ACORN changes its name, tries to silence critics via lawsuits (illegal, attorney)

[Little-Acorn]

This article is several months old, and describes ACORN's attempts to hide behind a new name ("Community Organizations International", or COI.) They have evidently decided that the odor around the ACORN name is getting a little too strong as more and more of their activities are exposed. And that was even before the recent videotapes were made and publicized!

So, keep the name of COI in mind. That's our friends at ACORN. Looks like their desire to change their name and hide behind a new one, was much stronger than their desire to clean up their act and fly straight - the current videotapes were made in July, more than a month after this article, and even longer after they petitioned for their name change.

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ACORN drops tarnished name and moves to silence critics | Washington Examiner (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/ACORN-drops-tarnished-name-and-moves-to-silence-critics-48730537.html - broken link)

ACORN drops tarnished name and moves to silence critics

by: Kevin Mooney
Commentary Staff Writer
06/21/09 5:07 PM EDT

Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) leaders are using the threat of a law suit to silence and intimidate critics, according to current and former members of the liberal activist group. In a letter dated June 11 an attorney for ACORN advised top whistleblowers that their unauthorized use of the organization’s name could make them liable for monetary damages and injunctive relief. ACORN executives have also changed their organization’s name, which was tarnished by investigations ....

(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)

[Editor's note: ACORN's name wasn't tarnished by investigations. It was tarnished by ACORN's illegal activites. The investigations merely revealed them. -LA]