The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, better known as ACORN, is under investigation by state and federal authorities for its voter registration drives. Allegations are that ACORN's get-out-the-vote efforts have produced thousands of fraudulent voter registrations.
 
Detroit Author Jim Keena will speak about ACORN on February 18 th at the Vassar Library. Jim will be explaining ACORN's history, philosophy and tactics. Keena warns we should be concerned about the upcoming mid-term elections being influenced by groups like ACORN, Media Matters, and MoveOn.org. ACORN could get $750 million in funding as a result of the stimulus bill. He will discuss how this group affects us and what we can do to fight back.
 
Jim Keena was born in 1957 in a farming community near Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was a National Merit Scholarship finalist, and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Economics from the University of Detroit. Jim Keena is an executive in the automotive industry. He is also the author of the pro-liberty website PathlessLand.net. He has written one book on Thomas Jefferson, and is finishing up a second book called We’ve Been Had: How Obama and the Leftists Conned Middle Class America. He has been a keynote speaker at numerous TEA Party rallies.
 
The lecture is scheduled February 18th at the Bullard Sanford Memorial Library, 520 W Huron from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. The class is sponsored by The Western Thumb TEA Party Group which is nonpartisan and committed to educating family, friends and neighbors. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and information will also be available on many current events. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. and will conclude with a question and answer period. Everyone is welcome.