Toronto The ACORN Canada board was a good humored session from front to back. Several of the leaders from British Columbia even developed a comedy routine of sorts parroting the Toronto Dominion spokesperson by from time to time in different discussions raising their right hands in the air and saying, “…but it’s legal!” In …
Category: Personal Writings
Financing Predatory Lending
Toronto The board meeting for ACORN Canada was fascinating. Leaders were in Toronto from the local groups here as well as from the newly organized units in Ottawa in three different neighborhoods and from Surrey and New West around Vancouver. It’s always interesting how much can be learned when the leaders gather. ACORN …
Foundation Failures
New York Private foundations have billions and billions of dollars worth of assets. Individual and corporate wealth is given shelter and tax exemptions because of the public benefit of their operations to health, education or some part of the common and public good. That’s the law and the quid pro quo for offset in …