Under Investigation, Bertha Lewis Quits Working Families Party
Die-hard supporters of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now — better known as the infamous ACORN – are not going to like these developments. From City Hall, Edward-Isaac Dovere reports that the embattled Lewis has quietly stepped aside as head of the Working Families Party in New York State, which is currently under investigation by the feds:
With national scrutiny on ACORN and local scrutiny on the Working Families Party, ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis quietly departed as state co-chair of the Working Families Party.
Lewis was a founding co-chair of the Party. According to Working Families spokesman Dan Levitan, Lewis stopped serving as co-chair “about a year ago,” though many people familiar with the Party were unaware of that change and Lewis was identified as a current co-chair in an interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Showas recently as September.
The change in leadership comes as the Working Families Party and many of its endorsed candidates are providing extensive email and other documentation in response to December subpoenas from the United States Attorney’s office in New York. Lawyers are also preparing to return to Staten Island Supreme Court on Feb. 23 for the lawsuit being brought against the WFP’s company, Data & Field Services, and the campaign of now-Council Member Debi Rose by Randy Mastro on behalf of five Republican-connected residents of her Staten Island district.
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What? I'm shocked!!! An ACORN exec involved in illegal activities?
Walter the Moose
Follow the money and you will find the answer. They are all looking to hide now. Where are the RICO statutes that these folks are so fond of using when it suits them?
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PATRIOT ARMS
HAHAHAHAHA HAHA HAHAHAHA HAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA HAHA HAHAHAHA HAHA HAHAHA HAHAHA HAHAHAHA Oh Bertha, HAHAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHA HA .... HA
Da RueStir
Do you think (HOPE) that the R.I.C.O. laws will ever be applied to the unions, ACORN..etc.?
Don't hold your breath, cause Obamanation is as corrupt as it gets!
Da RueStir
Do you know why the R.I.C.O laws do not apply to government?
Section C
It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or associated
with any enterprise engaged in, or the activities of which affect,
interstate or foreign commerce, to conduct or participate, directly or
indirectly, in the conduct of such enterprise's affairs through a
pattern of racketeering activity or collection of unlawful debt.
http://graham.main.nc.us/~bhammel/INS/RICO.html#PROHIB
Markster
I hope ALL the antics of ACORN and all it's partners is brought to light.
No calpability. These people frauded at every turn.
seadevil
I wonder what the core values are of the "Working Families Party"...other than "you owe me now give"....
Judgment
(Sung to the "Big Bad John" Song)
Every Morning at the White House, you could see Her Arrive
She stood Six Foot Six and weighed Three Fourty Five,
Kinda Broad at the Shoulder and Broad at the Hip,
and everybody knew you didn't give no Lip, to Big Bertha.
Big Bertha
Big Berrrrtha,
Big Bad Bertha.
Only ACORN knew where Bertha called Home,
She like to go th DC and meet Obama Alone,
She talked a lot and was not a bit shy,
If you spoke to her at all it was best just to say Hi,
Big Bertha
Big Berrrrtha,
Big Bad Bertha
Somebody said She came from New Orleans
Where She got in a fight over a ACORN Queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Lousiana Liberal to the Promised Land
Big Bertha
Big Berrrtha
Big Bad Bertha
Special Forces (Ret)
I'm sorry, Is that the "Working Families Party' or the "Workers Party" ?
Either way, they're a bunch of Socialist slimeballs.
NotsoSilent
Another rotten nut from the acorn tree...no suprise here, just another corrupt buddy of Obammies..........All cut from the same cloth, cheese cloth
Judgment
Big Bad Bertha.
The Republic Strikes Back
Step down right into the gas chamber for treason
Tom from Ohio
I hope the day comes soon when they cart this person and her helpers off to prison. Most likely a home coming for her.
Dave Young
She belongs in jail.
Candycane
All I can say is we get whatever ACORN votes for.
Vote out politicians that will not stop voter fraud or Increase voter accountability.
Vote intelligently!
Get envolved.
Don't be fooled by RINO's.
Go to web site usdebtclock.org everyone may want to go to a tea party after seeing this.
Reform goverment first.
Stop bailouts. Stop corporate welfare.
If you think we can afford any more wasteful programs
or the fuzzie math politicians are using again, then you are crazy.
Vote out politicians that will not cut waste, fraud and abuse.
Vote out politicians that will not balance all programs.
Vote out politicians that will not stop fundings for abortions.
Vote out politicians that will not stop benefits to all illegals.
Vote out politicians that will not enforce the current laws to stop illegal immigration and sancutary cities.
Sheriff Joe is RIGHT!
Vote out politicians that will not stop give away programs to buy votes.
Vote out any politicians that votes on golden parachute benefits, pensions and raises for itself.
Vote out politicians that will not vote in the best interest of all legal Americans.
