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By Mad mommy

January 14, 2009 9:08 AM | Link to this

I think they should lose their tax free status. They are not a group who should have that since it seems that they broke the rules. When you break the rules, you have to pay the price-your taxes!

By downtown guy

January 14, 2009 9:22 AM | Link to this

What an idiot! He clearly has too much time on his hands and no constituents to worry about. What a waste of a legislative seat…

By cSquared

January 14, 2009 9:34 AM | Link to this

“An organization that chooses to undermine the integrity of our nation’s election process should not be entitled to tax exemption benefits,” Mullis said. Like the REPUBLICAN PARTY?? what another waste of an GA legislators time. Anything else you wanna worry about that has nothing to do with the current sorry state of affairs in GEORGIA? How about the budget shortfall or even Sunday liquor sales? Or how the Gov’s gonna make good on paying teachers more when there’s no money?

By Tinkydog

January 14, 2009 9:37 AM | Link to this

Congratulations, Mr. Mullis! At least one elected official has the guts to challenge the insanity of groups such as ACORN. And, to downtown guy. Stay the f&&& downtown and roll around in the liberal left wing crap. Oh, sorry. I guess you might be an ACORN official whose paychecks might stop if it had to pay taxes. We certainly wouldn’t want you to be unemployed at such a bad economic time.

By Also Downtown

January 14, 2009 9:37 AM | Link to this

“What an idiot”?

You don’t know Sen. Mullis, or anything about him. This type of name calling and vitriol indicates your lack of maturity and willingness to play well in society.

By Bentley

January 14, 2009 9:38 AM | Link to this

So consider this effort a bit of undigested frustration left over from November.

Excuse me but if you are going to insert your opinion in your reporting, shouldn’t this article be the the Opinion Section? Journalism 101, Jim Galloway.

By sjohn

January 14, 2009 9:41 AM | Link to this

Why should they lose their tax status ? Because they registered Low income voters and this is a State Rep….whose choice for President lost.

By Left-wing rag

January 14, 2009 9:48 AM | Link to this

To Bentley: It’s not opinion in the AJC if it’s a left-wing/anti-Republican comment. In that case, it’s considered fact.

By gttim

January 14, 2009 9:59 AM | Link to this

How about going after the tax exempt statuses of church’s who involve themselves in politics? I fail to see why any church should be tax exempt, but those who insert themselves into politics certainly should lose their status. Many actively campaign.

ACORN, on the other hand, merely registers voters- yes, many low income- and does not campaign for anybody. The whole situation of bad registration applications, and not any voting, only came about because they are required by law to submit all registrations they collect, no matter how they are filled out. So if somebody fills one out “Mickey Mouse” they have to submit even if they believe it is false. That law is to protect from partisan abuses- like if a church tossed out all registrations where voters identified as Demcrat. For all we know it was Sen. Jeff Mullis who was filling out applications using false names so he could have a reason to bring this motion forward to get publicity. ACORN flags all apps they believe are false so registration offices can easily research them.

By Chuck

January 14, 2009 10:08 AM | Link to this

I don’t mind that last line. Personally, I appreciate knowing exactly how biased the ‘journalists’ at the AJC are. Circulation’s still going down, right?

By whatabout

January 14, 2009 10:08 AM | Link to this

I’m still trying to figure out why nobody from ACORN has serious charges pending from the obvious illegal activities they conducted with voter fraud. Was there EVER a full investigation on this? Why not?

By Drew

January 14, 2009 10:11 AM | Link to this

“ACORN, on the other hand, merely registers voters- yes, many low income- and does not campaign for anybody.”

That’s a laugh. Obviously, you’ve never met any of them.

By zeke

January 14, 2009 10:12 AM | Link to this

All these groups who promote political agendas should lose their tax free status! It is my understanding that churches and the like are prohibited from promoting political agendas and ideaologies! Does that not apply to all so called non profits?? Of course not in this case or in the case of black churches! They support the democrat agenda and liberal socialist projects!!!

