Lou Dobbs and Michelle Bachman....two purveyors of truth!
And of course, none of the sources in the above article are cited....typical.
The fact is that ACORN (never been convicted of a crime), like all non-profits that are eligible for federal funding, separate their advocacy work from their publicly-funded community development work by having both 501 c(3) and 501 c(4) organizations under the broader umbrella.
No federal audit (required of every grant recipient) of ACORN has ever resulted in a charge of misusing grant funds.
You might even be surprised, if you took the time to read other sources, of the work that ACORN has done to enhance the viability and livability of inner city communities.
However, the biggest myth of all is the one perpetrated by Bachmann that ACORN will receive federal grants to help administer the 2010 census.
There is NO such grant program....never has been.
The Dept of Commerce/Census Dept has a program of census "partners"...more than 1,000 organizations that receive no money, to both help promote the census and the part-time job opportunities that will be available.
Let me repeat....ACORN has not and will not receive federal funds to conduct the census. The government does not contract out the census to private organizations.
But I dont expect the tactic of portraying ACORN as the boogeyman will cease. It plays right to the heart of the wing nuts.