Posted by
Defend America on Monday, February 22, 2010 4:04:40 PM
The
embattled liberal group ACORN is in the process of dissolving its
national structure, with state and local-chapters splitting off from
the underfunded, controversial national group, an official close to the
group confirmed.
"ACORN has dissolved as a national structure of state
organizations," said a senior official close to the group, who declined
to be identified by name because of the fierce conservative attacks on
the group that began when a conservative filmmaker caught some staffers
of its tax advisory arms on tape appearing to offer advice on
incorporating a prostitution business.
The videos proved a rallying point for conservatives who had long
accused the group of fomenting voting fraud. Though the videos did not
produce criminal charges, they appear to have been fatal to the
national organization.
"Consistent with what the internal recommendations have been, each
of the states are developing plans for reconstitution independence and
self-sufficiency," said the official, citing ACORN's "diminished
resources, damage to the brand, unprecedented attacks."
The new organizations, he said "will be constituted under new
banners and new bylaws and new governance," he said, consistent with
the recommendations of an outside panel.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0210/ACORN_dissolved_as_a_national_structure.html?showall