Archive for March 23, 2010

Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Non-profit ACORN plans to shut down

The group, founded in 1970, played a prominent role in the 2008 United States presidential election, as it conducted many voter registration drives and fundraising for then-Senator Barack Obama, among other Democratic candidates. The organization first became scrutinized during the 2006 mid-term elections, when some of its employees were accused of voter fraud. Matters got worse in 2009 after an undercover video revealed two of its employees giving advice on how to set up a prostitution ring and commit tax fraud.

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Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Acorn to Shut All Its Offices by April 1

Acorn has been battered by criticism from the right and has lost federal money and private donations since a video sting was publicized last fall. Acorn employees were shown in the videos advising two young conservative activists — posing as a pimp and a prostitute — how to conceal their criminal activities.
In reaction to the videos, the Census Bureau ended its partnership with the organization for this year’s census, the Internal Revenue Service dropped the group from its Voluntary Income Tax Assistance program, and Congress voted to cut off all grants to the organization.
In recent years, the group has also been dogged by mismanagement and criticism — mostly from conservatives — for its handling of voter registration drives.

The transcript of several stings, however, indicate that Mr. O’Keefe clearly presented himself as a pimp and that Acorn workers in some offices told him how to hide prostitution activities from the authorities.

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Manhattan Adult Entertainment: Stockroom, Inc. Names Lucy Vonne D’Olimpio To Marketing Coordinator Post

Stockroom, Inc. Names Lucy Vonne DOlimpio To Marketing Coordinator Post
Veteran marketing executive to help develop existing and new initiatives for leading fetish company
Published on March 22, 2010by Sara Perkins(OfficialWire)LOS ANGELES, CA
The Stockroom, Inc., the leading marketer of fetish gear and fashion, has named Lucy Vonne D’Olimpio to the post of marketing coordinator. She will be based at the company’s Los Angeles headquarters.
Ms. D’Olimpio has extensive knowledge of the adult business both from her experience as a buyer and educator at The Pleasure Chest’s New York location, and from her work with adult news and humor site Popporn.com (http://popporn.com), where she wrote a column and did on-camera interviews with adult performers. She is also the founder of the fast-growing www.SexyBlogTime.com, which features reviews and interviews about adult products.

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