - Influencing voters with money
2 - Influencing voters while voting
3 - Possession of Danielle William's absentee ballot
4 - Possession of Rosie Miles's absentee ballot
5 - Possession of LaToya William's absentee ballot

...
link



Offline Lauri

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3636
  • Reputation: +143/-18
Re: Community organizers in the news
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2008, 05:47:10 PM »
I have a feeling that they really dont want the whole of America turning their attention to what a community organiser does...

Obama just continues to make the wrong play with Sarah and she's been in this thing, what, six days now?  :popcorn:

Offline bijou

  • Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8937
  • Reputation: +336/-26
Re: Community organizers in the news
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2008, 01:10:35 AM »
I have a feeling that they really dont want the whole of America turning their attention to what a community organiser does...

Obama just continues to make the wrong play with Sarah and she's been in this thing, what, six days now?  :popcorn:
You may find that whatever the outcome of the vote in November there are rather fewer community organizers by then.