Thread: San Diego ACORN office tries to regain its footing

ACORN office tries to regain its footing

Small outlet caught up in undercover video sting

By Eleanor Yang Su
Union-Tribune Staff Writer

2:00 a.m. September 27, 2009

NATIONAL CITY — San Diego's bare-bones ACORN office was in full damage-control mode last week, fulfilling dozens of interview requests, reaching out to concerned volunteers and staging a media event to get the word out about how the group helps people.

The tiny office in National City has been spun topsy-turvy by the national scandal over an undercover video showing an ACORN employee giving border-crossing advice to a pair posing as a pimp and prostitute trying to set up a ring of underage call girls.

That prompted local Republican leaders to call for investigations into the office's voter-registration drive from a year ago, which resulted in thousands of problematic forms being thrown out.

“It's been overwhelming,â€

" Rafael Lopez, 61, a handyman from Encanto, said ACORN officials in San Diego and Chicago ........."

In Chicago? You're kidding!!! I wonder what their names are?

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" Rafael Lopez, 61, a handyman from Encanto, said ACORN officials in San Diego and Chicago ........."

In Chicago? You're kidding!!! I wonder what their names are?



I'm wondering how he received assistance in two cities? One in Chicago no less?

Is that $2,400.00, now $1,600, a month mortgage payment on TWO homes bought and paid for with US taxpayer money?

What's been done about the 11 months arrears on his mortgage......did ACORN pay it off?

Is Mr. Lopez a legal immigrant or American citizen, or is he an illegal alien?

Many, many questions here