New Orleans As I stepped off the plane from Washington the news was running in the concourse and WWL at Channel 4 was airing a large segment with Louisiana ACORN announcing that Buddy Caldwell, the newly elected Attorney General here, had just been graded an F on a survey and report card released nationally on …
Month: June 2008
Winking at Wal-Mart
Washington On the eve of the Wal-Mart annual meeting Michael Barbaro, the retail reporter for the Times, ran a piece that insinuated that Wal-Mart opponents were unilaterally disarming in their fight against Wal-Mart. I’ve gotten emails and calls from everywhere the upshot of which was: tell us there is no way this is true? …
Community-Based Health
New Orleans Two other guests spoke to the headquarters staff on this recent evening after Ercilia, Dr. David Egilman, and Dr. Fernando Mora Carrasco. David and Fernando had spent the day talking to both the ACORN International staff and the ACORN national staff about a way to align our community organizing work with a …