Firefighters lose large U.S. grant to ACORN

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Firefighters lose large U.S. grant to ACORN - Washington Times

Nearly $1 million in Homeland Security funding typically earmarked for fire departments has been awarded to ACORN, despite a clear signal from Congress that it intends to cut off federal funding to the embattled group.

The grant to ACORN's Louisiana office became public on Oct. 2, less than three weeks after the House and Senate voted to cut off ACORN funding after employees were caught on video advising a fake prostitute and pimp on scams.

It was one of only three such grants issued to the state and made up almost 80 percent of the firefighting money earmarked for Louisiana, prompting one of the U.S. senators from the state to demand that the funds be taken back.

"I request that you rescind this grant based on a history of abuse of federal dollars by ACORN and their clear lack of expertise in this area," said Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican.

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"Senator Vitter knows a lot more about prostitution rings than anyone here does, so we'll defer to him on any matters pertaining to the videos attacking ACORN," the statement read. It did not explain how the group plans to spend the Federal Emergency Management Agency grant.

And that's how this will completely go where it shouldn't. There is absolutely no reason why ACORN should receive $1M that is supposed to go to aid fire departments in Louisana.
I find it utterly ridiculous that this grant is intended for FIRE PREVENTION & EDUCATION and yet whoever looked over these grant applications knowingly agreed to approve a grant for ACORN, who obviously have no business in the field of firefighting. I certainly hope no one else in the various districts that lost their grant money to ACORN dies because of preventable fire causes, such as having a working smoke detector in their home. Thank you ACORN and Homeland Security, you have screwed over deserving departments and people once again.

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Originally Posted by G1G4

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I am sure that if you go the local ACORN office they will show/explain you how to discreetly burn down your residence, collect the insurance and then apply for housing supplements OR OR they will be handing out smoke detectors and those little stickers you put on the kids window...

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Originally Posted by foodcritic

I am sure that if you go the local ACORN office they will show/explain you how to discreetly burn down your residence, collect the insurance and then apply for housing supplements OR OR they will be handing out smoke detectors and those little stickers you put on the kids window...

That's called being pro-active.