New Orleans Ray Nagin was re-elected as Mayor of New Orleans by a solid 52-48 margin over Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu. Many have asked how this was possible. Here are the facts and then we will look at the theories. * Almost 25% of the vote was through absentee and satellite voting — basically the diaspora. …
Category: ACORN
Mesa, Beacon High, and 700,000,000 in the Middle Class
New York Some follow-ups from earlier blogs and footnotes along the way…. * We lost the property tax election in Mesa, Arizona not surprisingly by a 60-40 margin in the final count. The news came to me this way: NAME: Todd Hopkinson EMAIL: patriot@patriotmagazine.com MSG: Hi Wade, I am the author and sole creator of YesForMesa.us. …
News and Notes from our Friends at WALD and Social Policy
New Orleans Let’s have some sharing today! * Becky Bond, our friend at Working Assets Long Distance, and also the long distance telephone supplier for all of the ACORN family of organizations, let us know that WALD was the only telephone carrier that says “hell, no!” to the Bush Administration’s invasive requests for access to our …