Comments on: What Barack’s victory means for Ohio Democrats, first thoughts http://bloggerinterrupted.com/2008/06/what-baracks-victory-means-for-ohio-democrats-first-thoughts Freedom's just another word... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:55:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: mvirenicus http://bloggerinterrupted.com/2008/06/what-baracks-victory-means-for-ohio-democrats-first-thoughts/comment-page-1#comment-1162 mvirenicus Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:48:27 +0000 http://bloggerinterrupted.com/?p=585#comment-1162 rottenacorn.com is registered to The Employment Policies Institute, one of several front groups created by Berman & Co., a Washington, DC public affairs firm owned by Rick Berman, who lobbies for the restaurant, hotel, alcoholic beverage and tobacco industries. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Employment_Policies_Institute rottenacorn.com is registered to The Employment Policies Institute, one of several front groups created by Berman & Co., a Washington, DC public affairs firm owned by Rick Berman, who lobbies for the restaurant, hotel, alcoholic beverage and tobacco industries.

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]]> By: U_pathetic_ASS http://bloggerinterrupted.com/2008/06/what-baracks-victory-means-for-ohio-democrats-first-thoughts/comment-page-1#comment-1141 U_pathetic_ASS Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:17:06 +0000 http://bloggerinterrupted.com/?p=585#comment-1141 To a degree, I'll assume you're partially right about Obama's Ohio organization. But, one of the pillars of Obama's Ohio primary GOTV was ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Before you go thinking I'm some Republican, I'm not. I worked for the Ohio Kerry Campaign in 2004 and I am a registered Democrat. ACORN Ohio is CORRUPT due to knowingly employing ghost workers, knowingly violating election/voting laws and knowingly violating federal labor laws regarding its paid GOTV canvassers and voter registration canvassers. I'm a first hand witness and have completed affidavits for the US Department of Labor. ACORN Ohio is also guilty of misclassifying their salaried employees to make them think that they are exempt from overtime laws. Ohio ACORN routinely works salaried employees AT LEAST 54 hours per week Monday - Saturday. When it is all said and done, salaried organizers make about $9.00 per hour for working very demanding and long hours. Hourly GOTV and Voter Registration Canvassers are paid much less than their stated $8.00/hour wage because Ohio ACORN gets them to do things off the clock and refuses to pay them overtime. People are exposing countless issues related to ACORN branch offices across the country. Here's one critique (There are many others that can be found by searching the net): http://www.rottenacorn.com/ The following ACORN Ohio email address polnatoh@acorn.org is included in the below blog hiring announcement and belongs to Mari Irwin Engelhardt, the ACORN Ohio Statewide Political Director. Her phone number is 216-374-1744: http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/ohio-acorn-hiring-canvassers-help-obama The question is: why is ACORN coordinating with the Obama campaign when ACORN is considered a non-profit organization? Also, why would the Obama campaign even consider contracting with labor law breaking slave drivers like ACORN? To a degree, I’ll assume you’re partially right about Obama’s Ohio organization. But, one of the pillars of Obama’s Ohio primary GOTV was ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). Before you go thinking I’m some Republican, I’m not. I worked for the Ohio Kerry Campaign in 2004 and I am a registered Democrat.

ACORN Ohio is CORRUPT due to knowingly employing ghost workers, knowingly violating election/voting laws and knowingly violating federal labor laws regarding its paid GOTV canvassers and voter registration canvassers. I’m a first hand witness and have completed affidavits for the US Department of Labor.

ACORN Ohio is also guilty of misclassifying their salaried employees to make them think that they are exempt from overtime laws. Ohio ACORN routinely works salaried employees AT LEAST 54 hours per week Monday – Saturday. When it is all said and done, salaried organizers make about $9.00 per hour for working very demanding and long hours.

Hourly GOTV and Voter Registration Canvassers are paid much less than their stated $8.00/hour wage because Ohio ACORN gets them to do things off the clock and refuses to pay them overtime.

People are exposing countless issues related to ACORN branch offices across the country. Here’s one critique (There are many others that can be found by searching the net):

http://www.rottenacorn.com/

The following ACORN Ohio email address polnatoh@acorn.org is included in the below blog hiring announcement and belongs to Mari Irwin Engelhardt, the ACORN Ohio Statewide Political Director. Her phone number is 216-374-1744:

http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/ohio-acorn-hiring-canvassers-help-obama

The question is: why is ACORN coordinating with the Obama campaign when ACORN is considered a non-profit organization? Also, why would the Obama campaign even consider contracting with labor law breaking slave drivers like ACORN?

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