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July 9, 2009
ACORN Sells Out the Poor
The American Spectator
by Matthew Vadum
ACORN's highly questionable role in the debacle otherwise known as "Atlantic Yards" is just too much for the conservative Spectator to pass up.
The relentlessly sanctimonious Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now may not deserve its carefully cultivated image as a defender of the poor.
That's because the group has become the leading cheerleader for a controversial real estate development that is slated to use eminent domain to remove the poor people it claims to represent.
ACORN, which has long prided itself on fighting the so-called gentrification of neighborhoods as rising property values force the poor to move, has also taken money from the project's developer and signed a binding agreement forcing it to stand behind the project no matter what.
With Sarah Palin in seeming meltdown, has the Right found a new "intrepid" hearthtrob?
Watchdog Norman Oder is upset that the New York Times hasn't paid enough attention in his opinion to the Atlantic Yards story, especially with respect to Forest City Ratner's payments to ACORN.
Posted by eric at July 9, 2009 12:15 PM