Vote out politicians that will not accept responsibility for their actions and voting record.
Vote out politicians that will not reduce goverment waste and stop bailouts to reduce our taxes.
Vote out politicians that will not stop voter fraud or Increase voter accountability.
DS
Yeah, but her sister, Basheba, still works there.
Excalibur No. 1
With too much light, the roaches scurry. This administration will go down as the most corrut in history. If, as a result, we find our moral core...we'll make it. God bless America.
phillyfanatic
Pubs in Congress should demand a Congressional investigation again of Lewis, ACORN and they may as well throw in SEIU. All of these items are crooks. All have used fraud, cheating, lies to deceive its own people as well as the MSM and the voters in general. If they have anything to do with The Census, frankly, I would not let them in my house. And then demand that the FBI give us updates on these crooks so the MSM and Obama and Holder don't bury the facts and Truth.
Cav03
She's going to Goldman Sachs as CEO. Who says crime doesn't pay!
conservabit
The TRUTH shall set you free...come clean Bertha!!!
BudMeister
Could it be that "the rats are leaving the sinking ship"?
Visionist
I do hope there would be a full and complete investigation.......Fat chance with Holder in charge............maybe on the local levels is as far as it needs to go
Amazingoly
Make her a Czar - we have lots of money, right?
winodrifter
Get a real job and a haircut Bertha. I understand that the communist party needs a new front man.
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ar547
The Working Family Party is a Front for Communist!!!!!!
tenndawg
We saw her on tv. I was amased she said it all with a straight face. SHEEEES GOOOOD1111
PATRIOT ARMS
It will come out in the end. Things don't remain hidden for ever. And ACORN will be investigated as soon as the elections are over in November, because the conservatives will control the House. It's time Big Bertha.
Who Me?
Scandal claims another Illinois Dem politician .The Lieutenant Gov Scott Lee Cohen called it quits and stepped down over the weekend. One more liberal metrosexual ? BTW One from NY state will soon follow.
jmm49
Maybe she sees something coming that's not gonna be in Acorns favor. The loss of the Democrat seat in Mass. could have been just another stepping stone toward the end of the corupt groups connected to the Democratic party.
Rottweiler
I realy feel sorry for poor Birtha Lewis. The lady is obviously completely ill-equiped to weather the fire storm that is building around her. She HAS to recognise that she is being set up to be the fall-guy ,so to speak, for when their corrupt house of cards collapses.
perry
Working Families Party?
sorry i must have missed that one on the voters ballot?
spinfree
How did Holder let this happen?
m1cobra
Amazing Obam knows the word Armegeddon. Probaly by blackberry, He is still getting his indoctrination training , I wonder what imman, or is it still wright. or ayres.
awake and aware
Has anybody seen this covered by the lame stream media?
George F
Read an article that said: While the Dems are publically vowing to not give ACORN more government money, behind the scenes they are working to get the money to them because they figure they'll need their help to get elected next November.
Dems are such disgusting crooks and Liars. Can't wait to get lots of independents into office.
California has failed
Wow, look at that. The MSM darling is a corrupt thug. They like corrupt thugs.
Sharon
The more news I hear like this, the better!
It just proves how corrupt they really are!
SW
Lying and Cheating for pay offs; You never win Bertha! Can't wait to see your public statement , or Useless Excuses as usual.
John-USMC-OathKeeper
seeing this article, the immortal words of a former US President come to mind... "I am not a crook" LOL, yeah, right.
SATX 19
OH, how the "mighty" have fallen. We can only hope that after 2-3 weeks of pouting on the Oprah/Tyra type talk shows that this woman of ugly moral standards flitters away to a nearby prison cell. Maybe the good Rev Al will visit her and tout her redemption so he can have the priviledge of writing the introduction to her tell all book, "Hope I can Find Someone to Give Me Some Change: A lost squirrel who ate too much ACORN, the sad saga of Bertha Lewis and the lost cause of American Socialism".
danielbiz
What's another word for someone of title to get away with as much as you can before you're caught? Oh, yes. It's a politician! Or, if you are post-Obama, a political organizer!
BeginAgain
I guess the lies are catching up.
Libertarian
Obozo will probably make her a czar... She`s perfect for the job, CORRUPT!
airplayer
obama may have to make her a czar or something in his administration, otherwise, she just might start telling the truth.
airplayer
obama may have to make her a czar or something in his administration, otherwise, she just might start telling the truth.
Ohio Gal
Scrub, scrub, scrub Bertha
HArkansan
Bertha Lewis is a clueless, scapegoat/ front person for ACORN. There are
some REAL criminals hiding in the shadows of the ACORN corruption.
East Bay Larry
Obama will probably nominate her to head the DNC.
BlueEagle
The whole democratic booster club should be shut down !