Detroit In his speech before the find day of the ACORN Convention, former Senator John Edwards laid the gauntlet down on the “Half in 10” campaign to cut poverty in half in ten years working with ACORN and other grounds. The Detroit Free Press captured his remarks: "This is not going to …
Category: Personal Writings
ACORN Convention
Detroit Weather alternated between perfect and coolish. A surprisingly hard shower turned into hail for almost a half-hour. Red shirts were everywhere and largely good spirits abounded. Friends greeted each other who had not seen each other since the last convention in Columbus. Arquela Smith was there from Dallas with her great grandson. …
Covered Bonds
Detroit ACORN’s Convention is getting ready to roll into Detroit. Not surprisingly a huge focus of this meeting is going to be threat of foreclosure and the credit squeezes everyone for our members now. Since Detroit, the state of Michigan, and the general Midwest are ground zero for some of these problems, the ACORN …