 merrie says: The House and Senate recently moved to cut off ACORN funding after a series of videos revealed the willingness of its staff to help establish a reputed child-prostitution ring based in San Salvador. Obama refused to support ending federal funding for ACORN, however, telling ABC: "It's not something I'm paying a lot of attention to." In May, Rathke described how officials of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) teamed up with HealthCare Reform Czar Nancy-Ann DeParle to pry big price concessions from private health firms. Speaking of the advantage that comes from having powerful friends in high places, Rathke wrote: "Tell me that (Local) 1199's former political director, Patrick Gaspard (who was ACORN New York's political director before that) didn't reach out from the White House and help make that happen, and I'll tell you to take some remedial classes in 'politics 101.'" The FEC hit ACT with a $775,000 fine for campaign-finance violations one of the . . . . . . largest FEC fines ever and it reportedly ceased operations in 2005. The Spectator described Gaspard “ACORN’s Man in the White House.” It also reported that he was national field director in 2004 for American Coming Together (ACT), a get-out-the-vote organization. Gaspard also worked for eight years for SEIU Local 1199, a hospital workers local, according to the Village Voice. The Spectator report detailed what it calls the “fuzzy” line between the SEIU and ACORN. Vadum reported that SEIU Local 880 and the SEIU Local 100 that Rathke heads are “part of the ACORN network of organizations.” [u]He reported that the locals were listed as such on ACORN’s Web site, buts the... |
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