Maryland’s ACORN Chapter Shutdown
The Baltimore Sun reports that Maryland's ACORN chapter will no longer operate in the state:
A former leader of Maryland's ACORN chapter said Monday the group will no longer operate in the state, doomed by an embarrassing national scandal six months ago from which the organization never recovered.
Sonja Merchant-Jones, former co-chairwoman of the state chapter of ACORN and a board member since 1999, said there are no plans in Maryland to rebrand under a different name, a move undertaken Monday by several ACORN affiliates across the country.
Maryland ACORN ceased operations late last year, Merchant-Jones said, and all the offices in the state have closed. The group has not held a board meeting in Maryland since November, she added.
ACORN's Baltimore office was the scene of the first bombshell video released by undercover filmmakers James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles.