Wandering further afield. My favorite ACORN story comes from a friend who for many years worked in the Dallas Office of Emergency Management. He said that in the mid 1980s a crew from ACORN arrived at their offices with TV Cameras in tow demanding to know why the city was spending money building Fallout Shelters instead of some other social program.
The Emergency Management Coordinator for the City told the group, "we don't spend any money building them. We just work with building owners willing to offer space at no charge to us." A little old lady in the back of the crowd then piped up and ask her fellow ACORNITEs, "then what the hell are we doing here?" -----Original Message----- From: horn-bounces+william.s.gross=gmail....@music.memphis.edu [mailto:horn-bounces+william.s.gross=gmail....@music.memphis.edu] On Behalf Of Leslie Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 4:16 PM To: horn@music.memphis.edu Subject: [Hornlist] RE: Horn Digest, Vol 74, Issue 27 Re: NEA and Economic stimulus Scott wrote: "I do not know anything about marsh mice or Acorn..." in response to a comment by a nationally syndicated columnist who wrote: "Will someone please tell me how millions of dollars to protect the habitat= of a marsh mouse in San Francisco or millions for the National Endowment for the Arts=2C or billions for the ACORN neighborhood organizing groups is going to stimulate the economy?" Sorry to go off topic, but I DO know about ACORN and they are NOT getting billions out of the stimulus bill. ACORN community organizers get paid EVEN LESS than musicians do for many more hours of work. It is annoying for me to see lies from right wing media make their insidious way onto the horn list... Whew. I feel better now. (Would you be surprised to know I just got back from a rehearsal for Man of LaMancha????) Leslie _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/william.s.gross%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
