WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Pearl River Entitlements are like rights, except applied to benefits. Anyone who hits the mark on eligibility requirements is entitled to receive the benefit. Entitlements are not “capped”. Literally, everyone who is eligible is guaranteed the benefit without a limit to the amount the government would be required to spend to provide it. In …
Pearl River Hurricane Isaias is coming through the Gulf of Mexico and expected to make landfall as a category 3 storm somewhere near Pensacola, Florida. There are storm warnings in a large cone along the Alabama and Florida coasts. Earlier in the week, New Orleans was part of the prediction as the storm gathered. …
Pearl River ACORN made its public debut in Cleveland with a smashing announcement of a jointly authored and researched study between ACORN and VAPAC, the Vacant and Abandoned Properties Action Council, focused on a Baltimore-based company, Riparian Capital Partners. Riparian had acquired 173 properties in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with 153 located in Cleveland. ACORN …