New Orleans ACORN can count many victories in education battles around the country. Some of our offices, like New York and Chicago, have literally pioneering accomplishments that sustain us all. Unfortunately, as a membership organization we can not avoid the reality that we are losing the war, even as we are winning some key battles. …
Category: ACORN
Appreciation
New Orleans The Iraq debacle proves to most of us every day the tragedy that accompanies a loss of irony and perspective. We go on a mission of mayhem and somehow expect to be greeted with open arms and parades, then after turning everything topsy turvey in the chaos, we are surprised that the …
Lifeline Rates
Miami It’s hard to keep up. Thirty years ago one of the core ACORN issues in those days of fuel shortages and rising electricity and gas bills was utility rates. We campaigned extensively for what we called “lifeline” utility rates which would especially benefit lower income customers and people with fixed income. The way it …