ACORN scandal in Pennsylvania

The mainstream media covered up that fact that the Obama administration funneled millions of dollars into ACORN as part of the February "stimulus" bill. Is it payback for helping Obama win last November's election despite widespread allegations of voter fraud on the part of the left-wing activist group? To borrow a phrase from Obama's former spiritual leader, the chickens are coming home to roost.

From an article by Walter F. Roche Jr. in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

A worker for a grassroots organization was so eager to fulfill a voter registration quota during the presidential campaign that she filed a fraudulent application in the name of a county elections employee, but got the Social Security number wrong, prosecutors said Thursday.

In all, seven canvassers for ACORN in Allegheny County are accused of forging 51 signatures and violating election laws in connection with last year's registration efforts, said District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.

Zappala said a six-month investigation by county police and the Pittsburgh FBI office found clear evidence of an illegal quota system in use by ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The investigation continues, and the arrests mark the end of only one phase, he said.

"We're comfortable from the evidence that we can show there was a quota system," Zappala said. "These people all had an association with ACORN."

Read the full story at the newspaper's Web site.