Reply #27: Nevada charges ACORN (LVRJ / 5 May)

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Illegal quota system, officials say, spurred 'garbage' registrations
By ALAN CHOATE
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

... Lisa Rasmussen, a local attorney representing ACORN, called the allegations against the group "patently false."

"Even the state concedes in its charging documents that there was no 'quota' system that was enforced by ACORN," she said in an e-mailed statement.

"Furthermore, the suggestion that a business cannot implement standards of quality control, performance goals and individual job performance tools is contrary to the First Amendment" ...

Bonnie Greathouse, the head organizer at the Las Vegas office, said .... "We've had bad publicity before, and all it does is inform the community that we're here working for the community ... People always come forward to our defense

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