Dallas James O’Keefe never dressed in his racist, caricature pimp suit in an ACORN or ACORN Housing office. This has been an under-the-radar dispute for more than six months, largely because it fades in importance compared to the errors a small number of workers were trapped into making. But, with the new attention on O’Keefe …
Category: Personal Writings
Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy
New Orleans All of the surveys indicate that regular folks…working people and even poor people are much more generous as personal philanthropists that the rich. The rich get the tax exemption and their names on the buildings, but basically the rest of us somehow enrich life itself for real people. A story in the Times …
Giles Fundraising Scam
New Orleans Hannah Giles, the “ho” in the ACORN video stings last fall is reportedly sending out direct mail fundraising appeals asking for $35 to $5000 to defend her against the so-called ACORN lawsuits against she and the discredited James O’Keefe, the pimp in that series. I wonder if this is a scam? She and …