Dallas Escorts: ACORN under scrutiny in Houston, too
The brewing national controversy over questionable practices by the community activist group ACORN is spilling into the organization’s Houston operations, with calls for reviews of its past government contracts and prohibition of any future taxpayer funding.
“It’s unfortunate there have been problems with ACORN thousands of miles away from Houston,” said Ginny Goldman, who heads Texas ACORN and is based in Houston. “But I would be shocked to find anything irregular happening here. I stand 100 percent behind my staff. I know how they are trained.”
Houston Mayor Bill White expressed concern this week to reporters after undercover videos showed ACORN representatives in five cities appearing to advise a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute about such things as buying a home and laundering the money. The videos made by conservative activist filmmakers created an Internet firestorm and has so far resulted in the firing of four ACORN employees.