ACORN may have been trying to cover up which organizations are part of ACORN by scrubbing its website. Not only did ACORN and SEIU share board members, but until a month ago they appeared to share the same headquarters address in New Orleans: 1024 Elysian Fields Ave. This is, of course, the same address from which Barack Obama received his first out-of-state donation (from the SEIU Local 880 Political Fund) back in November 1995 (with the exception of what appears to be a September 1995 donation from his college roommate or his family in New York).
When the latest ACORN scandals broke a few weeks ago, I went to its national site and downloaded ACORN’s list of Louisiana-based organizations. That list has now disappeared from that site (but might still be viewable in this cache, and I also retained screen grabs).
In early September, this was the list of ACORN organizations located in Louisiana as presented on ACORN’s own national website:
Contact ACORN®
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
LouisianaACORN® National
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-0044
fax: 504-944-7078
email: chieforg@acorn.orgACORN®
5177 Greenwell Springs Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225-925-5558
fax: 225-923-3144
email: laacorn@acorn.orgACORN®
1721 Jake Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-436-0245
fax: 337-494-6273
email: laacorn@acorn.orgACORN®
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-0044
fax: 504-943-3842
email: laacorn@acorn.orgAHC
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-7663
fax: 504-947-1868
email: ahclalcno@acorn.org
website: www.acornhousing.orgLouisiana ACORN
Fair Housing Organization
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-0044 x110
fax: 504-943-3842
website: www.acornfairhousing.orgALERT
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-948-9560
fax: 504-949-4713
email: ccilegalsup@acorn.orgAISJ
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-5713
email: aisj@acorn.orgSEIU LOCAL 100
5177 Greenwell Springs Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225-923-3102
fax: 225-923-3144
email: seiu100labr@acorn.org
website: www.seiu100.orgSEIU LOCAL 100
149 W. 18th St.
Lake Charles, LA 70601
337-494-6261
fax: 337-494-6273
email: seiu100lasw@acorn.org
website: www.seiu100.orgSEIU LOCAL 100
1024 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-8864
fax: 504-944-3157
email: seiu100lano@acorn.org
website: www.seiu100.orgSEIU LOCAL 100
5000 Greenwood Road
Shreveport, LA 71109
318-631-5667
fax: 318-631-2509
email: seiu100labr@acorn.org
website: www.seiu100.orgHOTROC
1024 Elysian Fields
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-8864
email: hotroc@acorn.org
website: www.hotroc.org
Not only were four SEIU units listed on ACORN’s main Louisiana page as ACORN organizations, but the official email addresses for all four SEIU units ended in “@acorn.org.”