Thread: ACLU Fallout:Could disgruntled Bd. Members benefit our cause

ACLU Votes Out Another Board Member Who Clashed With Leaders

By JOSH GERSTEIN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
September 12, 2006

Mr. Brittain said some board members strongly objected to his decision to tell others on the board that an attorney from the office of the New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, had called to raise concerns that the proposal might interfere with board members' duties to report misconduct. The matter was discussed by the board's executive committee, on which Mr. Brittain sat, but the committee voted over his objection not to disclose the call immediately to the larger board.

The disclosure led to a New YorkTimes article about the call from Mr. Spitzer's office, though Mr. Brittain insists he disclosed the call only to other board members, which is not prohibited by ACLU rules. "Despite the fact that there was no rule or policy, I was vehemently and angrily and hostilely criticized by some," Mr. Brittain said. "It rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.… I didn't have to subject myself to that kind of animosity to serve on a nonprofit board."

Board members said Mr. Brittain may have also ruffled feathers by writing to the ACLU president, Nadine Strossen, to object to the procedure by which the proposals on board responsibilities were repudiated publicly without action by the board or its executive committee.

Last year, the ACLU voted a vocal dissident, Michael Meyers, off its board. Another critic of the organization's leadership, Wendy Kaminer, left in June after choosing not to run for re-election. However, the departure of Mr. Brittain is notable because he was rarely quoted in the press and generally confined his critiques to board meetings and online discussions among board members.

"Is the bar becoming so low that you can't even look askance?" one current ACLU board member, who asked not to be named, said.

Asked if Mr. Brittain's decision to tell board colleagues about the call from Mr. Spitzer's office played a role in his defeat, a board member from Los Angeles, Alan Toy, said: "I think any board member's actions are noticed by the other board members and the electorate at large. You represent a large group of people, and people notice things and they vote accordingly."

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http://www.nysun.com/article/39488?page_no=2

Stalin would be so proud

Is the ACLU a government within our government? Are they a second government within our nation? Do they hold more power than our national government? Has our government given them the power to do whatever they want? Has our government given them the funds to file massive lawsuits in this country against anyone that goes against their will and to control the public at the expense of the American taxpayers?

Originally Posted by andyt

Stalin would be so proud

bwahaha . . so true. Seriously, I wonder if any of them are disgruntled enough and willing to share some secrets with W regarding our cause.

I'm not sure about some of your questions but I do know that scientist have started using them instead of lab rats. For one thing there are more of them. For another you don't get attached to them.And also there are some things you just can't get a rat to do.

Originally Posted by andyt

And also there are some things you just can't get a rat to do.

Like Kiss Hillary, Smoke one of Bill's Cigar's.

It's difficult to do your dirty work when someone taking the high road is hanging around.

Dixie

So right people. There is nothing worse to watch than the backstabbers of America backstab each other!!

I suppose they do not really want to be accountable, they just feel they are above common morals and integrity.

Think about it, the OBL are beginning to eat their own, and so is the ACLU. you know if this is happening, things are not going as they would have liked them too an they must find scapegoats.

Eliot Spitzer who is running for Governor of NY was a previous president of ACLU. One big happy family.