By downtown guy

January 14, 2009 10:12 AM | Link to this

Mullis is still and idiot… He’s wasting time and money by not handling more important business. No doubt all of his supporters on this blog must have also supported the useless lawsuits challenging Obama’s citizenship.

Given the issues facing the state, he’s doing a disservice to all of the legislators by bringing up crap like this. It’s a flatheaded, garbage-in- garbage-out approach to governing. If that’s what his supporters want, fine. You are what you eat…errrr…vote for….

By ACORN isn't neutral

January 14, 2009 10:13 AM | Link to this

ACORN tried to sign up a friend of mine that happens to be a resident alien, even AFTER he told them he didn’t think he could vote because he wasn’t a citizen. They said nonsense and proceeded to sign him up that is until he told them he would vote for McCain. Then the form disappeared and they walked on to the next person.

By whatabout

January 14, 2009 10:14 AM | Link to this

I’m still trying to figure out why nobody from ACORN has serious charges pending from the obvious illegal activities they conducted with voter fraud. Was there EVER a full investigation on this? Why not?

By Buzz

January 14, 2009 10:17 AM | Link to this

And yet again we can read the usual rantings of the left. If the shoe was on the other foot then their attitudes would change. Regardless of party, one should be concerned about ALL voting frauds. Otherwise you do not believe in a free country. Each contributor needs to leave the bias at the door as your comments lose credability. In other words, real contributors will disregard your comments as childish and irrelevant when they consider the true meaning of CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN.

By ACORN isn't neutral

January 14, 2009 10:18 AM | Link to this

ACORN tried to sign up a friend of mine that happens to be a resident alien, even AFTER he told them he didn’t think he could vote because he wasn’t a citizen. They said nonsense and proceeded to sign him up that is until he told them he would vote for McCain. Then the form disappeared and they walked on to the next person.

By bj

January 14, 2009 10:18 AM | Link to this

A little anecdotal evidence —for you Obama supporter’s, anecdotal evidence means “it may not mean much in the big picture but here’s what happened to me.”

I was personally approached by Acorn reps to register to vote on 4 different occasions. 3 of the 4 were wearing OBama gear either t-shirt or campaign buttons. All 4 responded with some variation of “OBama, of course” when asked if there was anyone in particular I should vote for.” When I asked them if they new it wasn’t “proper” for them to be openly campaigning for one candidate, there answer was somewhere between “so?” and F-U.

These crooks are only going to get stronger. Heck, they were even in line for TARP money at one point. I’m sure they’ll get plenty of walking round’ $$ from the Dems. We are quickly slouching toward banana republic status.

B

By Publius

January 14, 2009 10:19 AM | Link to this

I’m enjoying these comments. Those who feel they are helped by this organization think this is a waste of a legislator’s time. Those that feel they were hurt say the IRS should start cracking down on the political organizations hiding behind nonprofit status. Then there is the guy who just hates churches and believes they should be taxed like we tax Coke or Home Depot. I have to wonder if he would feel that way if it was established that libertal churches actually violate IRS regs more than conservative churches. I’m a nonprofit attorney and IF the alligations against ACORN are true, their status should be examined and perhaps revoked. I find it interesting that church-hating guy presents ACORN as having its hands tied and must follow the law; a law that is set up to protect us from the churches that would throw out Democrat applications.
At the end of the day, most churches exceed IRS regulations on political activity. Just because a given church may be made up of like minded people does not mean that they are being told what to do. When credible charges are made against any organization that enjoys tax exempt status, it should be investigated. Church-hating guy might find though that the non-profits he supports won’t be able to give him a receipt taht he can deduct from his taxes in the future.

By FrankLeeDarling

January 14, 2009 10:25 AM | Link to this

I hope he goes for the baptist and catholics next. nobody cheats at elections like republicans,guess the competition makes them mad,especially when they lose.It proves that their brand of cheating no longer works.

