- Bill Would End Tax Breaks for Companies Who Lay Off Workers – The Bay Citizen
- "Companies should not be allowed to fire employees in one part of the state and hire new employees in another part and claim a tax credit," …
- San Francisco School District to the NRA: Take Us Off Your Website – The Bay Citizen
- Gun group lists Lowell High and its Junior ROTC program as part of the "NRA Near You"
- Life After ACORN: Bertha Lewis Fights Back
- While Lewis is optimistic about her latest endeavor, she still can't escape the controversy surrounding ACORN. Once the nation's largest grassroots network for the poor, it provided employment services and advocated for affordable housing. But the organization acquired notoriety during the 2008 campaign when it registered more than 1 million low-income voters but submitted thousands of registration cards with phony names and addresses.
Although ACORN workers had themselves flagged and reported the suspicious cards, the organization was peppered with accusations of voter-registration fraud…
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