New York City Sitting in the conference room at the ACORN national headquarters in New Orleans the top lawyers for Lehman Brothers snickered at Treasury Secretary Paulson’s announcement of the Project Lifeline. One simply said, “…it seems to be nothing but PR.” But, if this is public relations, Paulson and his banking buddies don’t …
Category: ACORN
Countrywide Agreement
New Orleans After a grueling process of many meetings over months ACORN leaders and Countrywide executives finally came to an agreement on “best practices” that was not everything we might have hoped for, but was such an advance over the empty promises of the Bush-Paulson initiative that it paled in comparison. Additionally since Countrywide …
Endymion Parking
New Orleans ACORN bought a new national headquarters on Canal Street, the storied center line between the French Quarter and the CBD (Central Business District). We are twenty-six blocks from the River. From the window in my new office I can see the Superdome and much of downtown. We are hardly moved in on …