Just another sore republican loser

By FrankLeeDarling

January 14, 2009 10:36 AM | Link to this

MANY chuches are VERY political

By Sir winston

January 14, 2009 11:00 AM | Link to this

ACRON is an arm of the Democrat party. They should have lost their tax-exempt status years ago. ‘Bout time. Peace.

By whatabout

January 14, 2009 11:07 AM | Link to this

whatabout is the smartest blog on this page. Give me a pat on the back so I won’t have to throw my back doing it myself.

By FrankLeeDarling

January 14, 2009 11:10 AM | Link to this

Care to offer any proof,Sir Winston?

By whatabout

January 14, 2009 11:12 AM | Link to this

whatabout is the smartest blog on this page. Give me a pat on the back so I won’t have to throw my back doing it myself.

By Nathanhj

January 14, 2009 12:27 PM | Link to this

Two things: First, ACORN is required to turn in ALL THE CARDS it helps people fill out, even if it knows that the cards are suspicious. The alternative to this is having groups like ACORN or the GOP throw out cards, in effect letting outside groups determine who gets to be registered.

That’s the reason you heard about the bad cards in the first place: because ACORN flagged them and turned them in, just as they are required to do.

Second, the Senator should do a little research. ACORN is not a tax-exempt organization. It is a non-profit, but it is not tax-exempt, which is also called being a “501c3 organization”.

Frankly, I’m surprised that a person elected to such an important position can’t seem to do even the most basic check to make sure they are getting their facts straight. It just shows the naked partisanship behind this move, which is simply warming up discredited partisan attacks from the past election season.

If the Senator cared so much about the integrity of the election system, why isn’t he proposing ways to ensure all the unregistered voters in GA are registered when they turn 18 the way they are registered for the Selective Service? It’s not rocket science.

But the fact that he doesn’t want to do this is telling.

By gttim

January 14, 2009 12:50 PM | Link to this

Yeah, like I am going to believe anecdotal evidence from wingnuts- because Republican never lie!

By ChamberGod

January 14, 2009 12:53 PM | Link to this

When brainchild Jeff gets through with ACORN, please ask him to start on the Chamber of Commerce for their partisan ads in the last Georgia U.S. Senate race.

By Nathanhj

January 14, 2009 1:06 PM | Link to this

whatabout said: “I’m still trying to figure out why nobody from ACORN has serious charges pending from the obvious illegal activities they conducted with voter fraud. Was there EVER a full investigation on this? Why not?”

Well, it is because despite the 15 investigations carried out on the state and local level AND the rumored FBI investigation AND the raid in Nevada, no one has been able to find any evidence of actual wrong-doing by ACORN. Missouri recently charged a worker who had been adn the job for 12 days before being fired for not following procedures, and WI did the same thing a few months ago, but that’s it.

It’s not for lack of trying, its because all those stories, were just that: stories. Wild accusations drummed up for partisan purposes.

By Aaron Burr V. Mexico

January 14, 2009 1:36 PM | Link to this

I agree with one of the posters above….but to the extreme.

ANY political organization should loose its tax exempt status. The ACLU, Acorn (which apparently doesn’t have tax exempt status), The Heritage Foundation, Judicial Watch, ANY of them.

And that means if a church gets involved in politics in any way, they should also lose their tax exempt status. Or a theater or any of the like.

And no political donations should be anonymous.

We’d live in a much better world if that happened.

By Aaron Burr V. Mexico

January 14, 2009 1:41 PM | Link to this

Yeah Nathanhjk,

file charges against ACORN but not against the Bush people who broke the law by filing Federal Pros. jobs with political appointees….or for Torture.

Hypocrites.

By JD

January 14, 2009 2:26 PM | Link to this

This is just political grand-standing.

Since 2000, nation wide, there have only been about 25 arrests for voter/registration fraud…only one lead to a conviction.

Voter fraud is a new “threat” that the GOP is trying to use to rally their voters…afterall, they have no more legs to stand on after the past 6 years.

By Sir Winston

January 14, 2009 2:42 PM | Link to this

They only register Democrat voters.. That is why they are always on street corners in the hood giving out smokes to the bums they register. They should be forced to pay back all the tax payers dollars they have stolen over the years. The Obama, peace be upon him, gave ACORN over 800 grand this last election cycle to register as many libs and democrat voters as they could. Did you Wizards of Smart also know that ACRON was trying to get it nasty little hands on some of the TARP money? Criminal. Peace.

By Aaron Burr V. Mexico

January 14, 2009 2:54 PM | Link to this

Yeah. They ask, “Are you a democrat?” And if so they register the democrats.

Like Bush’s people ask people who work for the justice department, “Are you a Republican?” and if so they get to be prosecuting attorneys.

Where’s the outrage against Bush Winston?

By Sir Winston

January 14, 2009 3:56 PM | Link to this

There is no conservative group that one can equate to ACRON. ACRON is a criminal enterprise funded by the tax payer. No republican group could ever pull the amount of fraud off as ACRON. The libs wouldn’t stand for it! Peace.

By Aaron Burr V. Mexico

January 14, 2009 4:28 PM | Link to this

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!

No conservative group?

Club For Growth. Heritage Foundation. Focus on the Family. Haliburton. The Republican Party. Fox News. Blackwater.

Yeah. There is no Conservative group that has ‘gotten away’ with as much as ACORN.

By Dirk

January 14, 2009 5:08 PM | Link to this

“…that is funded by the taxpayer.” An important factor. Keep reading Aaron.

By Aaron Burr V. Mexico

January 14, 2009 5:27 PM | Link to this

First of all, ACORN gets some of its money from other sources.

Second of all, of the ones I listed

Club For Growth - Nope. They’re just jerks.

Heritage Foundation. - Plush political appointments for all of its members. Questionable lecture tours, pamplets, and ‘consulting’ tours…at tax payer expense.

Focus on the Family. Abstinence education money that didn’t do anything.

Haliburton. BILLIONS of $$$.

The Republican Party. BILLIONS of $$$. They have used tax payer funds to suppress as many votes as ACORN ever ‘frauded’…by a factor of 10.

Fox News. How much tax payer money was wasted protected embedded journalists in the American Al Jazeera in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Blackwater. BILLIONS of $$$.

By Denise

January 14, 2009 7:51 PM | Link to this

Haha!

If this dolt had bothered to even have an aid do a teensy bit or research beforehand, he wouldn’t like like the idiot he obviously is.

By Denise

January 14, 2009 7:56 PM | Link to this

I meant to say “he wouldn’t LOOK like the idiot he obviously is!”

By Aaron Burr V. Mexico

January 14, 2009 8:01 PM | Link to this

Yeah. That’s me there. Looking like the idiot. Denise.

By GettaClue

January 14, 2009 11:38 PM | Link to this

Registering voters is the most useless and benign waste of time that any group can do. Those people never show up to vote.

This was all about trying to create an image of wrong-doing and attaching it to your opponent - something both sides do all the time! To begin with, there was no wrong-doing with any of ACORN’s voter registration stuff and, most IMPORTANTLY, it didn’t amount to a warm bucket of spit because practically none of these newly registered voters went to the polls to vote.

Mullis has proven himself to be the Horse’s Patoot leading the charge of the braying Donkey Patoot Brigade of all those who are trying to give him high praise for trying to pass a piece of meaningless legislation to correct a situation that never existed in the first place for a reason that never existed in the first place.

I can’t believe that so many of you here cannot read for comprehension and apply any critical thinking skills. This is why Georgia will never have any real influence in the country or the world and it’s likely the reason that we have a doofus for a Governor.