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Offline thundley4

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ACORN Colorado defunct, still drawing donations
« on: May 21, 2010, 07:14:29 PM »
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DENVER - Dan Bishop figured that when scandal-plagued ACORN went out of business it would stop deducting donations from his bank account. He was wrong.


"They supposedly shut down several months ago," Bishop said. "I just assumed they would stop taking money."

9Wants to Know has learned donations are still being collected for ACORN Colorado, the local branch of the liberal advocacy group.

Bishop says he signed up for automatic monthly payments several years ago, payments that continued being withdrawn after ACORN's collapse.

ACORN closed state offices across the country after public backlash and a loss of government funding following the posting of a video on a conservative website that appeared to show ACORN employees advising a couple, posing as a pimp and a prostitute, on how to disguise their work for tax purposes.

The organization had previously been criticized over allegations of voter fraud.

The Colorado office is closed, its phone is disconnected and it filed paperwork with the Secretary of State on April 15 saying it was going out of business.

The statement of withdrawal says ACORN "will no longer transact business or conduct activities in this state and it relinquishes its authority to transact business or conduct activities in this state."
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This sounds like wire fraud to me.
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Re: ACORN Colorado defunct, still drawing donations
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2010, 08:33:58 PM »
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This sounds like wire fraud to me.

That's because you haven't received your re-education in rightthink and newspeak yet, comrade.  Double plus ungood.
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Re: ACORN Colorado defunct, still drawing donations
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2010, 08:50:18 PM »
ACORN is just pretending to be dead.

Remember they were also funded by some city and states nd managed "public housing complexes" in some states. Oh they also had their own charter? schools in NYC and maybe a radio station.

Are those things still operating?
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Re: ACORN Colorado defunct, still drawing donations
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2010, 09:53:02 PM »
It seems to me that it doesn't matter if they have been shut down they will still find a way to remain open
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Re: ACORN Colorado defunct, still drawing donations
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2010, 02:19:30 PM »
A criminal organization committing crimes.  Imagine that!
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