New Orleans This has been a big time victory week for ACORN as important announcements and events heralded long, hard work finally coming to fruition in New York, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Interestingly, all of these initiatives touched on housing which is a flash point in these three cities and much of America now. …
Category: Personal Writings
2,000,000+ in SEIU
New Orleans Andy Stern’s convention speech in San Juan as International President was expansive, unbending, and appropriately celebratory. Some of us had been in Pittsburgh when the 1,000,000 member mark was broken, and now the 2,000,000 member mark was smashed as well. Stern in pledging to implement the Justice for All package being presented …
Making History with Obama
New Orleans I watched part of Senator Obama’s speech from St. Paul as he thanked his supporters and voters within the Democratic Party for making him the Party’s nominee to run for President this year as the first African-American to lead the ticket of a major party. This “cool” thing is interesting. If ever …