Mark Fitzgibbons, an attorney who contacted IR Tuesday after reading our piece on AG Lisa Madigan's $223,000+ in campaign donations from SEIU/ACORN, goes more into depth in Wednesday's American Thinker on the topic of Democratic AGs and their tendency to ignore prosecution of ACORN/SEIU related law violations. He writes:
...This begs the question: where ACORN has been violating laws, was it doing so with the imprimatur if not outright assistance of Democrat attorneys general, who seek to curry favor with the Democratic establishment?
That brings us to the importance of ACORN's first scorecard of attorneys general, issued in 2008, "Attorneys General Take Action: Real Leadership in Fighting Foreclosures." The 18-page report and scorecard describes attorneys' general active involvement with ACORN's policy goals on housing.
ACORN graded attorneys general on their efforts to help ACORN's agenda. The issues ranged from supporting federal legislation introduced by such luminaries in the nation's mortgage debacle as Connecticut's Senator Chris Dodd, to using taxpayer money in support of ACORN's litigation and other efforts. The report has pictures and special mention of six attorneys general who received A+ from ACORN.
ACORN's legal efforts have been described as "essentially extort[ing] money from banks." Some of those efforts appear to have more than just a casual link to the subprime mortgage crisis. That of course raises the question of whether Democrat attorneys general have been complicit in ACORN's questionable, unlawful and harmful activities.
IL AG Lisa Madigan received special recognition in 2008 from ACORN -- now referred to as "a criminal enterprise" -- as one of the nation's top state AGs, for prosecuting ACORN-pushed efforts on the mortgage crisis. (Photo above from ACORN's 18 page report entitled "Attorney Generals take Action.")
“I am honored to receive this recognition from Acorn for my office’s efforts to combat the foreclosure crisis that is devastating our neighborhoods and communities around Illinois,” Ms. Madigan said in a statement quoted in Crain's Chicago Business. “I am committed to aggressively investigating predatory and unfair lending practices, and my office will continue to take the most comprehensive steps in assisting troubled homeowners and holding irresponsible lenders accountable for their actions.” The photos and description below are posted on the Attorney General's public office website, rather than her campaign website:
Read more of Fitzgibbons' info HERE.
