More trouble in Tacoma from ACORN?
March 11th, 2009 by Republican By DefaultI was troubled by a post on the TNT blog recently that talked about ACORN members showing up at a city council meeting in Tacoma and asking for government support and funding for their agenda.
ACORN members spoke during Citizen’s Forum, a once-per-month chance for citizens to address council members about items that are not part of the meeting agenda. Others in the group sat in the council chambers, and all of them wore red.
ACORN spokesman Mike Swenson said the group made a conscious decision not to appear militant.
I wonder how long their restraint will last considering ACORN’s efforts in other cities.
Here’s what happened in a Los Angeles school board meeting:
The members of ACORN and United Teachers Los Angeles — all wearing bright red shirts — entered the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Tuesday afternoon, sat down and began chanting.
Police said the protesters were staging an illegal occupation of a public building. The district said no arrests would occur as long as members of media were in building.
UTLA President A.J. Duffy approached the speakers’ lectern and told the board, “You know why we’re here. You know I’m not leaving this rostrum. You know I’m going to keep talking.
As I look at the video I’m wondering if the fist is in air is a show of solidarity or fascism.
So, Bill Baarsma, it looks like you have this to look forward to in your council meetings. Good luck with that.
And in case you missed this little ACORN tidbit:
A community organization breaks into a foreclosed home in what they are calling an act of civil disobedience.
The group wants to train homeowners facing eviction on peaceful ways they can remain in their homes.
“This is our house now,” said Louis Beverly, ACORN.
The group says it was staging similar demonstrations in six other cities nationwide while urging a moratorium on foreclosures.
If that kind of thing continues we can expect more restraint on lending from banks. That should speed up economic recovery a whole bunch.
Update: Since memories are short, a comment on ACORN’s history in Tacoma from the TNT link above:
Voter registration forms submitted by ACORN workers were the focus of fraud investigations in several states last fall, and the in 2007 two ACORN employees admitted falsifying registrations in Pierce County.