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October 13, 2008
ACCUSING ACORN
Newsday.com
The story of irregularities in ACORN's get-out-the-vote drives has been making local news nationwide:
McCain's campaign has demanded Obama's ties to ACORN, an activist organization that runs voter-registration drives, be probed. Registration cards the group submitted prompted fraud investigations in Nevada, Connecticut, Missouri, and at least five other states - and included some with the names of Dallas Cowboys football players. Bertha Lewis, a chief organizer for ACORN who is well known in New York City politics, issued a detailed rejoinder with ACORN leader Steve Kest, saying status quo forces were playing up isolated irregularities to deter voter registration. Lewis has been co-chair of the state Working Families Party. She drew paparazzi-style notice in 2005 by grabbing Mayor Michael Bloomberg's face and kissing him on the lips when ACORN and the city reached a certain participation deal with developer Bruce Ratner on Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards project.
NoLandGrab: For the record, Bertha Lewis kissed Bruce Ratner on the lips at the press conference as well.
Posted by lumi at October 13, 2008 5:41 AM